The way we treat animals is our legacy because animals are just what would have less power than us. We’re building a foundation.
If so, we don’t forgive others because they deserve forgiveness, we forgive others because we deserve peace. So get ready for this one, I think you’re going to really love it. Yeah, I kind of got sent.
He’s a very patient man, and I need that. LEWIS HOWES: I feel weird I’m saying I like you. I didn’t know this. It used to be like, I was trying to impress people. Figuring out in post and fixing it in post. And pride is a big thing for me now that my dad has passed. The night you saw me, I made $15. My parents were passive-aggressive, there was no love or affection.
I don’t have those sticky motives anymore. It’s an effect that works—whether it’s psychosomatic, whether it’s scientific—I don’t care. LEWIS HOWES: I think we’d build more confidence by the actions that we take. It is why our species has proliferated. I also know that about myself. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Civilized. It really holds up a mirror to your energy and what you’re giving off, and what is needy energy and—so my horse has really helped me with that. I’m going to tear the muscle and get stronger. You see them in summer? WHITNEY CUMMINGS: No dancing, no singing. It’s just “that person’s mad at me, that person doesn’t like me.” They’re not thinking about you at all. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Yeah, it’s like funny’s funny.
We shouldn’t be feeling pain in our body all the time, and Beam’s mission is to empower people to push their limits and pursue their passions by improving their physical and mental state whether you’re an athlete or an entrepreneur, you’re a busy parent or a weekend warrior. Because this is just—you never want to be here, you want to be here.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: If anything, look. Imagine it’s the last performance you get to give, but the world is watching.
You’ve inspired me to want to come out more so I’m going to come out and bug you and heckle at you. Did not the other movies load or what was happening? I know I don’t want to wear braces because I do a lot of video and I just don’t want to wear them. LEWIS HOWES: I love it. Well, now it can be your truth. I really acknowledge you for stating this. Keep, We are driven by our beliefs—the problem is that, Share your inspiring message in the comments below, There is nothing like being around the person you, "If anyone knew who I really was, no one would eve, What is it that the most successful people in the, I always dreamed of being an all-American athlete, There is a big difference between the person who g, You can’t transform the outside world until you, You need both vision & action to achieve great thi, Until I reached my thirties, my life always felt l, There are seasons of our life that can be more ove, What we focus on expands.. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Yeah. It’s hard to be brave if you’re just sitting on the couch and not doing anything that scares you if you’re not taking any risks, but you become more brave. In desperation to be relevant—I don’t know, that feels like chasing that just feels like a motive. You don’t have to meditate everyday to be a success. That’s the way you’re going to build confidence within yourself.
She was also a producer and writer for the ABC revival of Roseanne. LEWIS HOWES: No one. Or smart enough or whatever. It’s a banger.
He understands recovery and he’s very like—he’s like, “I’m going to stay in my lane.” He doesn’t try to control me, he doesn’t try to fix me.
It’s just being willing to detach from all the things that worked for the past year and being flexible, I think. I was just really constantly in those relationships and I was in relationships where I would do 80 they would do 20 because to me—my workaholism, that was just my comfort zone.
I can be on my phone, he can be reading a book. No, but if you can’t admit I was wrong, that’s my biggest sort of bottom line and red flag with people. That’s stand-up when you come and see the comedians are cobbling together. We rounded up 66 of the best Christmas gifts any cook, griller—or food & wine lover!—could ask for, with picks from our editors, show staff & Rach!
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So a lot of the things that made humans so successful we’re now trying to get rid of. Oop, uh-oh!”. It’s like, no, I always give the audience the benefit of the doubt. I went to the orthodontist about a year ago and they told me this. This is all people would have to remember you by. It was just adrenaline. LEWIS HOWES: I haven’t noticed [inaudible] be a comedian but I feel like you’d be the most incredible training for my personal growth. I think you were even saying that I’m working on new materials so like, work with me here. LEWIS HOWES: If they’re like, “I would own it, I would take responsibility, and I would want to see how I can get better, I would want coaching.” Cool. Just write a review. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I didn’t learn this as a kid. LEWIS HOWES: I like these three a lot. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: That seems like when I was just starting this new hour and it was probably only premises.
LEWIS HOWES: Is there anything else we can—you’re hilarious on Instagram. And my willingness to have clear vision, and I was willing to get up early, work out.
To me, I just try to be authentic if I can and honest with myself and to just try to keep up with everybody which is what I used to do, frankly.
Like get your shit together and then we’ll talk about what you can do for other people. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Yeah. I can’t stand people that make excuses or don’t have the willingness to figure it out, you know what I mean? You don’t have to have rituals, you don’t have to write in a journal.
LEWIS HOWES: It should be like, it’s successful because I’m proud of the work I created.
And I’m really lucky. I don’t have time to change that.” It’s a negotiation. This chasing.
“I don’t have a lot to give today.” You need someone who’s able to get their internal needs met without you. And I’m telling you, they just got a great brand and a great mission. No, not like a theatre kid. Who’s benefiting from that? I just think—. That’s what we try to do here. And you feel anxious. That’s just my process. I never drank my whole life.
Like lists of what I wanted, what would be nice—it was like a list my therapist made me do. So that I really had to figure out [i].
For me, I was never the best athlete but I was always the MVP because of my effort. I just can’t think that way.
I was like, what’s one of your biggest fears or concerns? WHITNEY CUMMINGS: That’s right.
So the way we treat our animals is the way we treat our women, the way we treat our children, the way we treat anyone who’s more—it’s how it keeps the next generation to abuse their power. LEWIS HOWES: God, isn’t that crazy? LEWIS HOWES: When you just mentioned this, how it’s like peace at home so you can be chaotic and take risks in the world. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I am engaged.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I feel bad about that love yourself thing. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: It’s called Can I Touch It? LEWIS HOWES: Rat poison. LEWIS HOWES: In your relationship, in your business, in your life. You can make a mistake a day if you want, a huge mistake a day. They vote differently, they have different interests in movies and women and men. Pain nourishes your courage. LEWIS HOWES: I do a lot of things where my peers were like, “Why are you doing that?” I wrote a book a year and a half ago about masculine vulnerability. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Correct. That might be the most powerful one, no one’s ever said that. LEWIS HOWES: And not trying to be interesting or try to tell the joke all the time. Thank you. Just little things like that that probably—but also, my dad was gone a lot. She created the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, the NBC sitcom Whitney, and the movie The Female Brain.
That’s why I told you I wanted to do with this interview.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: It’s exhausting and it’s just not useful or smart.
It’s what I like to call “the three truths” that this is all people to have to kind of remember you by these three lessons. I didn’t throw all my crap at him right away. This is the first time I entered a relationship as a business deal.
LEWIS HOWES: You can’t spend 24/7 for two weeks with them. I’m there a couple nights a week. I want to acknowledge you for a moment, Whitney.
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It’s okay.” For me, it was really—I had to write lists. Leaving some kind of impact. How? LEWIS HOWES: I think financial freedom is a powerful thing. He’s just—exactly, he’s very just kind of endeared by—I have five everyday, come home with a new dog or a pig or a horse. LEWIS HOWES: You’ve already made people laugh, now they just want to hear a message. So they don’t [inaudible] your content anymore.
Whether you’re sore or stressed, Beam’s there to elevate your every single day. That’s a good one. It was just like your energy—she’s like, well, she’s going to walk or he or she—now [inaudible] she’s going to back off. Let’s be honest. So just asking for help was a really big deal for me for a really long time. I was able to kind of undo the cycle kind of thing through it. Been through it all.
So we are the same person, this is alarming. I want to hear your thoughts. I’ve made an assumption about you and then you didn’t match my assumption instead of actually just doing the fieldwork and finding out who somebody is and if it’s a good match.
I don’t think that people should be silenced, but if you don’t get a laugh, it—. Yes.
Whitney takes a lot of risks that don’t always get massive rewards, but that’s what helps her grow, that’s what makes her become more brave, more curious, more exciting, more adventurous, and that’s what makes people respect her more. Five million people are using Blinkist to expand their mind 15 minutes at a time. It just doesn’t pay any bills.
LEWIS HOWES: Yes. LEWIS HOWES: [inaudible] lesson. We hear about that all day, every day now with Twitter.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I just don’t see the point.
So I went and lived with my aunts in Virginia for a while. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Because I think in something that I talked about in codependent recovery stuff is like the person that grew up in the home that—that’s a superhero. If you don’t know about Beam TLC, this is a company founded by two ex-professional athletes on the idea that everyone should have the chance to experience what better feels like. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Really? I’m excited to talk about our guest today. It’s that I can’t follow through it and then it’s going to start to ruin my self-esteem because my word means nothing. But that’s really specific. LEWIS HOWES: Okay.
LEWIS HOWES: I would say, “This is what I’m looking for.
Because you’re dealing with a bunch of perfectionists and I want to get it right.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I mean, no.
WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Don’t. WHITNEY CUMMINGS: No. I realized when my dad passed, I felt like I was sort of in a freefall because I was like, “Do I even wanna do comedy?” The person that I was trying to impress is gone, I don’t even know why I’m doing any of this. So for me, I just want to be able to look back and be proud of the choices that I’ve made instead of just like on a hamster wheel trying to stay in people’s timelines. If you’ve been to one of our previous three annual events, then you know it’s always a time to remember.