The School of Greatness - 1032 The Power of Service

Episode Date: November 13, 2020

“Serve people based on your values, your passions, and the impacts you want to create.”Sometimes we forget why we're really here on this planet, and it can keep us trapped in our own heads worrying about things that don't really matter, but on today's 5-minute Friday Lewis guides us through some of the reasons why serving other people (and staying in the Service Mindset) is so powerful for your life!For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1032Mel Robbins: The “Secret” Mindset Habit to Building Confidence and Overcoming Scarcity: https://link.chtbl.com/970-podDr. Joe Dispenza on Healing the Body and Transforming the Mind: https://link.chtbl.com/826-podMaster Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins: https://link.chtbl.com/715-pod

This is 5-Minute Friday! The iconic Muhammad Ali said, Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth. I've always been a big believer that everyone is addicted to something. Everyone's got some type of addiction. But if we are going to be addicted to anything, why not find a positive addiction and why not be addicted to serving other people? When you're giving your gifts to other people, you're helping people with your time, resources, you're creating something in the service of other people, it lights a fire under you. And then it

makes you stronger, more confident, and makes you want to keep going. And this is one of the most powerful things about service. Here on the podcast, my goal is to serve as many people as possible. Our current mission is to impact 100 million lives weekly to help them live a better life. And it means that I can't tailor every episode to be well-liked by every listener.

And I want to bring back this point here in just a moment that some episodes are slam dunks, while others seem to get mixed responses and get critical feedback. And to be honest, sometimes it hurts when people say negative things about our dreams or our craft or our gifts or programs or products or something we put our time and energy and love into and we put it out in the world. And when someone says something nasty about it or criticizes it, it can be hurtful to us if we allow it. And I'm going to give you a trick here in just a moment. But it doesn't shake me off my path because my mission is service. Not pleasing everyone, which will never be possible. You'll never be able to make everyone

happy in this process. I know I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time and I can still give my all to improve others' lives in the way that I best see fit. Now, the desire to serve is a beacon I can always look for guidance into, right? When I'm stuck with a decision, it helps me think of the people that are involved. Or if I'm trying to figure out which course of action that will serve them best, then everything else falls into place. Let me talk about this for a second with business. I did a lot of training on public speaking and I got pretty good at being able to get in front of a crowd, overcome my fear of being nervous, speak in front of 10, 20,000 people. I was getting paid well, but I still remember seeing myself nervous before every speech that I'd go on to, even after five, six, seven, eight years of doing this all the time.

I'd still be nervous. And I eventually talked to a coach who said, listen, the reason why you're nervous and have insecure feelings is because you're still worried about what people think about you. You're worried about messing up, saying the wrong thing or forgetting that line. Stop worrying about messing up. You're going to mess up. You're not going messing up, saying the wrong thing, or forgetting that line. Stop worrying about messing up. You're going to mess up. You're not going to be perfect. And start focusing on serving the people in the audience. And when I flipped that way of thinking, that mindset, I stopped being nervous because I

accepted that I would not be perfect and that people wouldn't all love it. And I focused on how can I give in that moment with the audience to the best of my ability. That's something you want to think about in your business or your career. You're not going to be perfect. Show up and serve with that attitude. In your relationships, talk about being a better listener, being there emotionally for your partner, and doing small acts of service. These are some things that you can do to really show up for your partner

as opposed to expecting them to show up for you only and you being a taker. There are things that you can do every single day to show that you care and that caring mentality that service mentality will pay dividends in your relationships in the future. My friend Rory Vaden says it's hard to be nervous when your heart's on service and I think that's really cool because we might get excited we might get energized and have adrenaline, but we're not living in fear as much anymore because we're here to serve. You've got to embrace in your heart the idea of service because it will guide you on figuring out what you're meant to do in the next stage of your life, the next season of your life. If you're just trying to figure out your mission,

focus on service because it'll fill you up and it'll impact the people around you at the highest level when you focus on that. When you focus on other things, not service related, it's not going to guide you in a fulfilling manner. And remember, serve people in the way that you know best how to serve people based on your values, your passions, and the impacts you want to create, it will make you more confident, more energetic and better at what you do when you're doing it the thing you enjoy doing in service. And I want to leave you with this quote that I love from Larry Winget, who says,

discover your uniqueness and learn to exploit it in the service of others. And you are guaranteed success, happiness, and prosperity. If we can focus on your unique talents and learn to exploit those talents by giving and serving other people, he says you're guaranteed success, happiness, and prosperity. Obviously, we're all going to go through challenges and adversity and nothing's going to be perfect for the rest of our lives.

But when I think about great leaders of the past or great leaders of our time, the ones that bring people together, they focused on this service mentality. And I hope this gave you some insights on what you could be doing in your life today. I'm so grateful for you. If no one's told you lately, you are loved, you are worthy, and you matter. And you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.