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

Here's a story from your book that I love that I'm going to read.

It's a true story.

It says, I'm sitting in a quiet room at the Microsoft Inn, a peaceful

little place hidden back among the pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It's just past noon,

late July, and I'm listening to the desperate sounds of a life or death struggle going on a few

feet away.

There's a small fly burning out the last of its short life's energies in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of the window pane.

The whining wings tell the poignant story of the fly's strategy.

Try harder.

I'm just going to push through this window.

And we've all seen this story. We've all seen a witness flies just pounding against a window.

But it's not working. The frenzied effort offers no hope for survival.

Ironically, the struggle is part of the trap. It is impossible for the fly to try hard enough to succeed at breaking through the glass.

No fly will ever be able to break through that glass. Nevertheless, this little insect has staked its life on reaching its goal through raw effort and determination.

The fly is doomed. It will die there on the window sill.

And across the room, 10 steps away, the door is open. 10 seconds of flying time in this small

creature could reach the outside world it seeks. With only a fraction of the effort now being wasted,

it could be free of this self-imposed trap.

The breakthrough possibility is right there.

It could be so easy.

You go on to finish the story, but you talk about why doesn't the fly just turn around

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