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

So here's a question I get, and there's a sneaky version of control that most people don't notice.

It's the need to control how others see you. So how do you

overcome this? Well, the answer is, is this is not easy because this one kept me stuck for

many years. This was one of my biggest fears, biggest insecurities, was worrying about the opinions of other people.

What are people thinking about me?

What do they say about me?

And if I posted this in a certain way, I'm going to get negative comments.

A lot of times early in my business career, I was performing.

I was over-analyzing.

I was, you know, worried.

And I was performing for my audience, for my peers, for people I didn't even know and people

I didn't even care to like.

And when you need to manage how every person perceives you, you're not living your life.

You're not in flow.

You're not in freedom.

You're casting yourself in a movie for other people.

And the moment I stopped trying to be impressive and started really just, how can I be myself? Be honest, be vulnerable.

Everything started to shift. Everything started to change. And it doesn't mean I stopped getting,

you know, people's negative comments or opinions or judgments

about me. People are going to judge you no matter what you do. People are going to judge you

whether you're sleeping on your sister's couch doing nothing or you're going for the biggest

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