The School of Greatness - 123 How to Have It All (in 5 minutes)

Episode Date: January 9, 2015

"The beauty of life is the challenges, the uncertainties, the going through the ups and downs." - Lewis Howes If you enjoyed this episode (and want more 5 Minute Friday episodes), leave me a comment at www.lewishowes.com/123

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur. And each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin. Now let the class begin. What is up, greats?

Thank you guys so much for joining me today. Now, my good friend, Shaleen Johnson over at the Shaleen Show podcast, she told me that she loves when I do solo rounds and she said, you know what, you should try some where you do like five to 15 minutes. So I thought I would try and experiment and see if you guys like it where I call it five minute Fridays where I just cover some inspiration or some motivation from the week and get you guys kind of closing down the week with some good motivation and inspiration for the weekend. And the thought that I had today was about how to have it all, how to have everything you want, not how to have just the money or just the relationship or just a healthy body and then suffer in other places, but learning how to receive it all and how to approach getting it all in a way of integrity, in a way of supporting and rising everyone else up around me and making it so that I have it all but also everyone else around me has it all, creating a win-win environment. And I got an email the other day, I won't say his full name, but his name is John. And he said that he's in a business that they raised a bunch of money, millions and millions of dollars. And for the past six months, he's been coming into the office, resenting his partners,

losing all respect for them, and constantly in arguments with them. And he said that, you know, originally, they had this business plan that's now been shifted into something else where he doesn't feel like it's fully in integrity. And he's been struggling because he feels like there's great money there, but I'm giving, I'm creating all this stress in my life. I'm creating all this anxiety. I'm resenting people. I don't feel like I'm working as a team with people. I feel like I'm missing out. My family is missing out because I'm so stressed out. And I come home and I bring my stress to my kids and all these other things. And he said, you know, I'm not sure what to do because, you know, I became a part of this team. I started this company. We raised millions of

dollars. And now I feel like everyone's out of integrity and I'm not sure what to do. And we had a nice little email exchange and he came to his own conclusion of what is his answer. But I just wanted to speak into that because you don't have to stress out about working somewhere just to make money and then be constantly stressed out about not getting what you want.

I feel like we all should be able to get what we want. It may take time. It may take discovery and awareness of figuring out what your passion is, what your mission is, what your journey is. And there are going to be ups and downs. It's not going to all going to be butterflies and, you know, making millions of dollars with no challenges every single day. The beauty of life is the challenges. The beauty of life is the uncertainty. The beauty of life is going through the ups and downs and the journey to get us to certain destinations. And we all know that it's not the destination. It is the journey and it is the process and it is the discovery and all the things and conversations and emotions that come up in us during the journey that makes

us human. So I am, you know, glad that John reached out to me and we had this conversation, but it made me bring awareness to my own life. You know, where am I missing out on and not having it all? Where am I not creating a win-win in every situation? Am I chasing money? Are my relationships not completely fulfilled? If not, what do I need to do to step into a new way of being so that I can have it all and create a win-win in everything in my life? I think it's something we should all strive for is learning how to have it all. And we are all at different stages in life and having it all could look different for different people. So this is not a place to compare yourself to others and say, well, he's got this and this and this, and I've only got

half of that. It's not about that. It's having it all for you and really stepping up and creating new ways of being to step into to get it all, to have the great health you want, to have the stress-free life, to have your finances in order, to have great relationships, to be able to serve and give back to the community, and to have a sense of groundedness with yourself in the world. So I hope you guys enjoyed this. This, again, is a little test to see if you guys like it. It's going to be my five minutes Fridays or five minutes of motivation, whatever I'm going to call it. But I want to do five minutes on Fridays this month to just share my thoughts and connect with

you guys a little more about how to step up to the next level and make your life great. the next level and make your life great. And thanks so much guys for checking out this episode. If you like this, go ahead back to lewishouse.com slash 123 to check out this full episode of about five minutes. And also let me know what you guys think about this. Do you want me to do more five, 10 minute shows like this? Do you like five minute Fridays? Do you like me to do more 5, 10-minute shows like this? Do you like 5-minute Fridays? Do you like this 5 minutes of motivation? If so, share with me on Twitter at Lewis Howes or my Facebook page slash Lewis Howes and let me know what you guys think. Would love your feedback, your advice.

If you don't like it, then I won't do it anymore. But I'd love to do this for the month and check it out because I think it'll be fun for me to explore this as well on the podcast. Very excited about what we have to come. Some big interviews coming up in the next couple of weeks. So pumped for you guys to receive them. Thank you guys so much for your kind emails and notes that you post and pictures you're posting on Instagram and tagging me.

You guys are incredible. You're the reason why I do this show. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do. Again, check out lewishouse.com slash 123 to see this interview. And you guys know what time it is. It's time to go out there

and do something great. you