Lewis Howes
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She said, I got everything I wanted.
but I'm unhappy.
I said, well, talk to me, sister.
And she says, well, my husband and I were like roommates.
I'm cordial with my adult kids.
I think my employees are afraid of me.
I'm not taking care of myself the way I should.
I drink too much.
I'm not going to the gym.
I used to be religious when I was a child and it gave me so much joy, but I never even practiced my faith.
What should I do, professor?
And I'm like...
You don't need a Harvard professor to tell you.
You just gave yourself your own prescription.
I mean, go away with your husband, get to know your kids, step back from your firm, go to AA, go back to church, do your thing.
And she said, I know, I know, I know, I know.
I said, so why not?
And she thought about it and she said, because I've always chosen to be special rather than happy.
See, here's the calculus.
Any loser can have love relationships, but not everybody can build a company.