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

For me ambition was never the problem.

I was the most ambitious, laziest person

you're ever going to meet 15 years ago.

And it was realizing, wait, just because I'm lazy by nature

doesn't mean I have to be lazy in actuality.

Like I can actually get the discipline

to develop real drive to acquire those skills.

So when I met the guys that are now my partners,

they put me into a scenario where there was a very real world

consequence both positive and negative for living up to the acquisition of skills.

And that environment that Gladiator Pitt that I ended up stepping into is the business world.

And the great thing is when you're no longer an

employee and it's your business and everything you have is on the line and if the business fails you

lose your house, like that's real. It's real to you in a way that it's not to an employee, right?

Because now there's a real consequence that goes beyond,

well, I have to look for another job, right?

This goes into, I could lose everything if I can't solve this problem.

Now that can scare you away and keep you wanting to be an

employee where it's a little bit safer or that can be wildly motivating to you.

And that was interesting to me so I wanted to be able to say the harder I work the better result I get and they gave me the opportunity to plug into business where that became true if I could solve these problems if I could build a better product if I could market a better whatever that better results came and so there was like now a

connection between how hard I work the skills I acquire and the reward I get and that

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