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The School of Greatness

684 Love Yourself First with Tracy McMillan

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

🗓️ 24 August 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

“THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN HAVE IS WITH YOURSELF." Sometimes, we repeatedly attract the same kind of person into our life who does more harm than good. When we see this type of harmful pattern, we have to ask ourselves, “What is it about about me that is attracting someone like that?” You can continue to blame others for your relationship woes, or you can start to look within yourself. On this episode of Five Minute Friday, I wanted to revisit a conversation I had with Tracy McMillan where she explains the importance of loving yourself. Tracy has a fascinating history and background, including 16 years in a TV newsroom, writing the 4th most viewed article on Huffington Post, and being a dating coach on a TV Show. But beyond that, Tracy came from a really tough background and has used her life experiences as the base for all of her perspectives and wisdom. No matter what your relationships look like right now, I’m excited for you to hear Tracy’s wisdom on Episode 684. In This Episode You Will Learn: How loving yourself can change your life (1:10) The thing men need more of (2:34) What’s Tracy thinks is wrong with the show The Bachelor (3:50) Why you’re attracted to the wrong person (4:07) Tracy’s definition of love (4:50)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is 5 Minute Friday!

0:10.0

Our guest is Tracy McMillan.

0:12.0

She is a relationship expert author, television writer and matchmaker on NBC's Ready for Love.

0:18.0

She is known for the 2011 viral blog post.

0:22.0

Why you're not married,

0:24.0

which for two years was the most viewed article on Huffington Post,

0:28.0

and is the fourth most read post of all time.

0:31.0

She also won the 2010 Writer's Guild of America Awards for the dramatic series

0:36.0

of Four Mad Men, and she's a TEDx speaker as well.

0:44.0

That was like the beginning of my, okay, I'm gonna take care of me.

0:49.0

And I wrote this script that I didn't know anything was gonna happen with it,

0:53.0

and it got me an agent.

0:55.0

I started writing television.

0:57.0

I sold a book.

0:59.0

Like all these things started to happen in my life after I came to that place.

1:03.0

After that third husband cheated and then left, I was like, Tracy, I love you.

1:09.0

It doesn't matter if he left, it doesn't matter if he's dating a 20-year-old.

1:13.0

It doesn't matter you are worthy.

1:15.0

So as I practiced that one day at a time, practice, practice, practice, practice,

1:19.0

I took all these actions in line with somebody who feels like she's worthy.

1:23.0

I finished the thing.

1:25.0

I sat down and wrote every day.

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