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

So what I would do, when I was first trying to figure out where I was going, I was doing these mixstates with DJ drama.

He's like a big deal in the culture as far as like street tapes.

So what I would do, people would do street tapes and like put them in stores and sell them, you know, $ big deal in the culture as far as like street tapes. So what I would do, when people would do street tapes and, like, put them in stores and sell them, they were $5, $10. What I did was I pressed up like $100,000 and gave them all out. Wow. I went to this club every week on the east side, and I gave them out. Then we were around town, gave them out, beauty supply stores, beauty salons, barbershops,

and I did that. I was the first take. I saw them need to move a little bit. Then my second tape was Trapp or Die. So I pressed up 500,000 of these. Oh, man. And I just started giving them out, giving them out. Best thing I ever done, because my grandmother always told me if you want something, somebody else, giving them something first. Right. Best thing I was, I could still do those songs right now any stage.

Wow.

Because it was like grassroots. if you want something, somebody else, give them something first. Right. Best thing I was, I could still do those songs right now any stage.

Wow.

Because it was like grassroots.

And now I'm getting everybody starting to know who I am.

And then I put this DVD of all the footage of me just running around with the trap of diet tape.

And when I knew it was real, when I used to walk into my friends,

trap houses, whatever, like my homies or whatever,

and they would be watching my DVD. Wow, shut up. In the bedroom, there'd be like, 10 people in there, look at the DVD, and you're looking like, y'all know me. It's like, oh, this is crazy. You know what I'm saying? They're watching me. and that's how I knew.

And then it went from there,

because I used to hang out a lot,

it's been all the premier clubs, whatever.

And people come up on me like, oh, to me and that's how I knew. And then it went from there, because I used to hang out a lot,

it's being all the premier clubs, whatever. And people come up on me like, oh, jeezing me, I love what you do, man. Like the six times somebody came to me, it just felt like somebody was paying them to say this, you know what I'm saying? Because it was weird. It just started happening more and more. I'm like, oh, I'm on something.

This is real.

Wow.

And I started recording my

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