Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary on Overcoming SELF-DOUBT: Don't Worry What Others Think - Just Tell the TRUTH | Kevin O'Leary EP 632

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In a candid and thought-provoking interview, Kevin O'Leary, the renowned investor and "Shark Tank" star, shared his refreshingly pragmatic approach to overcoming self-doubt and living authentically. O'Leary candidly discussed his dyslexia struggles as a child and how he learned to confront challenges head-on, eschewing lies and embracing brutal honesty as his personal ethos. His insights on not worrying about others' perceptions and focusing solely on close family and friends offer a liberating perspective on self-confidence. O'Leary's unwavering commitment to truth and his mantra of never betting more than you can afford to lose reveal a level-headed mindset that has undoubtedly contributed to his success. This interview is a must-listen for anyone seeking to cultivate unshakeable self-assurance and live without the chains of anxiety or people-pleasing tendencies weighing them down.

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0:00.0	Hi my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:07.0	Everybody now knows that the show supports entrepreneurs and American families
0:16.0	and my job is to be the conduit of that and help those people and in the
0:21.9	meantime I'm serving like I'm a I'm an investor you know I put my money down these companies I take a chance I give them 300 500 whatever it is and I want to make my money back and I want to our interests are aligned. We want to be successful.
0:36.5	This is not a charity, this is the shark tank.
0:39.6	Right. You're trying to make money at the end of the day. Yes. You seem to have all the confidence in the world
0:45.5	and everything that you take on.
0:47.0	You master the skill and you have confidence around it.
0:50.8	How did you overcome self-doubts or do you have doubt now and what do you do to help
0:57.0	yourself overcome that so that you can have confidence in your day-to-day life?
1:01.7	I think everybody has doubts and I was dyslexic when I was young so I had a lot of problems
1:06.7	with that just learning how to read and keep up in school.
1:10.4	But I didn't let it get in my way.
1:12.0	These are things you have to start treating a different way if you can overcome them
1:14.8	But the way I look at it now is I talked about the lying thing so I'm not going to lie to anybody and and that's going to cause me a various amount of problems but I don't care.
1:26.6	And then let's say I'm doubting an investment I'm going to make.
1:30.6	Well I've learned that don't bet the farm.
1:33.0	In other words, only put up capital you can afford to lose.
1:37.0	And then you know that if your assumptions are wrong,
1:40.0	so I don't use debt, I don't have any debt. I don't want to have debt. I don't want to think about it. I don't want to owe anybody anything.
1:48.0	But you know if you're being honest with people and you're and you're being diverse in terms of how you invest.
1:54.7	You want to win of course and you want to be successful.
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