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The School of Greatness

489 Try Me

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

"Saying 'Try me!' is the only way we’ll ever know what we’re really capable of." - Lewis Howes If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes and more at http://lewishowes.com/489

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0:00.0

5 Minute Friday episode number 4, 8, 9, try me.

0:08.6

Instead of saying why me, all the time, start saying try me and see your life unfold in

0:15.2

a beautiful way.

0:16.9

Now everything we experience in life goes through our own interpretation of what we're

0:21.3

actually experiencing in that moment.

0:23.8

And we can either choose to play victim and be at the mercy of what happens to us, or

0:29.5

we can step up, take responsibility and prove to ourselves what we are truly, truly

0:35.0

capable of.

0:36.8

What do you want to choose?

0:39.0

Do you see what's possible when you respond to life with try me?

0:42.6

Now I faced this choice countless times in my life so far.

0:46.4

When I was a kid, I struggled so much in school, I was dyslexic, so reading was a huge challenge

0:51.7

for me.

0:52.7

And I felt so insecure, I felt so dumb, felt so stupid, like it was pointless to try to

0:57.4

read because it was just a grudge, it was a challenge every time I opened a book.

1:02.5

So there's no way I would have thought I could have written a New York Times best-selling

1:07.8

book one day.

1:09.2

Unless I chose to lean into my struggle and use it to become strong where I was once

1:16.2

weak.

1:17.4

Even still, writing my book took years.

1:20.1

It went through a four year process with two completely different versions.

1:24.2

I had tons of support with other writers, editors, proof readers, publishers, agents.

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