Lewis Howes

We have a body that runs on a rule set, then we abide by it, we look after it and take care of it, it'll last us quite well.

But it's got a time limit.

Whereas being is non-physical.

You can't put being in a box.

So if you identify more as your body, a center of gravity, we've got these two things, physical, non-physical, one package.

If you take your associations to who you think you are and you put that center of gravity over to the body, I am my body, I'm my physical self, and I identify in the physical world, the outer world.

Your body has a nervous system that is hardwired for comfort.

which is useful when you're standing too close to a fire, sitting on an ant's nest.

But if you identify with that, you're going to make the rookie mistake of thinking that life is a comfort-centric experience.

And the journey to emotional maturity, one of the greatest days in a human being's life, is the day they wake up to understand that life is actually a growth-centric experience, not a comfort-centric experience.

And so if you identify as the physical version of you, you're going to seek comfort by design because that's what your nervous system is wired for.

If you understand that the real essence of who you are is way bigger than a body, the non-physical version of you, the you with a capital Y, let's call it our soul, that's hardwired for growth.

Everything in nature grows so that it can contribute or it's taken out of the food chain.

I didn't make that up.

Look out of your window.

It's two rules of nature.

So if you identify more with you trying to carve your legacy out in the physical world,

You're going to be calling problems problems rather than opportunities or challenges.

You're going to be struggling and fighting an inertia that is designed to give you challenges and problems because that's how you grow.

We know that in the gym.