Until he realized, he was driven almost entirely by his own sense of woundedness and pain, and all the external accomplishments weren’t healing any of it, or making him feel the way he wanted to feel. Building a tremendous business, representing the United States on the global stage as an athlete, and checking all the societally ordained success boxes. He was driven to succeed and, did, in fact, end up performing at astonishing levels. “Greatness,” according to Lewis, “is about service to other people in the pursuit of your dreams, making sure that everyone else wins around you while you’re winning and empowering people around you while you grow and succeed.”ĭriven to fill an inner void, Lewis spent much of the first 35 years of his life on a relentless quest to be the best in the world at whatever he said yes to. But, what if that’s not actually greatness at all? What if greatness was more about how you show up in your life, and lead with service and humanity? That’s the argument that my dear friend, New York Times best-selling author, keynote speaker, industry-leading show host, and former pro-athlete, Lewis Howes, makes. Those who push harder than anyone and everyone else and succeed on a scale most can only dream of. When you hear the term “greatness,” what do you think? For most people, images of world-class athletes, innovators, performers, leaders or industry or arts come to mind.
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