Lewis HowesYour Personal 24/7 Greatness Coach

At 5 you were joyful, at 30 you're like THIS!

1 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that most people are trapped in suffering caused by over‑identifying with past memories—whether events from yesterday, ten days ago, or decades earlier. This identification fuels psychosomatic illnesses that silently affect every cell, gradually draining the natural vibrancy and exuberance people possess as children. The speaker claims that over 75 % of the population experiences this decline, moving from a joyful five‑year‑old to a listless thirty‑year‑old. He frames the phenomenon as a consequence of karma: the past cannot be changed, the present can only be experienced, and the future must be consciously created. The talk emphasizes mindfulness—letting go of past identification, fully inhabiting the now, and actively shaping tomorrow—as the antidote to this pervasive loss of vitality.

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Most human beings right now are only suffering their memory, isn't it? Yeah. This moment they're not suffering. What happened yesterday, they're suffering. What happened 10 days ago, they're suffering. Why? What happened 25 years ago, they're still suffering. They're identified with the situations in which they were. Now it makes them suffer. Today we know that a whole lot of diseases that people are suffering are psychosomatic. It doesn't even ask your permission. It just works on every cell in your body. Slowly you lose your vibrancy. What was a vibrant, exuberant person slowly becomes like this. This has happened to more than 75% of the population, right? When they were 5, 6 years of age, how joyful and exuberant lives they were. Mm-hmm. By the time they're 30, they're like this. What is their problem? Is somebody poking them? No, because their karma is overtaking them. What happened yesterday you cannot change. What is happening today you can only experience. What is tomorrow you have to create.