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The Daily Motivation

How to be the Star of Your Own Life | Dr. Phil EP 282

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8960 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Summit of Greatness is back! Buy your tickets today – summitofgreatness.com Dr. Phil emphasizes the importance of taking ownership and responsibility for one's choices, actions, and outcomes in order to create the life you desire. He discusses the significance of self-awareness, setting clear goals, and developing a strong sense of self-worth to overcome obstacles and achieve personal fulfillment. Check out the full episode Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter

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0:00.0

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

0:07.0

I firmly believe that taking charge of your mindset allows you to be in the driver's seat of your life and unlock your potential.

0:18.0

And that's why I'm thrilled to share that my new book is out right now.

0:21.0

It's called The Greatness Mindset. In it you'll learn how to build a plan for greatness through powerful exercises and toolkits designed to propel your life forward. This is the book that I wish I had 20 years ago.

0:34.4

It's everything I've learned in the last decade with the research and the science to

0:38.6

help you unlock your mind. Make sure to go to Lewishouse.com slash 2023 mindset to pick up your copy of my book The Greatness Mindset today.

0:49.0

If someone's not a big-time player in their life right now or in their career or relationship or business, how can they become a big-time player?

1:01.0

I think everybody can. I think that's the whole point. Look, if you don't star in your own life, who's going to? Absolutely. I think you've got to decide that you're going to be who you are on purpose.

1:13.0

Don't wake up every day

1:16.0

and let the world tell you who you are,

1:19.0

who you're going to be,

1:20.0

and I think a lot of people do that.

1:22.0

What do you mean by being you on purpose?

1:23.8

Well, the world is going to tell you who to be

1:26.2

and where you fit in.

1:28.2

Your parents have an expectation set for you.

1:31.4

Your job has an expectation, your community, your church, everybody has a slot for what they expect you to do and that may or may not be who you really are and I think you have to make a decision about who

1:47.4

you really are what your values are what you believe what matters to you, what doesn't matter to you, and

1:56.6

you've got to decide I'm going to embrace those values and pursue those goals and I'm going

2:02.0

to do it on purpose and I'm not going to apologize for it and so

2:06.0

when you say what are you doing and why are you doing it I'll say I'm doing A, B and C and I'm doing it on purpose. Like me, don't like me, but that's who I am and I'm doing it on purpose. This is not a mistake. I believe in a defined brand. A defined brand. A defined brand. Look, you think anybody's going to confuse me with somebody else?

2:26.0

No. No. Seriously, you're not going to confuse me with somebody else. There are a lot of people out there and have fine brands.

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