The School of Greatness - 151 What Holds Us Back from Having It All with Danielle LaPorte

Episode Date: March 16, 2015

"I feel unstoppable because I'm unafraid to fail." - Danielle LaPorte If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, video, and more at www.lewishowes.com/151.

This is episode number 151 with Danielle Laporte. 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. What is up all you beautiful souls out there?

Thank you so much for joining me today. Episode number 151. Now we've got a great episode today. Her name is Danielle Laporte and she has been on previously, I think about a year, year and a half ago, but we're bringing her back on. She's here in my studio in Los Angeles. We have a little sit down. There's actually a video to accompany this. If you go back to the show notes and get all the tips from today's episode at lewishouse.com slash 151, you can see a couple of videos of me and Danielle. And I think about Danielle as this incredible soul who is extremely passionate, creative

writer, author, and really she's an unapologetic entrepreneur. And we talk about some of the decisions she's made, what she's creating, what she's up to now and in the future, and how she thinks in this episode. And I think you're going to get a lot out of this. So make sure to sit down, sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode because Danielle is crushing it in the business space. She's got a huge audience. And after you connect with her in person, and hopefully after you listen to this episode,

if you haven't heard of her before, you'll see why so many people follow her and love her. She's just got a her and love her. She's just got a great sense about her and I'm super excited to introduce you to the one and only Danielle Laporte. So a lot of women that I talk with, they look at you and they think that you have it all. Yeah. Well they know you have it all because you do have it all. I have my version. Exactly. But think that you have it all. Yeah. Well, they know you have it all because you do have it all.

I have my version. Exactly. But I don't have it all. There's things I want. Yeah. Right, right. Yeah. But a lot of them think that you don't have any fears or like nothing can stop you.

So I'm curious, do you have anything that stops you right now or anything that you need to break through with still or anything you're afraid of that holds you back in any way? Uh, well, I was just interviewing somebody this morning, um, for, you know, to be on the team and she was saying, you know, everybody just sees you like, just it's launch after launch and how does she do it? And I say, well, she's got a team. And I said, well, yes, I amazing team and we're tight, but I really, we just live

in a space of why not? Why not? And, and if you're going to give me a knot, I'm going to just say, that's not even, so I actually feel unstoppable and it doesn't mean I feel unstoppable because I'm not afraid to fail either. Like I am so good at quitting stuff. There's a lot of stuff that I quit. Like the magazine, right? Like the magazine. I was invested a lot of money.

Yes. $90,000 energy, nine months, nine months print. We were going to go to print it. Like it was, you know, the first PDF was the files done.

And I was woke up and I was like, I'm not feeling it. And I also knew it was really going to affect my freedom. Like I'd really have to deliver every month and I want to deliver, but I want to deliver when I want to deliver. Um, so like I've played with the idea of what would unstoppable look like? Well, let's just live as if I'm unstoppable. Well, how does unstoppable feel? So I feel pretty fearless in terms of creativity. Yeah. And I feel there's things I feel shy about still. Like, you know, I can get on a stage and read a spoken word piece at a gig, you know, and that's cool. And I feel, I feel really lit up. I have never gone to the,

to a small cafe and done a spoken word piece. Yeah. And don't dare me in this video. Yeah. Well, we've got the comedy store right up the street. So why is that scare you? So why is that scare you? Um, because I'm an introvert and I think with, with 3000 people, it's just, you know, it's just like,

it's different with 20 people. It's intimate. And then there's all that pretension with that whole cafe spoken word, you know, and so much of my stuff has got to do with like love and consciousness. And I just don't know if it's like that, you know, but any, I mean, look at me, I don't know if it's that good. Um, but you're unstoppable. Well, I would do it, but I haven't wanted to do it. Yeah. Um, so what do you still

get to break through with? What is holding you back from the next level? The next level? Nothing. holding you back from the next level, the next level, nothing. So you don't have any fears besides speaking in front of 20 people at a cafe or you're willing to try. I'm really trying to find some fears. Of course I have fears. I mean, I don't want to die with my song still inside me. I want to, I want to fulfill my potential. I mean, really, I tell you, I don't think anybody really knows me. Why not? Well, there's capacity to know people. How come they don't know you? Here we go.

This is why we're on the couch. Exactly. People are complex. Does anybody know you, really? I think a few people might. Okay. I would challenge you on that. I think they probably...

And maybe I'm being shitty to challenge you on that. I don't know. I got to think about this. I feel like like I'm very open but what I think is in my mind I express it and I speak it even if I'm afraid I'm like here's really what I'm thinking it's kind of messed up but I'm gonna say it like you know you're snot-crying fears that you aren't even aware of yet your weaknesses I express a lot of them okay great I mean I'm not saying I'm perfect. I'm definitely not perfect, but I feel like people in my life like know that I've got issues and I'm messed up and I'm not perfect. Are you fucked up? Yeah, but I embrace it. And I feel like because

I'm able to embrace it, um, and own it and accept it, that makes me less. So what's your flavor of fucked up? What are your issues? I mean, like, growing up I was sexually abused. I felt constantly not accepted because my brother went to prison for four years when I was eight, so I wasn't able to have any friends during that time. So I was always feeling like I wasn't enough. There was no one who wanted to hang out with me. People can treat me however they want because I was abused when I was a kid. And I never felt safe.

So I would take that resentment and anger and frustration into every experience of my life. In some ways, it drove me to be very successful and achieve what I wanted. But it left me feeling very empty and lonely and uncertain of myself and very insecure for a long time. And since I've been able to express it and be aware of it and talk about it and own it, it doesn't control me anymore. Sometimes it comes up and I'm like, oh, I'm aware. This is what's happening. Let me get back to who I really am and move forward and come from a different space. But there's stuff that...I'm not perfect, that's for sure. This is a question for you, not for me.

So why doesn't anyone know you? I haven't found the right person yet. To open up fully to? To open up fully to... Why can't you open up fully to a number of people? Well, I open up, so let's get it all out there. Like I have very deep relationships. I have close, I have, I have a lot of depth with, I think a great number of people. Um, I'm not great. You know, like I just did this photo shoot the other day and it was a dude photographer

and he was like, so, you know, give me vulnerable. And I was like, you haven't even talked to me yet. I'm not going to give you vulnerable. Like it doesn't work that way. You created no connection. Um, but I, I, I will see. I mean, work in progress. Hmm.

Interesting. Yeah. What is it going to take for you to feel like you're ready to open up? Well, I'm ready. It's the right circumstance. It's the right person. What would it look like if you opened up to anyone? Well, it looks like it does now.

I mean, I'm pretty fucking open. Okay. But not completely. There's something you're holding back. There's things that are, that only like a committed, God, now this is becoming a relationship.

What is it that you don't want people to know? Can we just talk about money? No. Cause this connects to money. I don't even know what I don't want people to know. There's no deep, dark secret. I can say that like for the record,

there's not, how are you not fully expressing yourself or fully connecting or opening? You know, I come from a star. I, I want to hear excuses now. This, no, this isn't excuses. This is, I'm into the complexity of consciousness. Yes. I want to be fully exposed and fully there. I want to be fully feminine. I want to be fully masculine. I want to experience beloved team. I mean, I, the, the people in my life who are beloveds, who I'm there with, um, we are in it together. Like you want my help? You got my number. Like, how can I, we can win the same race and I would help you strategize and how you could win. Um, I get that. I see that, but you're telling me, you're telling me you're not fully, no one fully knows, you know, is what you're

telling me. Well, not yet. And that's, that's that. And it doesn't mean, well, I don't know. It's a magic formula. The fact that I feel that nobody fully knows me, first of all, philosophically, I believe that no one fully knows anybody ever. I mean, I want to go to the greatest extent, um, but we are complex. We have limitations of perception. Um, but I'll tell you this. I don't think I have any defects or there's some fucking issue. I need to go to therapy with, because I can state the truth. What I perceive as the truth that yeah, no, nobody fully knows who I am. So you feel like you're, cause you're divorced now, right? So your ex-husband, you never, he never fully knew who you were. You never fully,

you never fully, or did you never fully open up? What's the name of your podcast? School of greatness. Okay. Um, well, I mean, if you went as far as I could and then what, and then you stopped opening up or there wasn't the space for you to open up. Um, I would say it wasn the space. Who creates the space? I think it's mutual. You have to be really, you got to be both committed to this all the time. And if you're not both in that mode, then the container just shrinks. And like, I need a big container.

So you're saying once you meet the person, the individual who can create a mutual space of a huge open container, then you'll fully show yourself to that person to the world. Bring it. Okay. All right. You mentioned about reaching your full potential. You said you're constantly striving to reach your full potential. Do you ever feel like you'll reach it?

And what would that look like when you do? And does someone ever fully reach their full potential or is it always a next level? I think there's always a next level. I feel like I am in my full potential right now and I'm as great as I can be today and I'll be more awesome tomorrow. I just don't want to miss, I don't want to have not done what I wanted to do. So, yeah. Okay. Yeah. And it doesn't, it's not a fear that drives me at all.

Right. Okay. What do you feel like, I'm still not clear on what the big thing that you want to break through with, feel like...I'm still not clear on what the big thing that you want to break through with, but what do you feel like is the big thing that the majority of people get to break through with in order to reach their full potential on a daily ongoing basis? What is it the majority of people that you interact with is holding them back, do you think? If there was one thing you could pinpoint it on that could...

Oh, stop worrying about what everybody thinks of you. I'm so bored with that, but that's it. That's it. Like who cares? Who cares what your boss and you know, I sound glib and, and all ninja when I say it, but you know, look, I understand really the complexity of what your dad thinks of you and your mother and your partners and all of that. And you've really got to live life for yourself. You've got to live life. And you know what? You don't hear a lot in, you know, that's such like a motivational one-on-one ism, right? Live life for yourself. But after that is guess what you live life for yourself it's going to be painful you are going to lose some people that you love you're going to feel lonely and it's the best return on your

investment freedom liberation you're going to know your power you're going to know your power. You're going to feel sexy and influential and whatever it is, your core desired feelings are. Um, but like it's a rocky road and, and that ruggedness comes up again and again, if you're going to stay in the school of greatness, you're always getting to the next level. There's another. Yeah. So it's sort of like, you know, to put it crassly, like, well, who am I going to piss off this week to be myself? But that's kind of how it works. Um, and it doesn't mean that you aren't like incredibly kind every step of the way. And, um, and, but, you know, I've, I've really learned in the last year and a half, you know, it all goes back to that self-worth and self-love. year and a half, you know, it all goes back to that self-worth and self-love. And sometimes the most loving things you do for yourself look mean to other people or selfish or that's right. It's like, you know, I love myself. I am protecting myself. I'm honoring my creativity. You're actually not allowed on my property anymore. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, you gotta put our masks

on first. Yeah. Which by the way, you know, that metaphor, the mask and the airplane, no mother would ever put their mask on first, but it works. The metaphor works. Yes. Yeah. What's your main mission right now? Or your vision? Mine, mine evolves over time. Like when I was 16, it was to get a girlfriend probably. Right. And then when I was like 20, it was to play pro football. It was still to get a girlfriend. It was that too. Right. Yeah.

What is it? Keep your girlfriend. Keep your girlfriend. Right. But you know, it's evolved as we like get older, we have different missions. We want to leave a legacy, things like that. My mission, I told you before, is to serve a hundred million people to show them how to make a full-time living doing what they love.

I feel like that's going to heal the world in my own way. Because when people are making a full-time living, whether it's 40 grand or a couple hundred grand or millions of dollars, doesn't matter, whatever allows them to live comfortably, doing the things they're so passionate about, they're going to be nicer to people. They're going to treat their spouse or their husband with better respect. They're going to treat themselves with deeper respect. They're going to want to work out and be healthier, all things Which I think they're gonna be less stressful less disease. This is gonna heal the world in my own way Yeah, so do you have like a you know something that you want to achieve with your mission or your vision with what you're?

Creating right now is it more just what you're up to this year or the next few years or? What's Danielle look for one? Well, I consider myself a light worker and I want to, I'm a provoker of the truth. So I want my work to get you thinking about what's right for you. And I'm going to do that till the day I die. Yeah. I want to support the seekers. the day I die. Um, yeah, I want to support the seekers. Uh, yeah. And specifically in terms of like the, you know, the incorporation, the business, you know, with desire map, it's about, I want to help as many people as possible get clear on their core desired feelings. Cool. As possible in quotes is very specific. So that's as many as people, as many people as possible within our restraints. So what's possible for me as a mom who wants to be there with a snack for

my kid at three o'clock every day, what's possible in terms of helping the women on my team be healthy and not overwork because we're all over workers. Um, yeah. And I love making beauty, you know, so I really think beauty is a healer. So I want to make beautiful things. And, um, you know, I think my gift is to broadcast. I'm a broadcaster. I, I, you know, I went on a journey. I learned this. Here you go. And that's like my service. Yeah. Yeah. If you were given, if I handed you a billion dollars right now, what would you do?

And you could only use it to serve the world. Yeah. What would you do with that money to serve the world? Well, first of all, I wouldn't want anybody else to know that you handed me a billion dollars. So it would have to be confidential. Um, what would I do to serve the world? I would go straight to the beginning. So I would, I would do some things in layers in terms of funding. Um, it would have to be with, um, conscious birth and how we specifically in North America approach giving birth and the options around that and the consciousness around

babies being born. And then I would do some funding around conscious parenting because we're also fucked up because of things that went wrong or, you know, extended or whatever, you know? Um, and I just want to go on the record and say, I'm not that fucked up because of my, my parents, I'm fucked up for other reasons. Um, uh, and then I would do things around, um, I do what I'm doing. I would do what I'm doing. It was for me, it would not be about animals. It would not be about environmentalism because there are other people that are more passionate, more skilled, more talented to do that. I'm like, okay, you know, you look at the, you look at the scope of crises.

Okay. You greens, you got that. Okay. And then there's the animal lovers. I'm an animal lover, but you got, okay, you got the animals. I'm going to cover pop culture, consciousness, divine feminine with a side of entrepreneurship. That's good. That's your thing. Yeah. Um, yeah, I suppose, I mean, a billion dollars, I could do a lot more with that. You know, I really love, um, I love the practice of

micro lending. I think there is such tremendous leverage around micro loans specifically for women. I would be, you know, I would service all of humanity through the birthing and the parenting stuff. Um, but really I think if you heal and empower women, you heal the whole society. Um, you help healers, you heal women. I mean, women are naturally healers. So it would have a lot to do with that. You know, right now my philanthropic cash gets funneled to V-Day, Eva Ensler's organization, because you heal women, you heal the world. You heal men too, yeah, through that process. That's interesting. What do you think people should be investing in more in themselves?

If like, say every year someone had either money, time, or something to invest more in themselves, what should they be investing in specifically? Heart and mind. Um, you know, so it's kind of cool in our like milieu, this kind of genre that we're in, like everybody got a coach and I think everybody should have a coach. I'm pro coaches, but you know, the coaching is about, you know, it's armchair therapy, super. And it's about hitting your goals, hitting the mark. And that's great. But in my life, you know, the energy workers that I work with that help me see things multidimensionally. It's like, this is what's up in a meditation.

This is what's up in a dream. It's like, you know, that you put them in the camp of intuitives. What can you see? Because you have the gift of sight, precise gifts of sight that I don't have right now. I want that. sight, precise gifts of sight that I don't have right now. I want that. Like I have on my team monthly retainer, an energy worker who every week, once a week, Wednesday, Friday texts me an energy report of the company and my life is like, you know, there was a little bit of clogged energy here in this particular relationship. We worked on moving that. So it's like, you know, just like a kinesiologist is going to move, you know, work on your muscles.

There are energy workers who are going to help shift energy for you. And I just feel like, you know, these folks on my team, this is like my secret weapon. That's pretty cool. Yeah. So that's where I would invest. That's where I do invest probably thousands of dollars tens of thousands of dollars on the like serious woo stuff every year and um but it works for you yeah and like extra woo is um this is nobody on your show has ever said this but crystals for me

are a technology um i mean there's a reason you have a quartz crystal in your old Seiko watch. I mean, they, they keep a particular vibration. So I have massive stones that are, are energized and activated and programmed for me. And, and, you know, some of my close woo entrepreneurial friends, I'm like, this is the next frontier. Yo, you got to get a big citrine and get that mother program. How do you program it? You go, this is what I want. Yo, you got to get a big citrine and get that mother program. How do you program it? You go, this is what I want. And we're going to work together. You, you, you, you be with it just like you be with your thoughts or your body.

And then you get with people who are, you know, that's their gift. They speak energy. Interesting. Yeah. I was up at Jack Canfield's house a month ago, and he had crystals everywhere. Huge crystals and like little crystals. And I was like, interesting. And his place was massive.

They're not home decor. They were massive ones. Yeah. It's insane. They were like 100-pound ones, it seemed like. They were so heavy. Yes, I would. You know, I just had a great launch launch and it was great in every possible way.

And I say it's heart and smarts and my citrines. This is the key to your success. Yeah. Wow. Okay. Yeah. Where can people learn about the citrines? Well, eventually I'm going to do courses on these. You're going to have courses.

This is a future Danielle thing. Yeah. Because why not? Because why not? Because why not? Because why not? Because it works for me. There you go. I'm going to do courses on these. You're going to have courses. You're going to have your advice. This is a future Danielle thing. Yeah. Because why not? Because why not? Because why not? Because why not? Because why not?

Because it works for me. There you go. Because I've been seeking. I bring it down. I broadcast it. Where can you find out? Well, I mean, basic books and the Encyclopedia of Crystals, but... Is there a good website for people to get this or...?

No. I got to make that website. Cool. Yeah. Awesome. You know what? The book of stones is fantastic. I think the last name is Simmons and get an Amazon. It's about that thick. Is there anything about you? Yes. That people don't know yet that you really want, that you really, that they should know. I don't, is this useful for people? I don't think this is,

is this useful for people? Louis, we should talk about how to grow your Twitter following. I'm curious. I think it is. It's all about the heart. Well, I'm really fucking funny. And if you don't laugh, then it's not funny. So I don't think my sense of humor doesn't always get as much airplay. And sometimes I'm not funny. Like I remember talking to my speaking coach in the

early days and said, you know, I just, I talked for an hour and like, they didn't laugh at my jokes. And, and it was just like dead silence. And she's like, Danielle, they might be mesmerized. I was like, okay, I guess that's better than them thinking I suck. And then I would know from the response after, which was, you know, you, you know, when there's a lineup, I was like, okay, so I'm not a dud. Um, I'm funny. And, um, I cry a lot. Um, I'm not a weeper. I mean, of course I weep at times, but you know, sometimes it's just the barista and just the way, and I just was, I'm just like, we just connected. And, um, I really feel a lot of pain. Um, yeah, you feel a lot of pain. Yeah. Constantly. Sure. I feel a lot of joy constantly because if you're

going to feel, if you want to feel, you got to sign up for this. If you want to be awake and alive and you want to feel the joy, then I guarantee you're going to feel extreme pain. Yeah. I'm a big believer in that. I think if you want to get the best in life, you got to experience a lot of pain in order to have the best. Well, that's different. Or feel the best. That's more of a, that's like a linear, to get there, you have to get this. Consider more like the circular and broad, which is, yeah, it's not about earning. It's not about enduring to get to the joy. It's like because you feel joy, because you have to be so hollowed out to feel ecstasy,

you're hollow or you're full, however you want to look at it. Ergo, pain is going to enter as well. What do you feel is the most powerful emotion someone can have? Oh, powerful emotion. Rage is pretty powerful. Uh, rage is great. Um, love is so overused. I don't, I don't, uh, yeah, I guess forgiveness is very healing. You know, I just think about my son, you know, my greatest love. And I don't even know if there is an emotion. There's just, I mean, obviously I love him to the nth. I think, I think whatever, I don't know if there's a word for it. You know, it's like Inuits, Eskimo,

you know, 28 words for snow, but there's a kind of love where somebody else's happiness is, is your bliss. What is that? And that's really powerful. Like, you know, when sometimes I think, you know, my son doesn't even know how happy I am for him. And, and I just, that is powerful because when I am so happy for his happiness, you know, you would just do anything you want to move. Where do you want to go? What do you want? You want a burrito for dinner? Ice cream. Okay. You got it. Yeah. That's cool. I like that. What are you most grateful for recently? Grateful for recently? Well, I write, write, write it down every what are you most grateful for recently grateful for recently well I write write write it down every day what I'm grateful for I am grateful for some particular

people in my life there's about three people that I regularly you know we're texting every day and it's just it's just this back and forth of I got you I got you what do you need what do you need I saw I thought of something for you, you know? I'm so excited for you. That's what it is. It's like, who in your life is the, I'm so excited for you? That. Who are they?

My friend, Deb Kern. I think she's drdebkern.com. And my energy guy, Atana. And my dear friend, Megan Watterson, the list would just grow. And it's like, um, Mike Watts and Kate Northrup and Marie Forleo and those beloveds. And you know, one of my beloveds is, is my chief of staff, Steph Corker. And then there's Angie Wheeler. Then I would just my whole team.

I mean, it just goes on. There's like this parade of, of gratitude. I have been nothing without you. That's great. Okay. Well, I want to ask, uh, before I ask one more question, is there anything that you want to say or talk about, or you feel like there's anything that's opening up for you? Oh, that's opening up for me. opening up for you. Oh, that's opening up for me. Well, I, we could just reverse it and I would just interview you. So like, I'm really curious, like you've had all these conversations about greatness. What's the stuck? What's the stuck for people? What's the stuck. Yeah. And I have, and I have a followup question. What does it mean stuck? Well, that I was just being poetic. Like what's everybody's problem?

Gotcha. What's holding them back from being an advanced student of the School of Greatness? Gotcha. Yeah. Well, we talked about the fear of failure, the fear of looking bad, and the fear of success. Those are kind of the three common themes. And everyone's got different variations of that, but a lot of it's fair, what other people are going to think or say, or, and then what they're going to think or say when they fail and what they're going to think or say when they succeed and the

responsibilities that come with that. Those are the common ones. The last that's interesting about the failure of success and what people are going to think or say. It's a great distinction. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, um, what's your cocktail party podcast. I know you, you're writing a book about it, but what's your counsel for this? So let's just focus. So let's say someone's fear is number three success. What are people going to think or say? And so what's your healing response? I would say they're going to, you know, kind of what you already said is that if you want to make an impact in the world and do something great, people are going to say nasty things about you. A lot of people are going to hate you anyways. So you might as well do the things you love and be yourself. That's what I would say. You can either do nothing and get zero

results and people are still going to have an opinion about you. They're still going to say, oh, he's doing nothing or she's doing nothing or they're not up to a big game or they're worthless or whatever. So you might as well go for something because you're still going to get that anyways. Mm-hmm. Okay. Another question. On a what's, what's your, on a scale of one to 10, how competitive are you? 20. Yeah. So there's no scale. There's no scale. It depends. So if you and I play a game, you got to fucking win, you know, over the, if I was like 25, yes. And I would be a sore loser and be like, we're playing until I win. It'd be like... Yeah. Five more. Best of 10.

Exactly. Yes. That was my attitude. Now, I've learned to appreciate the win-win and everything. Okay. So learning, even when I lose, how can I actually make it a win for me so that it's actually more powerful that I lost? Okay. So I find the win-win, but I'm still very competitive. But if I lose the game or the points or the score or whatever, whatever the criteria is, then I look at it as feedback for why I didn't win. And what can I do to get to the next level?

What's in the way? What's in the gap? But you still got to win. Most of the time, yeah. But I've learned to find the silver lining and everything and be like, okay, this is more, this is like, sometimes I want to lose because it gives me like this energy and this, otherwise it's too easy all the time. You know, you got to lose every once in a while. As my, one of my yoga teachers always says like, we want to create stress in your body. Yeah. Let's create some stress in the hip flexor.

So, yeah. Yeah, and I want to always check myself. It's good feedback on my mindset. Maybe I wasn't focused or I wasn't fully engaged or something was missing. So I get to look at those things and be like, okay, I get to work on that. Thank you, Lewis Howes. Well, before the final question, which you answered before. Oh, I haven't answered the final.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, grand finale. That's what I asked you. If there's anything else you want to say. Well, I want to acknowledge you really quick because I really appreciate you being here and coming and doing this podcast. And I want to acknowledge you, Danielle, for the light and the energy that you constantly are for so many people. I know that

you stand and represent greatness in your own way, but you really, to me, you represent healing for people. And just your energy is so magnetic and so calm, but it's like constantly flowing in different ways. And that for me is extremely healing. And I know you're healing a lot of people through the work you do, through the ideas you get, and from what you create in your art. So I acknowledge you for being that gift and for just showing up every single day the way you do. It's really powerful. So the final question, which you've answered before, I believe, is what's your definition

of greatness? But it may be different now. I't know this was like your proust uh question okay what's my definition of greatness i remember what i said last time which was kindness i think um my def why would i change that my definition of greatness it's the belief that you don't have to earn your freedom yeah like i don't have to earn i don't have to earn love i don't have to earn liberty i am i am worthy of it really it's the belief that i am that i am love i am freedom i am what i desire yeah that's um that's a great, that's a great way to be.

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