243 Now Is the Time

"Don't settle when it's the fourth quarter. Your dreams deserve your absolute best." - Lewis Howes If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes and more at http://lewishowes.com/243 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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  Episode #243, 5 Minute Friday. And now is the time. Now is the time, guys. Right now.

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  Don't worry about yesterday. Don't worry about what went wrong. How you messed up, how you screwed up. What you forgot to do. What you didn't do, what wasn't perfect. Don't worry about that. Don't worry about what's gonna happen a month from now, a year from now, five years from now. Don't worry about the future. Worry about right now, because now is the time. This is the fourth quarter. This is the time that matters the most. The way you start and the way you finish is what matters the most. I don't care how tired you are. I don't care how exhausted you are. I don't care how much you don't wanna go anymore. I don't care what excuse you have for not wanting to get up and give your all in the fourth quarter.

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  I'm about to go into one of the biggest weeks of my life for my business with my book. This is the last 5 Minute Friday before my book comes out. A book that I've been dreaming about for eight years. Something I've been putting my life into. Literally, every day I've been learning, growing. Going through heartache, pain, adversity, struggle. Physical pain, emotional pain. To learn the tools that I need to, to learn the skills I need to, to get to this moment. Right now, the fourth quarter, the playoffs, the time when it matters the most. And a lot of the times, when we are in the last moments. So many of us give up. So many of us give in.

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  So many of us stop giving our best. We realize how hard it is. It's tough, it's dark. There is struggle, there's adversity, there's pain, there's heartache. There's lots of bull crap that's coming your way right now. And it'd be so easy to sit on the couch and say, "I don't wanna get up today. I don't feel like finishing strong." Well, let me tell you something. I'm going to finish strong. And I don't care how bad you feel about yourself. I don't care who's putting you down. I don't care who is hating on you. How many people are attacking you? Or what's happening in your life? You cannot afford to not go all in right now in the fourth quarter. This is the playoffs. This is the time where you gotta go all in.

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  When no one is supporting you. If no one is on your side. If no one cares and they're all making fun of you and they're all attacking you. You've gotta be the one that claps for your own self. That cheers yourself on. There are two people inside of you. Your ultimate cheerleader and your ultimate hater. You get to decide which one shows up in every moment of your life. Are you gonna have the cheerleader that's clapping you on? That's celebrating you, that's saying, "You've got it. You can do this. This is the playoffs. This is the fourth quarter. You can make it. I don't care how tired you are. You can go one more step. You've got this." Or are you gonna have the hater? The critic inside of your head that says, "You suck. You're a loser. You're nothing. You aren't going to achieve anything.

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  Don't even try because you amount to nothing." There are two people inside of you. Which one is going to show up today? Which one is going to show up when it matters the most? When the playoffs are on the line? When it's the fourth quarter? And all you have is this moment? Nothing matters from the mistakes you've made in the past? And nothing is going to matter in the future unless you take care of what your dream is right now. Now is the time to go all in. And extend beyond your grasp. Now is the time to be the ultimate cheerleader for yourself. Now is the time to have more belief in yourself. When the pain sits in.

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  It is going to be excruciating. It is going to feel like you cannot breathe. It is gonna feel like your body is going to collapse. When that happens, that's when you gotta stand up. That's when you gotta run harder. That's when you gotta train harder. That's when you gotta go to the finish line harder. It will be worth it in the end. I'm telling you, now is the time to step up. Don't settle when it's the fourth quarter. Don't hold back on your dreams. Your dreams deserve your absolute best, especially in the fourth quarter.

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  Become the ultimate cheerleader for your dreams because now's the time to step up. Thank you guys for listening to this five minute Friday and every day I feel like my body is going to collapse. And that's when you gotta dig even deeper and realize that this is the playoffs. Now is the time to step into your greatness and give it all you've got. I love you guys. Thank you so much for listening. You know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.