Lewis HowesYour Personal 24/7 Greatness Coach

How To Live The Life You Know You Were Born For Rather Than The Life Others Want You To Live...

14 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker urges listeners to abandon lives dictated by external obligations and instead live with intention. They highlight how many people feel compelled to follow paths chosen by others, and stress that true liberation comes from silencing the inner critic that says it’s not okay to pursue a different, authentic life. The speaker emphasizes the importance of finding courage and encouragement to step into the life one feels created for, noting that even failure is preferable when it occurs while chasing a desired path rather than a life imposed by others. The core message is that helping even one person discover this courage can catalyze a more fulfilling, intentional existence.

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You have to stop living a life of obligation and start living a life of intention. And I think that for so many of us, a huge part of our journey is we feel so obligated to live the life other people want us to live. And for me, my liberation and my freedom and living my life most fully has been every time I can block out those voices that tell me that it's not okay. And because I just think there's people right now that are living a life that's imposed on them. And there's a little voice inside of them just saying, you know, you're created for a different life, but they haven't found the courage or maybe the encouragement, you know, to step into that. And, and for me, it's like if, if I can help one person just find the courage or the encouragement to go, I'm going to begin to, to live this new life, this life that I feel like I was created to live. Who cares if you fail? It's so much more fun failing in a life you long for than a life you didn't want anyway. 100%.