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

Today's episode is all about unlocking the power of your mind. Having a growth mindset is one of the most crucial decisions you can make in your life. Mental toughness can allow you to respond

instead of react, to be in control instead of out of control and give you the

endurance you need to follow your dreams.

If like all you had to do is like have an idea for business and then it was guaranteed that you'd be successful.

There'd be a lot more businesses, right? Like everyone would do it.

So the fact that it's scary is partly what makes it valuable because most people are not going to get over the fear.

When you think about things that are scary or challenging, it's like you could think about

like a heavy weight.

If the weight is easy to lift, you're not going to build any muscle.

So that you have that sensation of fear or hesitation or doubt, one way to think about it is that it's a positive sign.

Stephen Pressville talks about that the resistance you feel is

commensurate with the value.

So like you're not afraid to do things that don't matter.

You're only afraid to do big things that matter.

It's not that fear has no place,

but it could be a sign that you're on the cusp of something.

And so when I think about it, if I'm not pushing myself, if I'm not scary, that's probably

a sign that I'm just doing something that I'm already really comfortable with and therefore not growing.

So I think it's good. It's a good sign.

Oftentimes the reason we're scared about it is because we haven't really thought about it.

So we have these kind of like vague fears, you know, like, well I don't want to do it because, and

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