Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

I see a lot of people who think about, like, what I do is different from who I am.

I have a very hard time separating the two, obviously.

Explain that more.

Who you are at work and how you express your gift is as important. You know, think about spending 10, 12 hours a day at something, finding a passionate work that expresses who you are. And as I keep coming back to your unique gift and strength for impact, yeah, I think that's very purposeful. And I think a lot of people think like, oh, there's my day job and how I make money.

And then there's, you know, what I care about.

And I'm like, well, my example, my lifetime, not just my dad, by the way, we give them a lot of credit by my mom. She was a doctor as well. She didn't love entrepreneurship the way my dad did, but she loved serving people. I'm like, why can't they be integrated?

Why shouldn't they be integrated?

Right.

So obviously I'm somebody who takes work too personally

while I think other people serving people. I'm like, why can't they be integrated? Why shouldn't they be integrated? Right.

So obviously, I'm somebody who takes work too personally while I think other people maybe have more distance from it, but I think it's all of it. Well, they're like, well, this is my job, and then I come home and I live my authentic life. Yes, exactly. But what if you can live your authentic life all the time? All the time. And there's going to be things you don't enjoy doing about your work or your job, just like everyone. But if you could be yourself and use most of your gifts in that role, that's powerful. It would be great, right? Yeah, and of course. And you know, we live in an era where most people want to go to work and feel even more so than ever, that who they are is welcome and that they are included and what their values are fit. And I want the same thing.

How do you express your gifts in business?

I try and bring three things to any situation.

Number one, I wake up most days feeling pretty grateful for the amazingly talented people I get to work with.

Yes, your team.

I think of like both leverage and my gift is making other people able to be even more successful and accelerate their journey. Yes. Right? So I think I have that gift because I don't think I wake up every day thinking on the, you know, the best person in the room. I think I wake up every day going like, wow, these are really talented people. And so what I know I can do for people is give them energy and excitement and passion and help them maybe drive faster than they thought they could go. So I think that's one of my unique gifts.

That's great. Number two, I love consuming information. I like thinking fast and acting fast. And so I like to think that, you know, maybe a conversation with me is one where people learn faster and where I learn faster. Like that's a very, so it's not just my gift, right? It's what I enjoy. So I love interactions where you and I, like, we have this interaction. We both leave. And it's like a super rewarding interaction, right? I consume a lot of information. I can give you insight, you can give me insight, and off we both go. And so I think I'm pretty good at consuming information and helping people give insight and gain insight by just asking lots of questions. But it's a gift to be used to help

accelerate outcomes. When you feel the most loved? For me, I feel the most loved when I feel

accepted for who I am. Gosh, I was having this conversation this morning with someone. Literally an hour ago, I was like, I'm so grateful and appreciative to be around people that fully accept me for who I am. Don't judge me, don't try to change me. Yeah. But accept my authentic power. Yes, that's totally right. And I would say, I feel like I feel completely loved when people accept me for who I am, including my imperfections. Yes. And maybe also I feel loved when people see who I am. Right. So, like, we'll leave this conversation and I'll reflect on it. It's like, oh, that person saw a lot more of me. So I think when people see us fully, we feel loved. Gosh, it's so true. Why does it seem like in general

there are a lot of us who surround ourselves with people who don't accept us fully? What does that

happen? First of all, remember that on the other side of that equation is somebody else who's also

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