The Infinite Steps of Success & Redefining What it Means to Win | Tim Grover EP 856

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

"Those steps for success, they're infinite. They are infinite. You cannot count them. It doesn't matter how long you've been doing it. Those steps are constantly shifting." - Tim Grover In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Tim Grover, renowned performance coach to elite athletes, dismantles common misconceptions about success. Drawing from decades of experience working with the world's top performers, he challenges the popular notion of "easy steps to success," revealing instead an infinite staircase where the top step often becomes just another beginning. Through powerful metaphors and real-world examples, Tim illustrates how true success requires embracing uncertainty, sometimes stepping into quicksand, and having the resilience to pull yourself back out. The discussion takes an unexpected turn as Tim explores how recent global events have forced us to reexamine our definition of winning. He emphasizes that victory looks different for everyone, particularly in today's rapidly changing world. Tim shares candid insights about how many people received exactly what they thought they wanted - more family time, working from home, homeschooling their children - only to discover that these "wins" brought unexpected challenges. His perspective offers a fresh take on adapting to change while maintaining focus on personal growth and achievement.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:10.0	You're around the most successful people.
0:14.0	You train them.
0:15.0	What do people misunderstand about success?
0:18.0	I think the thing that people misunderstand about success is they're looking for the easiest
0:25.6	way to get that.
0:26.6	You know?
0:28.6	And it's funny, how many people, books have you read or I won't say promoted but had on your show and everybody goes
0:39.4	five easy steps ten steps to greatness yeah you know eight steps to this and
0:47.1	those steps for success they're infinite they are infinite you cannot count them it doesn't matter how long you've been doing it.
0:57.0	Those steps are constantly shifting. You don't know if they're there. Sometimes you have to trust that the next step is going to be there when you can't even see it.
1:07.0	And sometimes when you step on that step, you go right into quicksand. But you got to be able to pull yourself back out of it again.
1:14.6	So everybody's looking for these steps and there are no steps.
1:17.6	Those steps never, never end.
1:19.6	And you just can't climb steps.
1:21.6	Sometimes you've got to crawl low, those steps.
1:24.6	And you finally get to the top and everything shifts and you're
1:28.7	at the bottom again.
1:29.7	It's crazy.
1:30.7	What does that mean?
1:31.7	Sometimes you're at the top and then you're at the bottom again.
1:34.5	Well, you may get to the top and you're like, I'm here and then you look back down
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