The Daily Motivation

What if guilt was never the thing keeping you good?

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Dr. Patric Gagne, a diagnosed sociopath, told Lewis she lives without shame or guilt. What keeps her in line is an internal code built on logic, and the amount of harm she chooses to do is zero.

She once stole from a cruel woman and handed the item to a stranger on the street. It felt so good that she saw the slippery slope ...

The story that you are a slow learner might be the only thing holding your brain back.

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Jim Kwik, who has spent two decades teaching people how to learn and remember, told Lewis about the head injury that left him feeling broken as a kid. It took him two extra years to learn to read, and by college he was ready to quit.

Then he pushed so hard he passed out in the...

You don't have to wait until your fear is gone to start moving toward the life you want.

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Scott Barry Kaufman, the psychologist behind the sailboat model of human needs, told Lewis that Maslow never drew a pyramid at all. Scott sees your needs as one vessel: the boat keeps you afloat, and the sail is what moves you.

When you're short on safety, you start screaming for it, and ...

Your anxiety might be the one part of you that is working perfectly.

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Dr. John Delony, a mental health expert, told Lewis that anxiety is a smoke alarm in your house. It can't tell you which room is burning. It just knows there is smoke.

If you carry six figures in student loans and a mortgage, your body would be failing you if it let you sleep all night. Waking at 2:30 in the...

The richest person you know might have almost nothing, as long as they wake up full of gratitude for it.

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Tony Robbins, the life and business strategist, told Lewis that billionaire investor Sir John Templeton once gave him the secret to wealth in one word: gratitude. A billion dollars lived pissed off and frustrated is still a pissed off, frustrated life.

Tony was broke ...

What if the purpose you are chasing was never yours to begin with?

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Shi Heng Yi, a Shaolin master, told Lewis that it can go very wrong to spend your lifetime building a vision that came from someone else.

He named the worst case plainly: you follow it, you achieve it, and then you realize it doesn't give you what you were looking for. What he offers instead is gentle. Learn h...

The money you want might be waiting behind a belief about deserving it that you never chose.

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Rhonda Byrne, creator of The Secret, told Lewis she once opened bills with her stomach dropping to her knees. She had mortgaged her own home to make the film, and the debt was piling up everywhere else too.

So she started to play. Rhonda pretended each bill was a check, then adde...

Your stress response was built to save your life, and you might be leaving it switched on all day.

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Dr. Tara Narula, a cardiologist, told Lewis that stress may be the biggest health threat we face, even on its own.

Tara pictures people walking around with the dial stuck at 10 over a bad phone call or a fight with a coworker. That system was made for escaping a predator, so the...

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Alex Honnold recounts that though he has witnessed tragic climbing accidents and the sobering fragility of life while pushing extremes, staying open to loss and grief is essential, as going numb leads people to underestimate risks and make poor choices. He notes while the emotional stakes differ, the fear of failure in competitive arenas can subjectively feel as intens...

The fear you keep running from could become your superpower, starting with one speech you read without looking up.

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Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness and author of The Mask of Masculinity, talks straight to you in this solo episode. He remembers being so nervous before speaking to 20 people that he read his first speech word for word and never looked up once.

Years ...

The best marriage advice might come from the people who stayed married, and from the ones who didn't.

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James Sexton, a divorce lawyer, told Lewis that everyone should spend an hour with someone like him before the wedding. As he puts it, in marriage, there's no way to know if you're doing well at it.

Is a fight every week a lot? Nobody can say, because we post the best vacatio...

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Erwin McManus delves into the shadows that haunt him and the constant struggle to overcome the fear of not living up to his full potential. McManus emphasizes the importance of living a life of intention rather than obligation, recounting his personal journey as a Christian pastor ...

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Brad Beeler spent 25 years in the Secret Service getting people to admit the worst things they've ever done. His top communication tip: be interested more than you try to be interesting.

A nervous suspect sits at 120 or 130 beats a minute, deep in fight or flight. Beeler wants that heart...

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Charles Duhigg highlights research showing social connections, not prestige or wealth, most determine happiness and longevity, with double the close friends equating to 20 more years; he argues combating isolation begins with conversation skills, which historically were taught but ...

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Grief can stay dry-eyed when a mother dies and then pour out over a dog.

Terry Bradshaw, a professional football player, told Lewis he didn't shed a tear when his mother died. Then his dog James died, and he sobbed uncontrollably in the car with the little casket in the back seat.

It stil...

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Wim Hof explains how plunging into icy waters showed him the power of conscious breathing to regulate body chemistry and adapt to stress. He advises that by training ourselves to breathe deeply, we can withstand heat, cold, grief - any extreme situation life throws ...

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Andy Puddicombe spent years as a monk, certain he'd given up the dream of ever having a child.

Then he landed in America and found out overnight he had testicular cancer. Advanced, aggressive, surgery in four days.

The doctor told him if he wanted kids, he had three or four days to get to the s...

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David Bach heard a CNBC guest say renting in Brooklyn and investing the difference beats owning. He thinks that math is wrong.

Put $20,000 down on a $100,000 home. It grows 10% and you just made $10,000 on $20,000. That's a 50% return.

Then the tax piece. Sell your own home after two year...

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Rich Paul, a prominent sports agent, reflects on his journey from playing multiple roles, including stylist and jeweler, to becoming a powerful figure in the sports industry. He emphasizes the importance of relationships, hustle, and adaptability. Paul shares valuable lessons, high...