Pod Insights The School of Greatness 54 Chris Lee: 10 Principals of Abundance and Prosperity About this episode Chris Lee is a master of transformation and helping people realize the greatness inside of them. On this episode of the School of Greatness, Lewis Howes and he discuss the 10 principals that everyone can use to realize their own abundance and live a life aligned with their vision. Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX
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0:00 Lewis Howes? This is episode number 54 with transformation coach Chris Lee.
0:07 Lewis Howes? Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, a former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur. And each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.
0:33 Lewis Howes? It is a spectacular day here at the School of Greatness Studios because I have a huge guest back in with me today. One of the most popular episodes on the School of Greatness up to date. And the only guest, there's been one other guest that I've had on twice, so he will be the second guest to come on twice. His name is Mr. Chris Lee. He is a transformation coach, been doing work in leadership and emotional intelligence, training workshops and seminars all over the world, worked with thousands and thousands of people, changed lives. And he is extremely talented at what he does and an amazing individual, an amazing heart.
1:18 Lewis Howes? And I'm so grateful to have him back on. And in this episode, he is covering the 10 principles of abundance and prosperity. And for those people who are listening, who may be struggling or feel like you're not getting enough, or you don't have what you want in your relationships, in your finance, in your career, with your health, just things aren't happening the way you would like them to happen. There's something holding you back. There's some type of scarcity conversation that you're living in, that you're having with yourself that is holding you back from getting what you truly want and ultimately what you truly deserve to have in this lifetime.
2:03 Lewis Howes? It's all up to you. It's a choice. It's a decision that you get to make each and every moment, each and every day. And Chris is so.
2:14 Lewis Howes? Amazing. He's here to kind of share and bless us with his wisdom of 25 years of this work to really hammer down his 10 core principles on living an abundant, prosperous life. So with that, guys, feel free to open up your, your mind, your soul, and most importantly, your hearts and listen in to what Chris is about to say on these 10 principles. And let's go ahead and just dive right into it with the one and only Mr. Chris Lee.
2:54 Lewis Howes? Welcome back everyone to the School of Greatness. I'm super pumped about today's episode because we've got a guest who's been on before, a very familiar guest. His name is Mr. Chris Lee. What is up, Chris? What's up? I'm so happy to be back again. Very pumped. You're in LA once every two months. Yeah. Every six weeks and I got ahold of you to finally come back in the studio. I want to get you back on here every quarter is my goal because you're doing a lot of trainees out here. Absolutely. And Chris, for those of you who are new listeners, make sure to go back and check out episode 36 because it's one of the most powerful episodes on the School of Greatness. So many people come up to me and say it's changed their lives that they've listened to it six, seven times. It's amazing. I've gotten, I still get feedback. Yeah.
3:39 Lewis Howes? And it's been how long? Like three months? At least three months ago. Yeah. At least three months, right? No, but it's been very positive, great feedback. People really enjoyed it and got a lot of value out of it. Yeah. And we did something really cool on there. Chris put me through a guided meditation on there, something we've never done on the podcast before. So it's all about, you know, tapping into your heart and discovering what you really want in your life and the steps on how to do that, the principles on how to do that. And one of the bring back Chris on, he said, you know, I should really talk about abundance and prosperity because I think it's something a lot of people are looking to discover in their life is how to be abundant with relationships, with finances, with fitness, health, and everything they want.
4:21 Lewis Howes? And I said, let's bring it, let's do it.
4:22 Chris Lee? Absolutely. One of the things that I keep hearing in my seminars, because I'm with people every week.
4:27 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
4:28 Chris Lee? Is how people don't have the money, don't have the time, don't have the energy. There seems to be a scarcity conversation all across the board.
4:38 Lewis Howes? Yeah, over the world.
4:39 Chris Lee? Yeah, everywhere. I do this all over the world. So in Latin America and Europe, Asia. And I keep hearing about scarcity, people not having money, not having time, not having the energy to do things. And what people don't realize is that it's a lot easier than we think to create an abundant life.
4:57 Lewis Howes? Hmm. How is it so easy?
4:59 Chris Lee? Well, it's shifting a mindset. Everything is a mindset. So you shift your mindset and your reality shifts. When your reality shifts, your actions and choices shift, therefore your results shift.
5:14 Lewis Howes? Right, right. So how, I mean, let's just throw a couple of examples out there for someone who's a mom, a single mom of two or three kids, working a job that only makes thirty, forty thousand dollars a year, or maybe less, or maybe, you know, part-time jobs here and there, trying to get by. How does someone like that, who's really driving around, picking up kids, barely making enough to get by, think abundantly when they've been thinking for years a certain way and been living a certain way? How do you just shift it all of a sudden and say, okay, I'm going to start making money and have time and energy and?
5:48 Chris Lee? Well, the way to shift it, and it's not just for the single mom, it's for anybody, even people that make money sometimes are abundant. It's about shifting consciousness, and really, we need to define abundance.
6:00 Lewis Howes? Okay. So what is abundance?
6:01 Chris Lee? Shifting the definition of abundance. Most people think abundance is having a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of cars, a lot of bling bling, you know, a lot of, you know, quantity of things. And really, true abundance has nothing to do with what you have. It has everything to do with how you see the world, and it has to do with who you are. It's about shifting consciousness. You see, abundance is a state of consciousness. Now prosperity is the result of that consciousness. So prosperity is the money and the car and the, you know, success and all the things that we want and all the things that we deserve. And I say that we're meant to have. But the way we go about it is the wrong way.
6:46 Chris Lee? And so how I define abundance, abundance is a state of being, it's a state of consciousness. And it's a state of consciousness of gratitude. I like that. So when you come from gratitude and gratefulness and acknowledging all of the immense gifts that we have as human beings, it's amazing, your life will change forever. Now, where are most people coming from? Scarcity. If they're not from gratitude. They're seeing like the old example, half, a glass half empty. So they see the glass half empty, the glass half empty versus the glass half full.
7:29 Chris Lee? And so we see through those lenses, what we don't have, what we don't create, what we need. And so our mind is like a magnet and it gravitates to those kind of concepts. And so what happens is the nature of thought is that what you think about expands. So if you think about what you don't have, I don't have money, I don't have money. Or if you think about what you haven't created, I haven't had gotten that job yet, or haven't created that relationship yet, then what your mind does, it gravitates towards that and it snowballs. And so your own, your own, your only reality is what you don't have. And then it's impossible to create from a broken foundation.
8:10 Chris Lee? And so no matter what we put in that broken foundation, it's cracked and it's never enough. So I know millionaires that are scarce. I have a friend that makes over a million dollars a month. And he's the most negative, depressed. Really? You know, doesn't trust anybody, isn't joyful, isn't free. I mean, it's just an amazing thing how he won't get that his joy does not come from his money, it comes from who he's paying. And I know people who don't, that don't make a lot of money, but they're totally abundant. Yeah. So it's really not about what you have, it's about who you are. So abundance is defined as a state of consciousness of gratefulness and it's gratitude.
8:55 Chris Lee? And so when I focus on the fact that I'm breathing, think about all the people that can't breathe without a tube. Or without a mask. The fact that I could see you and I could see this amazing view.
9:10 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
9:10 Chris Lee? That is, you know, that I could see this view. This view is priceless. And I could actually listen and all of you that are listening to us, the fact that you could actually have the moment to listen to us. And that you have something to listen through. I mean, when you think about all the things and that really. You're grateful for. The list goes on and on and on. We're all millionaires. We just don't know it.
9:33 Lewis Howes? Right.
9:34 Chris Lee? I mean, think about it. What would someone blind pay to have eyesight? What would someone who can't listen or hear pay to have ears that listen or hear?
9:43 Lewis Howes? All the money in the world.
9:44 Chris Lee? Yeah. What would you pay for legs? Think about it. You're an athlete.
9:47 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
9:47 Chris Lee? How many, how many athletes, you know, don't, don't have, you know, the ability to. Participate in their sport because physically they can't.
9:56 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
9:56 Chris Lee? What would they pay for their legs or?
9:58 Lewis Howes? Anything.
9:58 Chris Lee? You know, so anyway, so the, the real point is, is the state of consciousness.
10:02 Lewis Howes? Right. And gratitude.
10:04 Chris Lee? Gratitude.
10:05 Lewis Howes? It's interesting you say that. I mentioned this, I think in a podcast recently. Where I was training with the USA national team for handball a couple of months ago. And I was having a bad day. I was just kind of frustrated at the team, the coaches, just like. Things weren't going my way and that was. That was snowballing because I was allowing it to manifest in my thoughts. And I was just like talking about it. I was being negative.
10:27 Chris Lee? And what you think about expands.
10:29 Lewis Howes? Exactly.
10:30 Chris Lee? And it was expanding.
10:31 Lewis Howes? It was expanding. And then it shifted the moment that something happened. We were practicing. It was a really tough practice. And I was kind of like, you know, just annoyed, frustrated, talking about it with the teammates. And then something on the other side of the court happened. There was.
10:48 Lewis Howes? There was um, a team playing a sport. And this team was a wheelchair basketball team. And they were all couldn't use their legs.
10:58 Chris Lee? Wow.
10:59 Lewis Howes? And I was going through this really hard workout, stressed out. And I should shift. I was like, man, these guys would be do anything to be in pain. They would do anything to feel the pain that I'm feeling right now in my legs. And right then is when everything shifted. I was like, I'm so blessed and grateful. I have legs to be in pain with.
11:19 Chris Lee? Right there, you practice abundance.
11:21 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
11:22 Chris Lee? So that's a beautiful example, right there.
11:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
11:25 Chris Lee? Because what we do is we focus on what we don't have. We focus on what we haven't created. We focus on what we haven't accomplished. And then that energy, what it does is that it pushes all those things away.
11:36 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
11:37 Chris Lee? So instead of gravitating it or, you know, attracting it, what we do or gravitating towards it, we push it away.
11:43 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
11:43 Chris Lee? So the state of abundance is that consciousness of every day, wake up, open your eyes and say, thank you. That's the first exercise of this podcast.
11:55 Lewis Howes? I like that.
11:56 Chris Lee? Okay. Every single day when you wake up, open your eyes and just say the words, thank you. Because that will start your day in an abundant way. Because you're saying, thank you. I arrived at another day.
12:11 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
12:11 Chris Lee? I do that when I wake up every day. I'm like, wow, I made it. I don't take life for granted because there's people who don't wake up.
12:18 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
12:19 Chris Lee? Just like when I land in an airplane, I live on an airplane. So every time it lands, I'm like, yes, I made it.
12:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
12:25 Chris Lee? Thank you. So I really, you know, I live this. It's not something I just talk about. I really, I truly live it.
12:31 Lewis Howes? Yeah, that's incredible. Okay. So you've got, now we have foundations really coming from a place of gratitude, which I practice constantly. And I feel like that's what allows me to be free from a lot of stress and anxiety and, you know, achieve some type of success in my business that I do.
12:47 Chris Lee? Yeah.
12:48 Lewis Howes? Is by being grateful constantly with all my relationships with what I'm constantly given as opposed to what I'm lacking.
12:53 Chris Lee? Mm hmm.
12:54 Lewis Howes? So I really believe in that. But you've got 10 principles.
12:57 Chris Lee? Absolutely.
12:57 Lewis Howes? Abundance and prosperity.
12:59 Chris Lee? Absolutely. But before I get to the 10 principles, I want to make a point that the next time you're having a moment that you're not happy or that you're thinking that, you know, that life is throwing you a curve ball or that things aren't turning out. Remember that your breakdown for someone else is actually a blessing. Hmm. Can you talk about that? Yeah, for example, you're stuck in traffic and you're upset and you're ready to punch through the windshield or you wanna, you know, had, you know, a moment of road rage against a neighbor, you know, that's in the car. Remember, there's a day, there will be a day when you can't drive. There'll be a day when you wish you had somewhere to go. My father last year passed away, you know, he was my hero.
13:45 Chris Lee? And when he was on his deathbed, he was saying, you know what? Everything I complained about is actually a luxury. I wish I had those things to complain about. So it's just a state of consciousness. Just remember that everything in life, see it as a, you know, be grateful for it and really see it as a blessing. Because when you see life as a blessing, that opens up abundance and prosperity for you. Even the curveballs, the hard parts, everything. It's all a blessing. It's all a lesson in disguise. Even your enemies, they're actually angels in disguise. Because it's up to you to see it in that way. And that opens up the door to abundance prosperity. Sure, sure. Okay. All right. So let's go into the, to the 10 principles of abundance prosperity.
14:29 Chris Lee? The first one is called outflowing. Outflowing. And basically what that means is everything you put out comes back to you multiplied. Okay. And so when you're conscious that you are a gift and that everything in your life is a blessing and that the fact that you're alive and the fact that you have arrived to a new day and the fact that you have all these abilities like to see, to walk, to, you know, to dance, to sing, and all the gifts that you have. Once you're aware of that and you're conscious that abundance is really a state of gratitude and being grateful, then the natural tendency is to give it away. Yeah. And so outflowing is to focus out.
15:13 Chris Lee? Focus on the people around you, focus on your children, focus on, you know, your partner, focus at work, wherever you go, be a giver. You know, there's two kinds of people in life, there's givers and takers. And I truly firmly believe in the law of attraction. What you put out comes back multiplied. Yeah. Whether it's good or bad. And we truly do attract to our lives who we are, what we think, what we speak, and who we're being. And so what you want in life is a joyful, loving, passionate, successful life, then you gotta start giving it away. Those exact qualities.
15:58 Chris Lee? Yeah, so outflowing requires that you acknowledge all the things that are working about you. It requires that you acknowledge the things that you're proud of. You know, one of the things that I recommend in my workshops is for people to make a list of ten accomplishments that they're proud of. In their life or just in? In their life. You know, I, you know, started my own business, I graduated college. You know, because what that does is that it builds self-worth. And as it builds self-worth, we could build upon that. Since we're always focusing on what we haven't done, a lot of people, I don't know, a lot of people are like I used to be, accomplish things and keep moving. Yeah, I was the same. And it's like, so what now, what's next?
16:42 Chris Lee? Okay, made a million dollars, who cares now, you know? Versus accomplish something and actually celebrate it and acknowledge it. I think the worst part is actually accomplishing what you wanted and then discounting it. Not even, not even not acknowledging it, but being like, I'm not good enough still. Or that was lucky. Yeah. You know, it was chance. Yeah. So one of the things that, you know, in outflowing is to, you know, for you to be able to outflow, you gotta acknowledge what you have to give. So what are your talents? What are you good at? Are you a good cook? Are you a good dancer? Are you good at salsa? Are you good at organizing? Are you a great, you know, coach? You know, what is it that you're good at? Acknowledge it and give it away. You know, be that kind of person that is giving.
17:26 Chris Lee? You know, there are two ways of thinking in life. One is what's in it for me, or the other way of thinking is what can I contribute? And so if you wake up from, thank you. And what can I contribute today versus what's the day gonna do for me? Yeah. You know, it's the consciousness of giving. Give your smile, give a hug, give acknowledgement, go out of your way to make a difference, random acts of kindness, you know, everything that has to do with giving. Yeah. What it does is that it activates the abundance consciousness and the abundance state around you. And so all of a sudden, things will start flowing your way that you had no idea.
18:09 Chris Lee? I mean it. Checks will be coming in the mail, people will be offering you jobs, relationships will start to appear because you're gonna show up in a way and create the container for success. And people, especially in business, people that come from contribution in business, service and giving in business, what happens is your business becomes irresistible to other people. Yeah. And so if you want to have and become an irresistible business, you gotta be an irresistible person.
18:41 Chris Lee? And by being that person that practices outflowing, you'll start generating abundance everywhere. Yeah. Amazing. So outflow is the first part. That's the first principle. So outflowing would be the first principle. The second principle is clearing. And what clearing means is when you clear, you're letting go of the past. Because a lot of times when we hang on to those mental obstacles or those mental issues, for example, guilt is a killer. Resentment is another killer.
19:19 Chris Lee? You know, just feelings that we, you know, sometimes we carry. I always say in my trainings that we're carrying a building on our backs or there's a monkey on your back. Well, let the monkey go. You've got to throw the building out. You gotta get rid of, you know, clear off that broken relationship, clear off that business that didn't work, clear off, um, negative thoughts, negative beliefs, you know, things that we carry with us. We just gotta let it go. And you know, letting go sometimes means giving up being right. You know, it doesn't matter if you're right. What would you rather be dead or right? You know, I mean, be dead and right or be alive?
19:56 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
19:57 Chris Lee? You know, you could be dead right, you could be dead right, or you could be alive.
20:01 Lewis Howes? Right.
20:02 Chris Lee? And dead doesn't necessarily mean six feet under. Dead could just mean that I just go through life miserable.
20:07 Lewis Howes? Prisoner to resentment, to anger, to anger.
20:10 Chris Lee? So clearing is very important and and a lot of times, you know, clearing doesn't need to be with another person. It could just be with you. You know, you can make a list of the things that you're pissed off at and have a little bonfire flush it down the toilet. You know, that that energy of just burning it. I have friends that go to the beach. They love the ocean. And they, you know, bring a symbol that represents the past and they throw it into the ocean. So we hang on this stuff. We hang on to, you know. I I have girlfriends, for example, that are still mad at their ex-boyfriend from six years ago. I have friends who, you know, are pissed off at their business partners that ripped them off 10 years ago.
20:52 Lewis Howes? And they're probably not successful in business right now.
20:53 Chris Lee? Of course not, because you you hang on this stuff. You just gotta get over it, you know, just gotta let it go.
20:59 Lewis Howes? So how does someone clear with someone else? Let's just give an example of how you can do that. So you let it go with someone else. If it's not by yourself in the ocean or the bonfire.
21:07 Chris Lee? Well, um, from a responsible place and say, you know, you know, Louis, I just, you know, I want you to know how important you are to me. And it's important that our relationship be, you know, um, paid up, be up updated. And, uh, I want to be on the level with you. There's certain things that are in our, in my way with you. And do I permission to clear with you? And you gotta create permission. You gotta establish the relationship. You're important to me, you know. If the person wasn't important to you, you wouldn't want to clear with them. So establish how important the person is and communicate what is that you need to communicate from a responsible place. Clearing does not mean dump on the person. Clearing isn't Louis, you're a jerk and you did this and this and this.
21:49 Chris Lee? No, you know, Lewis, I want you to know that I I found myself getting upset because of this, this and this. And my request is that from this point forward, whatever the request is. Sure. So it's communicating the upset and then communicating the request. The person could either accept it or not accept it. And you could choose to accept that person to be in your life or not. Yeah. But really about, but really clearing is really not about the other person. Clearing is about you and it's about you clearing your energy. And letting it go. Yeah, because there's people that are mad at dead people. How do you clear with a dead person? They're not here. You know, there's people who who are upset with people that that had walked out of their life that broke their hearts and left. So I really honestly,
22:31 Chris Lee? I'm, I believe firmly that we don't need to be with the other person. Because if you if you're willing to take responsibility for your own emotions and your feelings, then it's not about the other person. It's about you. Right. And the way you clear is by just, you know, letting it, making a mental commitment with yourself to move forward. Hmm. It might mean journaling it. You know, you could journal about it. You could listen to a song and think about it, have a good cry. Yeah. Crying works. Boys do cry. Yeah. You know, crying works and and just giving yourself a moment to have a cathartic moment. Yeah. You know, one of the things that I recommend is that people, you know, play music that
23:15 Chris Lee? is this gentle relaxation music. Enya is one of my favorites, as you know. And just, you know, putting your hands on that part of your body where you feel pain. Some people feel it in their stomach because they stuff everything. Some people feel it in their hearts. And right now, if you're going through a painful moment in your life, you know, just take a moment and just take a deep breath in and let it out and then put your hands over your heart and think about those things in your life that hurt. You know, sometimes we we are hanging on to people who died that we haven't really felt fully their loss and we haven't let it go. Broken relationships, broken dreams. And then it's a beautiful
23:57 Chris Lee? process to just clear. There's ways of doing it, you know, like in in the privacy of your own home. It could be while you're meditating. It could be in the shower. It could be in the ocean. But just really give yourself permission to clear. Yeah. Whether it's with another person, from a responsible standpoint, or with yourself. Sure.
24:17 Lewis Howes? Cool.
24:17 Chris Lee? You've done that.
24:18 Lewis Howes? Of course.
24:19 Chris Lee? Yeah. What's the value of, what's the value of clearing?
24:23 Lewis Howes? Again, freedom for me.
24:24 Chris Lee? Yeah.
24:25 Lewis Howes? It was like, you know, I did it in, you know, past relationships with an ex-girlfriend who now it's like we're closer than ever now. When I was afraid of a lot of things, it's like now we can be friends because we both cleared. You know, I came from a responsible place, cleared, and then she cleared with me and it's like we can connect without feeling this.
24:43 Chris Lee? But coming from a responsible place, so clearing is not, hey, you jerk, you made me feel that.
24:48 Lewis Howes? This is what you did to me.
24:49 Chris Lee? Cause then you'll need to clear that one too. Cause then they're gonna get upset.
24:53 Lewis Howes? I think, yeah. And when I cleared, it was really coming from a place of gratitude, like you said. It was like, I'm so grateful for you and our experience and our relationship. And, uh, but here are the things that really weren't working for me and I wanted to.
25:08 Chris Lee? Express it.
25:09 Lewis Howes? Yeah, express it, but not coming from this like defensive guarded place, but just like open and loving. And I think that energy is what really makes a difference.
25:17 Chris Lee? Absolutely. The, the third principle is integrity. You know, there's no shortcuts. There's no cutting corners. There's no quick, Rick, you know, quick rich schemes. You know, I think that integrity is about doing your homework. It's about being somebody that keeps their word, honors their agreements. And someone who operates from an ethical principle place, you know, when you come from principles and values. And you come from an ethical place, you know, principled place, then, uh, that creates wholeness and it creates credibility.
25:54 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
25:55 Chris Lee? When you break, when you trust, absolutely. Credibility is really trust and relationship. So when you honor your agreements, when you keep your word, when you have ethics, you know, you're an ethical person. When you operate from a, you know, the spiritual high ground place, then that also creates the platform for prosperity. And that creates abundance. There's nothing that will affect your self-worth more than breaking your word.
26:23 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
26:24 Chris Lee? Breaking agreements, lying, cheating, stealing, ripping people off. You know, looking for the loophole in the system and taking advantage of it. You know, just everything you do in life, you pay. Pay now, pay later.
26:39 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
26:40 Chris Lee? And if you want true abundance in your life, you gotta come from a place of integrity. That means cleaning up broken agreements. So those of you that have a trail of broken agreements, clean them up.
26:55 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
26:56 Chris Lee? You know, words like, I am sorry, I blew it, my bad. I acknowledge I broke the agreement, my commitment is, because that's the other thing we do is that we break agreements and then we hide.
27:10 Lewis Howes? And we just say, I'm sorry, but we never say what we're gonna do moving forward.
27:12 Chris Lee? Well, sometimes people even say, I'm sorry. Have you ever had someone owe you money and disappear?
27:15 Lewis Howes? Yeah, never respond to your texts.
27:17 Chris Lee? Yeah, and then like, and then the issue is yours.
27:19 Lewis Howes? Right.
27:20 Chris Lee? And then you feel bad that you're actually bothering them.
27:22 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
27:23 Chris Lee? To get your money back.
27:24 Lewis Howes? Right.
27:25 Chris Lee? I'm sure people could relate to this.
27:27 Lewis Howes? Right.
27:28 Chris Lee? You know, so, uh, you know, it's integrity, it's really about being a man and a woman of principles. That, you know, that's, you know, whatever your principles are. One of the things that I also recommend, another, another little assignment we could give people is make a list of your principles. What are your top 10 principles? You know, think about it. What are your top 10 principles? If you were gonna pick 10 principles that define Lewis, what would they be?
27:52 Lewis Howes? Like my, uh.
27:53 Chris Lee? Like integrity and honesty and honor.
27:56 Lewis Howes? Yeah, I would say integrity, I would say, uh, passion.
28:01 Chris Lee? Yeah, absolutely.
28:02 Lewis Howes? Passion, I would say.
28:03 Chris Lee? You're committed to a passionate life.
28:04 Lewis Howes? Yeah, I would say love.
28:06 Chris Lee? Being loving.
28:07 Lewis Howes? Yeah, being loving. I would say, uh, family.
28:11 Chris Lee? Absolutely.
28:12 Lewis Howes? Um, service.
28:15 Chris Lee? Okay, service, which is outflowing giving.
28:17 Lewis Howes? Yeah. Um, is gratitude, is that?
28:20 Chris Lee? Yeah, living in gratitude, that's a principle.
28:22 Lewis Howes? Yeah, so those would be a few that I'd start.
28:24 Chris Lee? Yeah, a few of them.
28:25 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
28:25 Chris Lee? Yeah, I could align with that. So it's important that we be aware of them. Sometimes, you know, we forget. I think it'd be valuable to write, write them down.
28:34 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
28:34 Chris Lee? Even, yeah, you know, write it down, create, you know, have fun with it, you know, like my, my, my principles are.
28:40 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
28:41 Chris Lee? Frame it, you know, have it, have it, have it be something that. Leads you because a lot of times when we put as the focal point of our lives money, then you know, money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. You know, there's all those things come and go, but when you put your principles at the center of your life and spirit could be in there, God could be in there, Buddha, whatever it is that you believe in. You know, but I think that when you have integrity and you have principles, then you're whole and complete and then you attract that. That's an abundant state.
29:16 Lewis Howes? Sure. I like that.
29:17 Chris Lee? Yeah. The next principle would be, which is number four, number five, four. Yeah, number four is visualization.
29:31 Chris Lee? So.
29:32 Lewis Howes? I love this.
29:32 Chris Lee? Yeah, visualization is actually seeing the result complete.
29:37 Lewis Howes? Before it happens.
29:38 Chris Lee? Yeah, seeing it.
29:39 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
29:39 Chris Lee? So when I visualize my business already making over a million dollars a year in profit, spreading all over Latin America, having people experiencing abundance because of this bu- business and because we're a business that operates from outflowing, from clearing, from integrity, then you know, we become unstoppable.
30:03 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
30:04 Chris Lee? And then you actually see the result and what's great about visualization is that you have something to gravitate towards.
30:11 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
30:12 Chris Lee? And the clearer you visualize things, the more likely it is to happen. It comes from the word vision. So having a clear vision, there's no possibility for abundance without having a vision.
30:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah. I think it's, I think this is a very important part and it's something I learned as an athlete about visualization was seeing the play happen before it happens. And I got to practice as an athlete and transitioned it into business world. And it's definitely one of the most powerful things you can do with anything. Seeing the relationship that you want to have, seeing the business, the body and visualizing the way the vision will look in the future.
30:50 Chris Lee? And the reason why a lot of us fall into the same traps and we keep falling into the same breakdowns is because what we're doing actually is we're visualizing. All the things we don't want.
31:00 Lewis Howes? Right.
31:01 Chris Lee? And so we're visualizing how it's gonna fail. And we're visualizing how it's not gonna turn out. And we're visualizing that we don't have the money, that we don't have the time, that we can't. And then your vision becomes a reality. And so, you know, I always say that be careful what you visualize because it may come true. You gotta be very conscious that visualization is something that we use all the time. And it's in an abundance and prosperity, it's a question of channeling it in the right direction. So that always have your visualization include what you want, not what you don't want. So a vision would not be, you know, my vision for my life is a life without scarcity and without pain
31:42 Chris Lee? and without suffering, because what you're doing is you're bringing all those experiences alive. Versus my vision for my life is a life of abundant, a life of health, a life of joy. And so you're actually putting and planting into the universe and your consciousness, all the things that you want.
32:02 Lewis Howes? Yeah, I think, I think it was Mother Teresa that would talk about being for peace as opposed to against war.
32:08 Chris Lee? Right.
32:08 Lewis Howes? She never talked about being against something because that would then bring it forth, right?
32:12 Chris Lee? Yeah, one thing is a position, another thing is a stand. When you stand for something and you stand for something, you're standing for something that's positive. When you position yourself, you're against something. And so what I'm, when, when you create a vision, it's important that your vision be a stand. What is your vision for the life that you want? For your health, for your finances, for your family, for your children, for your business. You just opened up a business. What's your vision? And the clearer you have that vision, the more likely it'll become a reality. And one of the tools that I use to create a vision is called a vision map.
32:52 Chris Lee? And a vision map is a very powerful tool, which basically it's you creating a mental image.
33:01 Chris Lee? Right in front of you on something real of the life that you want.
33:06 Lewis Howes? Right.
33:06 Chris Lee? So how do you do that? You could get cardboard, you could get paper, you could get construction paper. And you know, like a big billboard. And on that billboard, you put all the things that you want. You know, you look through magazines. If you want to have this, a certain body, then you cut out a picture of that body. Put it right where you are in the middle. If you have this beautiful house of your dreams and you see it in a magazine, cut it out and paste it right on the board.
33:31 Lewis Howes? That's right.
33:31 Chris Lee? If you got this hot, beautiful, gorgeous woman, you know, that you dream about, that dances salsa and she's Latina and she's hot, spicy, passionate. And you see her and you see that picture, put it right on the board.
33:46 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
33:46 Chris Lee? And so basically what you're doing is you're creating what's called a vision board. In business, you could also do that. You could create a vision board for your business of the type of results that you want, the places that you want it to be in. And so there's a, you know, like, let's say you want to expand your vision of Latin America, then you get pictures of Latin America on there. If you want lots of money, then you get pictures of money.
34:06 Lewis Howes? With the culture of the people you want to have in the company, the way you want the company to look physically.
34:11 Chris Lee? Yeah, and you could, you create a board with it though. It's like a
34:14 Lewis Howes? A physical board.
34:15 Chris Lee? Yeah, it's like a high school, you know, science project, but your project is called your vision.
34:20 Lewis Howes? Yeah, and there's actually a, a, a site online, I believe it's called dreamitalive.com.
34:26 Chris Lee? Very cool.
34:27 Lewis Howes? That allows you to do a, a digital vision board, so you can take things from the internet.
34:31 Chris Lee? Oh my gosh.
34:32 Lewis Howes? And have it on your screensaver.
34:33 Chris Lee? That's great.
34:34 Lewis Howes? And share with your friends.
34:36 Chris Lee? Oh, that's great.
34:36 Lewis Howes? I'll make sure to link it up in the show notes, but I believe it's dreamitalive.com.
34:39 Chris Lee? How cool.
34:40 Lewis Howes? Pretty sweet.
34:41 Chris Lee? Very sweet. So visualization is a very important principle because that allows us to create not just in our minds, but right in front of us in a concrete way.
34:56 Chris Lee? Next principle is affirmation. Okay. Okay, so once we have the vision, we got our vision clear. We've got it on paper, we got it in a board and we have it in our minds. Affirmation is affirming that something is so. So when I affirm, I'm creating a mental consciousness of what it is that I want, but I'm putting it into words in a positive way. Language anchors us into reality. Yeah. Language is powerful. And so when I speak things, you know, we're always making affirmations. For example, when you say, you know, this traffic is killing me. You're affirming that it's killing me.
35:41 Chris Lee? You know, I'm, I, you know, I, I never have the chance to make things happen. You, every time you speak, you're making affirmation. Wow. And so what this principle does is that it teaches you to create powerful words that open up possibility for you. Can you give me an example of a positive affirmation? A positive affirmation is I am an effective and passionate public speaker. So let's say you really feel like you, you're not. But when you create an affirmation that puts you into the consciousness of it, what it does is that it empowers you. Let's say you're really horrible managing your money.
36:25 Chris Lee? You create an affirmation that says something like, I manage my money easily and effortlessly. You know, so affirmations are creating a statement of the things that you want to be able to be effective at. It's kind of like, kind of like creating little mini contracts with yourself. Yeah, it's like creating, you know, like a promise with yourself. Yeah. And remember, what you think and what you speak creates reality. And so what you're doing is you're creating like kryptonite to the negativity. Sure. Yeah, so you're saying positive affirmations like, let's say that you've had a hard time being
37:06 Chris Lee? a responsible person because you kind of break your word all the time and you're a victim and you have a hard time showing love and you have a hard time being powerful. So you create, you know, words like responsible, powerful, loving, you know, and create different affirmations that respond to the things that you need. Right. You know, there's all kinds of affirmations you could create for yourself. There's affirmations on public speaking. There's affirmations on money management. Relationships. Relationships. Way lost. But affirmation basically is having a positive attitude and turn that positive attitude into something that you would create for yourself.
37:47 Chris Lee? Now, do you use affirmation daily, whenever you're in a breakdown or just when you wake up? What should people be doing with this? One of the things that I recommend that people do with affirmations is to create their own affirmations. So basically what you're speaking to is the things that you want to create and not necessarily you're not that you're in, you don't want to be in reaction to something. So for example, if, let's say you have a horrible backache and it's been, you know, something that you've been struggling with, you're not going to say, my backache no longer hurts. Yeah. You know, but what you could say is, I am now enjoying a painless experience with my back or my back is healthy and clear. Mm hmm.
38:31 Chris Lee? You know, so basically what you're speaking to is what you want, not what you don't want. Sure. And so one of the things I recommend is that we think about the areas that you need to work on. Think of the areas that that are challenging for you. Maybe it's challenging for you to be expressive. Maybe it's challenging for you to be detail oriented. Maybe it's challenging for you to trust. Be present. Maybe it's challenging for you to be focused because you have a permanent ADD. Right. Whatever it is that it's challenging, when you create affirmations that are positive, what they do is that it gives you like what like the treasure map, a reminder of what you want. And it supports you. It's like what we create when we talk about contracts. Right.
39:16 Chris Lee? It's promises to yourself. And so those are very important because what it does is that it empowers us to keep our mind focused. Hmm. Okay. So that's affirmation. That's point number five, correct? Yes, it is. Point number six is, uh, once, once I have my consciousness of abundance, I'm giving and I've cleared my past and I operate from integrity and I visualize my future and I've created my vision board and I have my affirmations, which is positive messages that I've written down for myself. Then what's important is for me to establish what's called a declaration. Hmm.
39:59 Chris Lee? And a declaration is declaring from a place of that the universe has the resources for me to accomplish what I want, when I want, with who I want. So it's not, there's no limitations. So if I come from a place of I have the power to create what I want, when I want, where I want, with who I want, I can have it all. Hmm. Then I'm ready to make a declaration. And a declaration is basically establishing goals. Because what goals do is that it makes life and it turns it into an enjoyable game. Hmm.
40:43 Chris Lee? So basically, I'm going to be able to create like a roadmap and, you know, I want to look at my vision board and see what it is that I want from my vision. But it's important to create concrete goals. Yeah. Otherwise, you're just kind of wandering, right? You're just kind of going about. Floating. You're floating through life. No direction. And it's important to create goals, but not be attached to the goals. And I'll talk a little bit more about that in another principle.
41:11 Lewis Howes? So, so why make a goal if you're, if you don't achieve it?
41:15 Chris Lee? Well, no, it's, it's not about not achieving. It's not about resignation. It's about trusting it. It's about trusting that, that, you know, that, that I'm gonna make, do my best effort to get to that goal. But I don't need to be consumed by it.
41:30 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
41:31 Chris Lee? Because sometimes people get so consumed by their goals that they actually push their goals away. Because if I have to have that relationship and I show up in, in a, in a date that way, what's gonna happen?
41:42 Lewis Howes? Push them away.
41:43 Chris Lee? Yeah, they're gonna be like, I don't wanna be with someone who's needy.
41:46 Lewis Howes? Yeah, right.
41:47 Chris Lee? Or if you, I have to have that job and you go to that job interview and you're sweating bullets and you're nervous and your voice is cracking and you can't communicate clearly. The, the, the guy, you know, that's interviewing you is gonna go, you know what? You're not the candidate for us.
41:59 Lewis Howes? Right.
42:00 Chris Lee? So it's about having, it's about creating and declaring from a joyful, abundant place and trusting that the universe will manifest what needs to manifest. You know, so it doesn't mean to be apathetic or is that resigned or whatever happens, happens. No, make it happen. Go for it.
42:16 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
42:16 Chris Lee? But it's important to not be attached to it.
42:20 Lewis Howes? Because there's part of your journey, it may take you into something else that could be actually what you really want or a better opportunity or bring you a relationship that really changes your life forever. So you never know where it may lead you, right?
42:33 Chris Lee? Exactly. So when you, when you declare goals and you write, write them down, writing them down is very important. And one of the things that I recommend is that we start with the future from the present.
42:48 Lewis Howes? So what do you mean by that?
42:49 Chris Lee? What I mean by that is, let's say today is the 27th of February, which is when we're recording this. I don't know when it's gonna come out, but it's the 27th of February, 2014. So for me to imagine it's the 27th of February, 2024.
43:08 Lewis Howes? Wow.
43:08 Chris Lee? So in 10 years. First of all, how old are you going to be in 10 years?
43:15 Lewis Howes? From this date, I'll be 40.
43:18 Chris Lee? You'll be 40, is that it? I hate you.
43:21 Lewis Howes? I'll be 31 in March 16th, so I'll be 40, yeah, this date, 10 years.
43:25 Chris Lee? Wow.
43:26 Lewis Howes? That's getting up there.
43:27 Chris Lee? Yeah, really up there, 40. And I'll be 59.
43:32 Lewis Howes? Wow.
43:33 Chris Lee? In 10 years. That's up there, too.
43:35 Lewis Howes? But for those who haven't seen Chris in person, he looks really young.
43:37 Chris Lee? I'm 49, but I look 20.
43:39 Lewis Howes? You look like you're, yeah, I would say 30, but yeah.
43:41 Chris Lee? I act 20.
43:42 Lewis Howes? The energy of a 20-year-old.
43:43 Chris Lee? Yeah, for sure. So in 10, in 10 years, I'll be 59 years old. I say it and I, and my mind does not grasp it because I don't see myself in any kind of age. But it's a good exercise to think about, okay, in 10 years, how old will I be? And then not only that, what are the 10 goals I want to have accomplished by then?
44:05 Chris Lee? And so one of the things I recommend is that people actually imagine that it's 10 years later. And to write down on a sheet of paper, today is, in our case, because today's the 27th of February 2014. So I would write down on a sheet of paper, today is February 27, 2024. I am, in my case, 59 years young.
44:33 Chris Lee? And here are the top 10 goals I accomplished. And then I would write them down as if it already happened.
44:41 Chris Lee? And then, and then bring that from 10 years to five years to one year to one month to one week.
44:47 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
44:47 Chris Lee? And then you're seeing how the next week, you're actually creating the next 10 years.
44:51 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
44:52 Chris Lee? Because think about it, 10 years goes by flying.
44:54 Lewis Howes? It does. And I like this a lot. What's this, what are we calling this one? What's this point?
44:59 Chris Lee? Declaration.
45:00 Lewis Howes? Declaration. I like this because I've been doing this for probably about seven or eight years now, even longer, actually, even in high school. But where I set one or two big goals for the year and I declare it, I put it on a certificate of achievement. And I put it up my wall. I can actually show you the one in the other room. Uh, but I have it up my wall of what I achieved with the date and then a signature. So it's like it's awarded to me by me. And by doing that, it's, it's always allowed me to kind of reach that goal faster. And visualize it by declaring it, like you said, so I think this is a huge point and I'm glad.
45:37 Chris Lee? It's a very important, yeah, it's a very important point because it, it puts us already in the consciousness of the future now. And when we look at time, time really is an illusion, you know, because in our reality is going to be more about 10 years than now. Because right now will be a memory.
45:59 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
46:00 Chris Lee? And so if you look at the last 10 years, I don't know about you guys, but for me, the last 10 years have gone by flying.
46:06 Lewis Howes? Flying.
46:07 Chris Lee? You know, I remember when the year 2000 was far away.
46:10 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
46:11 Chris Lee? And when, when we got to the year 2000, I was like, wow, that came fast. And it's been 14 years since.
46:16 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
46:16 Chris Lee? And it's just amazing. Just time flies and life is that way. Life flies.
46:20 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
46:20 Chris Lee? And before you know it, you know, we're looking at what's next.
46:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
46:24 Chris Lee? And so what we're doing here is we're taking responsibility for our lives and, you know, creating goals and declaring it from that place of the future. Then everything you do today, you're working towards it. Another example of somebody that did what you did, which is great, is, uh, Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey wrote himself a check, I think it was for $2 million. And he was at that time, living in a apartment, renting, you know, barely paying the bills. And he wrote this check for a million dollars or $2 million, whatever it was. And he says, I'm not stopping till I can cash that. So he visualized that future. He affirmed it and he declared it because I think he wrote the, the date on the check.
47:09 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
47:09 Chris Lee? You know, within like five years or something.
47:12 Lewis Howes? He made it happen.
47:12 Chris Lee? And he made it happen.
47:13 Lewis Howes? Incredible.
47:14 Chris Lee? And so everything we've created in our life came from a vision.
47:17 Lewis Howes? Sure. Now, what would you say for people who may be listening and be thinking, well, I don't want to think 10 years ahead because I want to live in the present. And why go into the future that much? Why not just live right now? Live for the now? What would you say to someone who had that?
47:31 Chris Lee? There's nothing wrong with living in the in the present, but what what having a 10 year goal plan, game plan, or goals in the next 10 years is that it makes the present more enjoyable. Because what you're doing now creates the future. Yeah. And so a lot of times we don't realize that our actions today is what's going to create tomorrow. Yeah. And so, yeah, I'm the same way. I live the moment, but I also have my game plan very clear. A vision. Because it's about being effective. And if we want abundance and prosperity, then these are the tools that are going to bring you to that. You know, Walt Disney said it best, if you can dream it, you can do it. Mm hmm. It's right in front of me in your office.
48:11 Chris Lee? Yep. Number seven, principle number seven is persistence. Hmm. You know, what's persistence? Persistence is the continuing or the continuation of choosing a goal. As I continue to choose the goal over and over and over, that allows me to be persistent. A lot of times we forget that. We got to keep recommitting to the goal. For example, the last time I was on the pod on the podcast with you, I was probably 18 pounds heavier. You look great now. And and, you know, and it's not that I was, you know, I was 18 pounds heavier, but you know, I'm 6'2" and I carry a well and, you know, but still I was aware that I was, you
48:53 Chris Lee? know, getting overweight. And I made the goal and I visualized it to weigh a certain amount of, you know, to weigh a certain amount. And along the way, I had to keep choosing it. So it took persistence. Yeah. And persisting is when I remind myself, this is my goal and I keep choosing it. Yeah. Because sometimes we think it's just about choosing it once. Hmm. But persistence is about Every moment. Not, you know, doing whatever it takes. Yeah. Doesn't matter how you feel, doesn't matter if you're in the mood, doesn't matter if you, you know, if you, if you like or don't like what you're doing.
49:33 Chris Lee? The important thing is you gotta keep your eye on your vision and be committed to that vision beyond how you feel. Sure. And most of us back out of goals because we just don't feel like keeping them anymore. Yeah. So all those people that are overweight, I hate to say it, you're overweight because you don't feel like losing weight. Those of you that are broke and don't have the money and don't have abundance, you, you don't have money, not because of the economy, not because of the opportunities, but because you haven't been persistent about it. You don't want it bad enough. Yeah, you don't want it bad enough. You're not, you know, cause my premise is that every human being has the power to create the life that they want. Yeah. And if they're not creating it, there's something about them that is not working. Right.
50:16 Chris Lee? And so the persistence is very important, you know, just being very persistent and keep choosing the goal.
50:26 Chris Lee? Principle, and that this is funny because principle number eight is actually surrendering. And not being attached. So how do I be persistent and not be attached? Okay. The way to do that is I keep choosing the goal with the timeline that I've set for myself. And that, you know, it's kind of like they say, it's not over till the fat lady sings. But once I hit that platform or that timeline, it comes to a point where I need to either make a new goal, shift the goal, negotiate the goal, but I need to be surrendered. And being surrendered is not being attached. Yeah. So if I choose the goal, I'm not choosing the goal to be somebody.
51:12 Chris Lee? For example, a lot of people want to lose weight for the wrong reasons. They want to lose weight because they, they want to look good. And then they get attached to it. And when they don't hit the goal, they beat themselves up. They feel bad, especially all of those of you that are listening to perfectionist. You know, it's like, if I don't hit that goal, you know, and, and, and that's really a negative place to come from because then you can't correct it. You know, like in the last podcast, we talked about the step to handling breakdown. Yeah. So it's like, if you don't hit, if you don't hit it, you gotta be, you gotta be willing to go, you know what? I acknowledge myself because I went for it. I was persistent. I did whatever it took. I didn't accomplish it. Yes. Yeah. Okay, now what's the lesson? What can I learn from it?
51:56 Chris Lee? Because I'm still a great person regardless of whether I hit a goal or not. And what's, what can I do moving forward? What worked, what didn't work, what needs to be different? So it's really important not to be attached in life. And I think that the minute we get attached to things, we become victims. You know, like it attached to having a relationship or attached to having a business or attached to having a specific result, then I become a victim of it versus I have the vision of being in a relationship, the vision of having success in my business and I'm connected to my vision and out of my vision, I'm committed to it. And if for some reason it doesn't turn out, it's okay too. Yeah. You know, it's not, you know, it's not the end of the world, you know, if you don't accomplish something.
52:41 Chris Lee? It is the end of the world if you quit.
52:44 Chris Lee? Because if you quit, that means you're surrendering. You know, you're, you're, you're resigning. Sorry, not surrendering. You're resigning. And so surrender is not resign. Surrender is flow. Be in the flow, be in the magic. Sure. And that's, flow is the topic of the last episode that was on the school greatness. So Oh, really? For those that didn't listen to that one, it's amazing. And it's all about getting in the flow state. Yeah. Yeah. Being in that state of consciousness of just flowing and, and, and seeing life as an ocean. You know, and just be intapping into that energy, you know, the zone. Yep. The pocket. Yeah. So that, that will also create the abundance and the prosperity that will have you attract all kinds of things. Sure, sure.
53:29 Chris Lee? And so that principle is very important. The ninth principle is called sourcing. And then sourcing is really about the consciousness that everything's up to you.
53:41 Chris Lee? If something is going to happen, it's up to you. And you see, you're always the source.
53:49 Lewis Howes? For everything in your life.
53:50 Chris Lee? For everything. The question is, what are you sourcing?
53:52 Lewis Howes? Hmm. What type of relationships?
53:54 Chris Lee? If you're sourcing joy, love, happiness, health, success, abundance, it's you. If you're sourcing conflict, breakdown, stress, scarcity, it's you.
54:07 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
54:08 Chris Lee? And so sourcing is really the, probably one of the biggest principles of abundance prosperity because when we take responsibility for everything,
54:20 Chris Lee? then life shows up much differently.
54:23 Lewis Howes? Even things that have happened to you under your, not under your control, let's say, or?
54:28 Chris Lee? Everything.
54:29 Lewis Howes? Wow.
54:31 Chris Lee? I mean, it's a, it's a tough pill to swallow. I get it.
54:34 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
54:34 Chris Lee? It's because what happens is what you just asked is a very powerful question. What happens is a lot of times we confuse responsibility with blame.
54:45 Chris Lee? So is it my fault that my husband cheated on me or that my partner ripped me off? Or that my stockbroker put my money in a fund that was a, you know, a, an illegal fund? No, it's not my fault, but it's my responsibility.
55:02 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
55:03 Chris Lee? And I get to look responsibly for how I create that or how I generated that or what questions did I not ask? What did I allow? What's the lesson for me? Even if there's, even if, if you look back and you're like, I couldn't have done anything different. It doesn't matter. There's still a responsible viewpoint of it.
55:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
55:26 Chris Lee? Maybe you're not responsible for it happening, but you're responsible for what you do with what happened. So I can't change the fact that that happened. But what I do with that, being empowered by it, be inspired by it, that's all on me.
55:40 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
55:41 Chris Lee? Because a lot of times let, a lot of times people let events define them. For example, divorce, a relationship that didn't work, an injury.
55:52 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
55:52 Chris Lee? You know, it, it could be the end or the beginning. You know that.
55:55 Lewis Howes? Yeah, that would've been me.
55:56 Chris Lee? Yeah, you've, you've turned something, uh, from a breakdown to a breakthrough.
56:00 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
56:03 Chris Lee? You had an injury that ended one career and opened opened you up to something amazing.
56:07 Lewis Howes? Yeah, super grateful for the injury.
56:09 Chris Lee? Yeah.
56:10 Lewis Howes? It's a blessing.
56:10 Chris Lee? But you didn't, if you didn't take responsibility for it, you'd be one of those thousands of athletes that have a story.
56:16 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
56:16 Chris Lee? About why, about why they don't have what they want.
56:19 Lewis Howes? It's interesting because, you know, as an arena football player, we play in a, in a small arena with walls. It's sort of like a hockey rink, ice hockey rink with astroturf and padded walls. But the pads aren't really that padded. And my receivers coach, who I didn't really respect that much at the time, who I didn't feel like he was a great coach. He was kind of putting us in harm's way, I felt like.
56:41 Chris Lee? Uh huh.
56:42 Lewis Howes? He always said, you know, make sure you dive for the ball every time. Like, make sure you go all out. And it's like, if you don't follow their instructions, you're not going to play.
56:50 Chris Lee? Right, right.
56:51 Lewis Howes? It's like, okay, I'm going to do whatever I can to play.
56:52 Chris Lee? You have to do what they say.
56:54 Lewis Howes? Yeah, you have to. And so he's like, you gotta dive, dive, dive. And so the quarterback throws the ball towards the wall. So I dived to like make the effort, even though I knew I wasn't going to get it. And that's when I broke my wrist.
57:06 Chris Lee? Wow.
57:07 Lewis Howes? And I could have easily, I knew I broke it right away. I hit the wall and it snapped and I could have easily been like, I guess I was frustrated at the time with the coach. I was like, why did he, why did I listen to him and this and that? I was scared if I want to play, if I didn't do this.
57:18 Chris Lee? You could have chosen not to.
57:20 Lewis Howes? Exactly. I could have chosen to let the ball go and just not worry about it and not break my wrist and be, have surgery and have been a cast for six months.
57:26 Chris Lee? Right.
57:27 Lewis Howes? But I took responsibility afterwards. You know, I was frustrated at first, but then I was like, you know what? What can I make from this?
57:32 Chris Lee? Right.
57:32 Lewis Howes? And I'm so grateful that I did play professional football and that I did achieve a dream, even if it wasn't the NFL, it's like I still.
57:39 Chris Lee? It doesn't matter.
57:39 Lewis Howes? Yeah, I, I got to do what I loved and what's next.
57:42 Chris Lee? And you turned it into a huge opportunity.
57:44 Lewis Howes? I'm so blessed and grateful for it.
57:46 Chris Lee? Yeah. And look at you now and look at all the people that you get to impact through the work that you do.
57:50 Lewis Howes? Yeah. And I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have that.
57:52 Chris Lee? Exactly. So when, when we see life from that standpoint, from the, you know, it's called sourcing from that I am the source and I'm responsible for everything. That I participate in life in a different way. And you know, you think, how am I responsible for something like war in the Middle East? Well, you know, it's not your fault, but what you contribute on a daily basis, whether it's negative or positive, can create war or create peace. Right. And so sourcing is the idea of attracting to our lives, all the things, all the people, all the right situations that that we say that we want, because we are always the source. And it's a question of what are you sourcing?
58:35 Chris Lee? And if you want to source success and if you want to source positive things, then you have to start shifting your viewpoint. Yeah. And so that's a very important principle, because being responsible isn't just if it, if something's going to happen, it's up to me. It's also, I'm responsible for how I see the world. And so my interpretation of the events also affect me. Right. So we don't have control over how people treat us, but we always have control to how we respond. I can't control the economy. I can't control if my boss is having a bad day. I can't control
59:18 Chris Lee? if a client that I've been working with for three months decides to blow me off and then go with someone else. I can't control partners. I can't control anybody outside of me. But true abundance is about self-control. Yeah. And it's about being clear that I am the one who creates the filters in my life, and I could see life through those filters. And I could see life as a victim, which is blaming everybody, which gets us nowhere. Or I could see life as a blessing and see life as the source. Yeah. And so when we come from source, then we actually attract the things that we want.
1:00:03 Chris Lee? And I want to say something to people that, you know, wow, you know, so far we talked about nine principles. It's a lot. How do I apply all of them? You don't need to apply all of them. Just apply one.
1:00:14 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
1:00:14 Chris Lee? You apply one of them, your life will already start to see a shift.
1:00:18 Lewis Howes? Sure.
1:00:19 Chris Lee? You know, and so it's important to do that. And the final principle, which to me is, you know, awesome, is surround myself with a team.
1:00:31 Chris Lee? You know, we, you know, ego thinks that I don't need anybody, but that's not true. We all need coaches.
1:00:36 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
1:00:37 Chris Lee? We all need partners. We all need buddies. We all need resources. You know, networking is one of the most powerful tools that we can use in business, that we could use in relationships. You know, that, you know, let's say you want to have a business and you know, your dream is to create a business. Find someone who's already created it and, you know, learn from them. Have them be your mentor. You want to have a successful relationship, find people that have, that actually created successful relationships.
1:01:03 Lewis Howes? Sure.
1:01:04 Chris Lee? You know, whatever it is that you're looking for, surround yourself with people that are going to line up with your vision. Therefore, it is important to remove toxic people from your life. I'm gonna say it again. It's important to remove toxic people from your life.
1:01:22 Lewis Howes? So how do you do, how do you do that though, without feeling bad? If you've been friends with someone, or if you've, you know, have a history with them, or your family, or, you know, you've done a lot of business, how do you remove someone without being, abandoning them? Let's say, or them feeling abandoned, or them feeling a certain way.
1:01:41 Chris Lee? By being, by being clear that you're not removing them, your vision is.
1:01:45 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
1:01:47 Chris Lee? So my vision is a life of joy and peace and success. And I want to surround myself with joyful, peaceful, successful people. And I have somebody who's a roadblock in that, and who's actually taking. I need to have a, I need to have the talk.
1:02:06 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
1:02:07 Chris Lee? And the talk is, I love you, Lewis. You're a great person. And you've been important in my life. And I want you to know that in my life, there's no room for anything negative. And when you're ready to be positive and you're ready to have a different attitude, welcome back. But until then, I don't want you in my life.
1:02:24 Lewis Howes? Wow.
1:02:25 Chris Lee? And I know it sounds cold, but they don't have a problem being negative in your life. That are a problem taking from you. And I think that it's actually a blessing for them as well, because we end up enabling people like that. By you allowing somebody toxic in your life, you enable them to be toxic.
1:02:44 Lewis Howes? Continue being that way.
1:02:45 Chris Lee? Yeah. And then what happens is that nothing changes. It's when people realize that they can't get away with things anymore, that sometimes breakthroughs happen. And I've gotten, you know, I don't, I hate to say the word get rid of, but I've, I have, you know, shifted away from a lot of people in my life that were toxic.
1:03:04 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
1:03:05 Chris Lee? And some of them had the biggest breakthroughs because I was no longer available for them.
1:03:12 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
1:03:13 Chris Lee? And by that, they started taking inventory in their lives and they shifted and then now they're back in my life.
1:03:18 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
1:03:19 Chris Lee? And they had a breakthrough. So it's, it's really important to surround yourself with a team of people that speak the same language, that have the same vision and that line up with what you say matters to you. Because then you become truly unstoppable and having the results that you want in your life.
1:03:38 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
1:03:39 Chris Lee? And if somebody on your, in your life is taking energy away from you, then you owe it to you and to your family and the people that you love to do something about it.
1:03:48 Lewis Howes? And to your vision, because you're not able to fulfill your vision with the most power and precision if you're allowing yourself to be held back by one person.
1:03:56 Chris Lee? Well, we need all the energy.
1:03:57 Lewis Howes? Exactly.
1:03:58 Chris Lee? We need, you know, it's a question of energy. You want all your energy towards your vision, towards your business, towards success.
1:04:04 Lewis Howes? Your lifestyle, towards the way you want to feel.
1:04:06 Chris Lee? Yeah.
1:04:07 Lewis Howes? Your freedom.
1:04:08 Chris Lee? Absolutely.
1:04:09 Lewis Howes? I love it. These are the 10 principles.
1:04:11 Chris Lee? Yes, they are.
1:04:12 Lewis Howes? They're amazing.
1:04:13 Chris Lee? Use them, practice them.
1:04:14 Lewis Howes? I love it. And we're going to have everything linked up in the show notes. And you are at Chris Motivador.
1:04:21 Chris Lee? I'm at Chris Motivador, or you could follow me on Facebook.
1:04:25 Lewis Howes? On Facebook now.
1:04:26 Chris Lee? Yeah, Chris Lee Motivational Trainer.
1:04:28 Lewis Howes? I like that.
1:04:29 Chris Lee? Yeah.
1:04:30 Lewis Howes? It's a good one.
1:04:31 Chris Lee? I have English and Spanish, bilingual.
1:04:32 Lewis Howes? And, and Chris? Has been doing this for 25 years now, right?
1:04:37 Chris Lee? Twenty seven.
1:04:38 Lewis Howes? Twenty seven years you've been training and teaching.
1:04:40 Chris Lee? Seminars all around the world.
1:04:41 Lewis Howes? All over the world.
1:04:42 Chris Lee? All over the world. I do them in, in different languages. I speak English and Spanish, but I have translators.
1:04:47 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
1:04:47 Chris Lee? So I've done this all over the world, like in Russia, I've done it in China, Australia, Latin America. And I do experiential workshops on emotional intelligence.
1:04:56 Lewis Howes? Yeah, and they are incredible. So if you ever get the chance, a lot of my friends have worked with you.
1:05:02 Chris Lee? Yes, they have.
1:05:03 Lewis Howes? A lot of people.
1:05:04 Chris Lee? Family members.
1:05:05 Lewis Howes? Everyone, everyone that I've on my team has experienced.
1:05:08 Chris Lee? Yeah.
1:05:08 Lewis Howes? The, the training of Chris Lee and the experiences that you put people through. They're incredible. They're healing. They're freeing. They're loving.
1:05:17 Chris Lee? It's great because people actually go through and experience. I mean, one thing is to listen to this podcast. Another thing is to read the podcast. The other thing is to experience it.
1:05:24 Lewis Howes? Yeah, feel it in your body.
1:05:25 Chris Lee? Yeah, having it in your body and, and, and of course there's more time. I mean, these are three day workshops, four day workshops, five day workshops.
1:05:32 Lewis Howes? Yeah, they're incredible and I can't recommend them highly enough.
1:05:37 Chris Lee? I also can go to your business.
1:05:38 Lewis Howes? Yeah, and go do workshops there.
1:05:41 Chris Lee? And I do, I do a one day business training as well.
1:05:44 Lewis Howes? I like it. I like it.
1:05:45 Chris Lee? And Lewis and I also do things together.
1:05:47 Lewis Howes? Exactly. So if, if, if anyone's interested in seeing a transformation in any area of their life, or they, or you just wanna get, uh, you don't have what you want yet. I highly recommend checking out where Chris is gonna be next. Tweet him, uh, hit him up on Facebook. Uh, or connect with me on Twitter at Lewis Howes and I can let you know when he's training next. Again, he's all over the world training, but he comes to LA a lot, Vegas.
1:06:13 Chris Lee? Probably once a month.
1:06:14 Lewis Howes? Yeah, once, once a month in LA.
1:06:16 Chris Lee? In LA.
1:06:17 Lewis Howes? Again, check out the show notes at lewishouse.com to connect, uh, with this episode. Please share with your friends and since we, the last time you were on. The, you know, since you answered the question of what does greatness mean to you, I have to think of a different question right now. So let's do.
1:06:32 Chris Lee? Throw it at me.
1:06:33 Lewis Howes? Let's do, um. Let's do, where do you see yourself in five years?
1:06:39 Chris Lee? In five years, I see the shows that I'm working on. Right now, I'm working with Univision, a show called Despierta América, which is Wake Up America.
1:06:48 Lewis Howes? I like that.
1:06:49 Chris Lee? And I'm collaborating on that show. I'm also collaborating on several TV shows. I actually see in five years, my own show. And what I want to do is, I want to impact Latin America. It's, it's one of my passions. So it's kind of like a, a cross between Oprah and Dr. Phil, you know, where we educate, orient, and motivate people. In Latin America, Latin television's huge right now. You know, and Univision's competing with NBC, ABC, CBS, and actually beating them in different time, time slots. And so, I envision myself in five years with a show that educates, orients, and motivates people.
1:07:31 Lewis Howes? Wow. Yeah, you've got way more passion than Dr. Phil and more hair.
1:07:36 Chris Lee? And I'm thinner. I'm already skinnier.
1:07:39 Lewis Howes? Exactly. Chris, I acknowledge you for the huge heart you have, for all the work that you do, for your dedication to so many people's lives. You are a gift and an inspiration to me and so many people. So, I acknowledge you for your continuous work, passion, and love for everyone and humanity. And I thank you so much for coming on this episode and, uh, pumped to have you back on in a few months.
1:08:04 Chris Lee? Thank you so much. And thank you to all of you that are listening. And, you know, my invitation to you is really, remember that you already are abundant.
1:08:15 Lewis Howes? Love it. Thank you.
1:08:35 Lewis Howes? And there you have it guys, Mr. Chris Lee. Make sure to check out the show notes over at LewisHowes.com/54. The number 54, LewisHowes.com/54. You'll get all the show notes on Mr. Chris Lee and the 10 Principles of Abundance and Prosperity. I love this episode. And if you guys have not heard his first episode, it was number 36. And this one was an amazing episode as well. He has such a big heart and we're definitely gonna have to bring him on back on in the near future for his next lesson in greatness.
1:09:18 Lewis Howes? But with that guys, again, continue to share your thoughts over on the blog. And if you have any questions for Chris, feel free to tweet him @ChrisMotivador on Twitter. And also just leave a comment over on the blog for him on this, on the show notes at LewisHowes.com/54. And I'm sure he'll check them out and respond to you there if you have any questions for him. Also, this will be fun, Chris is over on Instagram. So if you, if you, if you're listening to this anywhere, go ahead and tag myself and Chris, or just put hashtag School of Greatness, or the picture of where you are listening to Chris all over the world.
1:10:00 Lewis Howes? I think that'd be a cool treat for him to see where listeners are tapping into his information. So go ahead and post it over on Instagram where you're listening to the episode. Last week, we had someone in South Africa, like in the bushes with some baby elephants in the wild, posting a picture, it was pretty incredible. So let's see if you can top that with something cool of your own. And with that guys, you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.
1:10:36 Speaker 03 They explain this idea that technology is a resource liberating mechanism and that scarcity is actually contextual. Something is only scarce until you develop the technology that turns it into something abundant. They introduce this concept of exponential technological progress and to explain this they talk about 30 steps. If you take 30 linear steps, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 30 steps later you're at 30. If you take 30 exponential steps, 2, 4, 8, 16, 30 steps later you're at a billion. That's the reason that the cellphone in your pocket today is a million times cheaper, a million times smaller, and a thousand times more powerful than a $60 million supercomputer was in the 1960s. That's a billion-fold increase in price and performance and miniaturization. You know, a young person with a cellphone in Africa today has access
1:11:19 Speaker 03 to better communication technology than the US president did 25 years ago. So it's this concept of exponential growth, right? And then you have the rising billion around the world, people coming online for the first time, buying smartphones, joining the global conversation. You have a new generation of techno philanthropists, you know, people that have made billions of dollars in the information age, they have the resources of nation-states and they want to transform the world. You have DIY innovators, you know, leveraging emerging technologies to impact the world in a positive way. And so the book ends up being a kind of really optimistic take on a possible path that we could take. We can leverage these emerging technologies that are evolving exponentially and we can transform the world. It's up to us and abundance shows us how.
1:12:13 Chris Lee? Para todos ustedes que están escuchando desde Latinoamérica, estamos aquí con Lewis Howes en la Escuela de la Grandeza. What does that mean? The School of Greatness. School of Greatness, I like it. Y hoy vamos a hablar sobre la abundancia y la prosperidad. Un principio que es bien importante. El primero.
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