If You Feel Like You Can't Be Yourself Anymore, Listen To This | Gabriel Iglesias
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, my name is Lewis Howes, and welcome to The Daily Motivation Show.
How did Gabriel Iglesias describe the limiting beliefs he grew up with?
I used to use a lot of words growing up about myself to myself and to others. I would say, I'm an idiot. I'm stupid. I'll never learn these things. I'm not smart. I was in the bottom of my class, bottom of four in my class. They used to grade us or rank us in our classes where I was in school. So I could always see that I was in the bottom four consistently all through middle school and high school. So just always, I was just like, I'm never going to be good enough. I'm never going to learn like you guys. I would say these words and built an identity about me to self that would limit me and to others that would limit me.
Why does Gabriel say people recognize him as 'Fluffy' more than Gabriel?
How much does the identity you've built for yourself empower you or hold you back, would you say?
I know that when people see me on the streets, I'm Fluffy. Hey, Fluffy! It's very rare that I'll get Gabriel. Really? They'll say Fluffy, and then they'll be like, who is it? It's Gabriel Iglesias. You know what I mean? It's all tied together, but it's so much easier to call somebody by the nickname. It's an easy nickname. And it's not like it's a different person. It's a nickname that's, you know, it's me. But... I am seen a certain way because of the shows and the consistency that, Oh, you know, he's the guy that talks about his son. He's the guy that talks about his friend. He's the guy that, so I'm limited in the sense that if I was to all of a sudden start talking about politics or become, you know, start venting and being very vulgar being, you know, that, you know, and then there are times when I do want to vent my,
and i can't on stage because it's not something that goes with with what i've created and and it's not going to be well received by everyone i might hit a few there might be some people that will relate to what i'm saying but i'm gonna ruffle a lot of feathers in the process and so i have to remind myself this is not the place to do that right so by because of what i built there i can't You know, I can't be 100 right here. This is not going to go well. But what about the identity with Fluffy? The identity with Fluffy? No. Always happy. And that's not always the case. You know, always happy, always in a good mood. I'm not always in a good mood. And every time I go out in public, I always... I'm afraid that people are going to...
Like I don't want to meet somebody, run into somebody if I'm not having the best of days. So I try not to put myself in environments where I'm going to run into people. I'm not one who's going to be like, no, I don't want to take a picture. I'm not going to snap on somebody. And photos, it's part of the deal. If I can do it and there's time for it, absolutely, no problem. But there are times when I'm dealing with issues, problems, and I'm just like, oh, I just want to go to the drive-thru, get something to eat and just go back home. But, you know, because of the fact that I'm seen a certain way, it's like, you got to always be smiling. You got to always be happy. You got to always be that. And that is hard because sometimes you just want to be a normal person.
I understand that, yeah. You know, you're just like, how's he doing? Don't talk to him right now. He's in one of them moments.
I'm a big believer that our habits and our identity will shape our lives better. And our goals and the way we feel about ourselves will naturally take care of themselves based on the consistency of our habits and on the identity that we give ourselves. And so I guess I just wanted to ask about the identity of fluffy. You mentioned this, how people call you fluffy. Do you think that supports your success but holds you back in other ways? Or do you feel like that is an empowering thing for you with your identity and where you want to be?
There are so many more pros than there are cons. The cons are very small. They're very small. No, man, let me tell you. When people, when you get recognized... I have other friends that are other comics, and I know a lot of people that are famous.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:11
2
How did Gabriel Iglesias describe the limiting beliefs he grew up with?
0:11–0:46
3
Why does Gabriel say people recognize him as 'Fluffy' more than Gabriel?
0:46–4:28
4
How does the 'Fluffy' persona restrict Gabriel’s ability to express himself?
4:28–9:23
Speakers
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