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Why You're Still Playing Small (And How to Stop) | Emmanuel Acho
Not everyone is going to like you. And that is okay.
Emmanuel Acho built one of the most meteoric rises in media in recent memory. Former NFL linebacker. Fox Sports host of Speak for Yourself. Author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits, published under the Oprah imprint. He has done things no one outside of Oprah herself has done. And still, the criticism came.
This conversation is about what you do with that. How do you hold your identity when the world tries to hand you someone else's version of it? Emmanuel turned down comparisons to Michael Strahan because he understood something most people miss: you cannot become the greatest version of yourself by trying to become someone who already exists.
He stopped setting goals. Not because he stopped caring, but because he realized goals create a ceiling. Instead he started moving toward objectives, things that stretch beyond what logic says is possible. He fell and got back up. He didn't fail. There is a difference.
If you have ever achieved something and felt emptier than you expected, or gotten harder on yourself the more successful you became, this episode will crack something open in you.
Emmanuel’s books:
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
In this episode you will:
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1934
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Emmanuel Acho, Illogical, goals vs. objectives, self-love and success, public criticism, identity and comparison, reframing failure, Oprah imprint, mindset and limiting beliefs, breaking through barriers
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Not everyone is going to like you. And that is okay.
Emmanuel Acho built one of the most meteoric rises in media in recent memory. Former NFL linebacker. Fox Sports host of Speak for Yourself. Author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits, published under the Oprah imprint. He has done things no one outside of Oprah herself has done. And still, the criticism came.
This conversation is about what you do with that. How do you hold your identity when the world tries to hand you someone else's version of it? Emmanuel turned down comparisons to Michael Strahan because he understood something most people miss: you cannot become the greatest version of yourself by trying to become someone who already exists.
He stopped setting goals. Not because he stopped caring, but because he realized goals create a ceiling. Instead he started moving toward objectives, things that stretch beyond what logic says is possible. He fell and got back up. He didn't fail. There is a difference.
If you have ever achieved something and felt emptier than you expected, or gotten harder on yourself the more successful you became, this episode will crack something open in you.
Emmanuel’s books:
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
In this episode you will:
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1934
For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960
Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness
More SOG episodes we think you’ll love:
Lewis Howes Solo [Everything You Want In Life Comes When You Let Go]
Kevin Love
Amy Purdy
TOPICS
Emmanuel Acho, Illogical, goals vs. objectives, self-love and success, public criticism, identity and comparison, reframing failure, Oprah imprint, mindset and limiting beliefs, breaking through barriers
Get more from Lewis!
Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!
Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify
Text Lewis AI
YouTube
Website
Tiktok
X
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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