Safe Relationship Choices Often Lead to Unfulfillment

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Previously titled “3 Mindset Shifts To Completely Transform Your Life & Relationships” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 3, 2026

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Lewis Howes 0:00
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Eric Thomas 0:52
No. No. You know why? Because what I didn't realize as a young adult is that when you say it to somebody else, whether you mean to do it or not, you give them the keys to your life. You give them power over you. They got your whole life in their hand. Because you said it. You said it. They didn't do this because they didn't. They got the keys. Now, I'll be honest. The reason why we don't want to take the keys is because we got to drive. We got to drive. And I told you, today I was like, I got too much to do. I normally drive. I'm like, I got too much to do. And it felt good to be in the car driven. It felt good. Like, I'm on the phone talking to my wife. We having worship, doing our thing, making a couple of business calls.
Eric Thomas 1:28
Like, I don't have the responsibility of the traffic. Paying attention. I got paid attention. He moved over and got, I was like, why is he stopping in the middle of, But it was a fire truck was coming. So he had to move up. I didn't know what was going on because it was the first time in my life that I wasn't really responsible because I normally drive. And that's why people don't want to drive in their lives. They don't want to be responsible. It's so much easier to say, my life is messed up because you did this and you did that. Once you take the keys down, you got to go anything. But I'm going to tell you this. This is why I like it. While it's more responsibility, it's more freedom. It's more independence. It's more control. Opportunities.
Eric Thomas 2:10
They limit it. But the limitless win. You take the keys. And so I took the keys in my life and said, my, thanks. Dad, thanks for not being there for me. You gave me a dog. You gave me a passion. You gave me resilience. You taught me how to make it when the very thing that's supposed to be there for you isn't there for you. And I tell people, Some kid asked me the other day, he's like, man, wouldn't you say your son is lucky because you're in his life and his mom is in his life? I said yes and no. I said yes, he's blessed to have his mom and dad. Well, he ain't got that dog. He doesn't have the hunger? He ain't got that dog. Oh, man. My son is a great kid. But he doesn't have the drive. He ain't got the same drive I got.
Eric Thomas 2:51
And that drive came without some stuff that I had. That stuff came from lack. And so I say to anybody, you got to understand, it could go either way. But when you take the, it's like I walk into a school and I ask, how many of y'all, 50 kids? How many of you kids in here? 1,000 kids. How many of your dads, one in your life, was not living in the house? 90% raised their hand. And guess what? I automatically can relate to them. That's the je ne sais quoi that my daddy wasn't there. That's the it factor. If my father hadn't been there, I might not be able to go in here and relate on my videos and go viral. People are like, okay, maybe if I just had Eric's voice or if I just screamed and I just looked passionate.
Eric Thomas 3:32
Yeah, yeah. Bro, that's not what it is. It's when I speak, you hear it because I've been through what you've been through. And so you recognize that voice. You recognize the pain. You recognize the struggle. But you recognize I overcame it. And that's why you're like, I want to rock with this dude. Because this one ain't, some kind of way, Eric ain't the one that's making us feel like, oh, it's okay that you went through this, and it's okay that this, and it's okay if you don't want to grow, and it's okay if you don't want, no. What you're hearing from me is a coach that's saying, Jordan, you got six rings in you, but you got to stop playing this way, and you got to start playing this way.

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