The Moment I Stopped Being a VICTIM (Changed Everything) | Eric Thomas EP 845

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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"The hardest thing I've ever done was look in the mirror and tell myself I was sorry - sorry for what I've got myself into, the choices that I made." - Eric Thomas In a raw and revealing conversation, Eric Thomas opens up about the pivotal moment that transformed his life from living in abandoned buildings as a homeless high school dropout to becoming one of the most influential voices in personal development. ET shares the painful reality of discovering family secrets at age 12 and his subsequent pattern of running away from conflicts, highlighting how his victim mindset kept him trapped in a cycle of blame and self-sabotage. His story demonstrates the profound impact of taking personal responsibility, even in the face of legitimate childhood trauma and difficult circumstances. The conversation delves deep into Thomas's powerful realization that he was the common denominator in his life circumstances, leading to a transformative moment of self-reflection and accountability. Rather than continuing to blame his mother's teenage pregnancy, his absent biological father, or his challenging upbringing in Detroit, ET describes the liberating yet difficult process of acknowledging his role in his life's direction. This honest examination of his past reveals how shifting from external blame to internal responsibility became the foundation for his extraordinary journey of personal growth and professional success.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:10.0	What was the moment you switched your mindset that allowed you to take different actions to start creating your own opportunities.
0:21.8	Yeah. So I'd say it's the mindset. Like I had a victim mindset. You know, it was,
0:28.0	my mom got pregnant at 17. You know, my biological father wasn't in my life. You know,
0:33.0	I didn't go to the best schools in Detroit. You know, I wasn't in this environment. I didn't have, like,
0:38.9	everything was about somebody else. You know, it was like the outside, inside theory,
0:44.8	you know what I'm saying? Which is terrible. It's like everything that's supposed to blow me up
0:49.8	and take me to the next level has, is else's responsibility like it's something that is going
0:55.8	to happen or somebody and it's going to and it was like yo e like why are you in this abandoned
1:02.5	building like your mom's not here your biological father no he's not in your life but he didn't get
1:08.6	pulled over by the police officer and And the police officer doesn't know
1:12.0	the counselor or the principal that kick you out. It's like, well, there's a common denominator here.
1:16.9	That's you. There's a common denominator. And you homeless, your mom's not homeless. Your biological
1:22.2	father's probably married with a family somewhere. Like, yo, is that right or wrong? Who cares?
1:27.7	You are living in this abandoned building.
1:30.8	High school dropout.
1:32.0	You're on your way to...
1:33.0	And so when I look back,
1:34.8	all the anger and the frustration and the hurt,
1:38.3	it was all blaming.
1:39.7	Everything was about this person
1:41.8	or that person or this person.
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