Only You Can Change Your Life 'If you're still looking for that one person to change your life, take a look in the mirror.'

By Lewis Howes Edited by Dan Bova

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"If you're still looking for that one person to change your life, take a look in the mirror."

Have you ever found yourself wishing someone would just offer you the perfect opportunity or job and then everything would be great? Wouldn't it be nice if someone just handed you all of these things?

Then life would be so easy and painless -- and that's the way life should be right? We should just have everything we want handed to us? Well ... guess what?

That's not how life works.

And there's a reason for that.

Sharing my thoughts in Episode 480.

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Lewis Howes

New York Times Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, Coach

Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author of The School of Greatness and The Mask of Masculinity. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach and keynote speaker. A former professional football player and two-sport All-American, he is a current USA Men’s National Handball Team athlete. He hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked Apple podcast, The School of Greatness. Howes was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. Details magazine called him one of “5 Internet Guru’s that can Make You Rich.”  Howes has been featured on Ellen, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The New York Times, People, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health and other major media outlets.

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