Don’t Let Success Become Your New Addiction | Sam Demma

i just got like so many moments of goosebumps while you were formulating and asking that question because there was a period a few years ago where i felt like the outcomes i was experiencing in my life were of my own doing yes i was like oh wow it's because of my outreach it's because of of what i'm doing it's because of the effort it's because of the work ethic and i don't want to take those things away from anyone's success But the string of people I've met, the time that I met them, I randomly bumped into them.

The conversations I've had, when I've had them, like, There's no way it's of my own doing.

And I think I've come to that conclusion also because I reflect on a lot of the experiences.

I'm getting goosebumps again right now.

There's just so many little synchronicities that if you were writing my life as a story, you would say, this is the greatest author of all time.

And I think for me, it's the belief in, in something bigger than myself and God and having faith in that, that there's a plan for me has been really helpful.

I think the other thing is I might go and, close a really big keynote opportunity or sell out a show or the book starts doing really well online or we have a viral video.

And then I go and I sit across the table from my grandma and she's like, can you go to Shoppers and pick me up eggs? And I'm like, the people I love the most They just love me for me.

They don't care if the show is selling.

They don't care if the, I shouldn't say that.

They're happy for me, but it doesn't change the way they love me.

And having moments with family and close friends that are happy for me, but don't care about the success in my life has also helped me remain grounded and focused on the things that matter the most.

Yeah.

And also the idea that like at any moment in time, all of this could stop.

Yep.

It could all go away.

And that's really humbling.

And I just try my best to keep those things in my mind while I move through the world.

Yeah.

Full circle moment here.

Because if you're not careful, you can make the influence the new soccer.

Yeah.

right and then what happens but then you're right back to square one again yeah of on your on your couch a blubbery mess you know powerful powerful stuff man and i love that i think i love that you said there's there's got to be i can't remember how you phrased but there's got to be a divine writer yeah because i mean and earlier you talked about this idea that You know, your principle on returning on goodwill, right? You know, this universal law of reaping and sowing, right? And again, I'm a person of faith, so I bring up biblical concepts and all that stuff.

But like Jesus talked often about that you will reap what you sow.

Like you put good into the world and good will return to you.