The Greatness Mindset

The Greatness Mindset offers a roadmap for defining a meaningful purpose for your life, several tools for overcoming the fears that might keep you from fulfilling said purpose, and a collection of exercises to keep you both going and in good spirits as you pursue your own unique path to greatness.

Lewis struggles with dyslexia. He was sexually abused as a child. And in sports and business, Lewis has fallen on his face countless times — both literally and figuratively. The point? We’re all afraid. We all make mistakes, and we all doubt our abilities. But only when we let that doubt keep us from taking action will we have any regrets.

Lewis says 3 fears in particular add up to crippling self-doubt:

The fear of failure. Everyone sucks at everything when they start out. But “worse than failing is the regret of not trying,” Lewis says. The fear of success. Sometimes, our imposter syndrome is so strong, we succumb to it before we even reach the peak of the mountain we’re trying to climb. Take life one day at a time! The fear of judgment. Nobody likes being judged, but also: Nobody thinks about you as much as you do. “This is your journey and yours only,” Priyanka Chopra Jonas once told Howes on his show.

How do we keep those fears at bay? By taking small actions every day. “I’ve written 7,500 blog posts in a row,” Seth Godin told Lewis. “Tomorrow morning, which will be a Friday, there will be another post. But it won’t be there because it’s the best post ever, nor will it be there because I decided to post it tomorrow. It will be there because it’s Friday. And I haven’t reconsidered that decision in 20 years.”

Start small and stay consistent, and self-doubt will get out of your way!

Nothing great happens overnight. Therefore, even if you have your long-term vision locked in, you’ll still need to show up and move towards that vision every day. One of Lewis’ top tools for doing so? The “Mindset-in-Motion Cycle.” “Mindset by itself is neutral,” Lewis writes. “It can be positive or negative. It can be messy or it can be clean.” To consistently stay in good spirits and take action, you must align on 3 dimensions, Lewis suggests: Your thoughts. What’s the color of the conversation inside your mind? Your emotions. Can you let feelings pass through without them hijacking you all the time? Your behavior. In the end, only action will take you to your goals. “The right thoughts produce better behavior and lead to better emotions,” Lewis writes. “The right emotions lead to better behavior and lead to greater thoughts. And the…