Lewis Howes

And so the result is that I'm a success addict and I'm a self-objectifying success addict.

And the result is that my worst moments, Lewis, are when I spent the 14th hour at the office looking for the admiration of strangers as opposed to the first hour with my kids when they were little and they grew up.

I wanted to be special more than I wanted to be happy.

And that's my weakness.

And consciousness of this has allowed me to take my life back.

And when I take my life back, I understand what the real meaning of my life actually is.

That's why everybody needs to play this game.

The real meaning of my life is to love and be loved.

The meaning of my life is to lift people up and bring them together in bonds of happiness and love using the gifts that I've been given, which is science and ideas.

That's what it is.

But I can't do that when I'm just trying to get applause.

because they're in, well, there's a couple of different things going on.

Because you're extremely smart.

Number one is they'll leave that.

So they'll leave their happiness on the table.

And then there's some that will actually sabotage their own happiness.

And those are two different problems.

Number one, many strivers will forego happiness because they actually know what they need.

I was interviewing this woman in my research who's a

Billionaire, I mean, in finance.