EP. 565

11/20/17

Novak Djokovic

โ€œIf you find your purpose, youโ€™re going to give purpose to others.โ€

Becoming #1 in the World and Overcoming the Odds

With everything going on in the world I think itโ€™s important now more than ever to spread hope, love, and inspiration.

Todayโ€™s guest is the very definition of all of those things.

Novak Djokovic grew up during two wars in Serbia. As a child, he would be woken up at 2 am to alarms going off and be forced to head to a safe place. He saw the nightโ€™s sky turn to light as he heard and felt the rumble of bombs being dropped around him.

Through all of this Novak didnโ€™t turn to hate. Instead he turned to love and passion. He became the #1 tennis champion in the world.

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Most of us canโ€™t even imagine living in the kind of environment where your school is cancelled because itโ€™s in a war zone.

Most children would feel unstable growing up in that kind of an environment. Novak persevered, however. He spent his school-less day training and playing tennis.

He focused on his love and his passions.

Even at the age of six his trainer believed in him and said he could become the best in the world.

More importantly, Novak believed in himself.

Today he helps Unicef, visits refugee families, and gives all of his love and everything he can back to the world.

This man is a human being full of nothing but love and inspiration. Heโ€™s someone I truly look up to and I feel so lucky that we have him in this world, sharing himself as a beacon of hope to people all over.

Hear his incredible journey, and how you too can be a beacon of hope, on Episode 565.

Some Questions I Ask:

  • When did you start playing tennis? 10:26
  • Do you think you would have become #1 in the world if someone didnโ€™t believe in you? (16:09)
  • What is the biggest lesson you learned from war? (33:18)
  • When did you start to fully believe in yourself? (37:04)
  • Did you ever doubt yourself? (40:16)
  • What are you the most proud of? (45:24)
  • What is it you love about your life the most? (47:15)

In this episode, you will learn:

  • The two wars Novak grew up in (18:04)
  • What it was like having bombs drop in his neighborhood (21:02)
  • Novakโ€™s reaction to the war in Syria (26:59)
  • How to get to your goals (39:33)
  • Novakโ€™s lowest point, mentally (41:34)
  • How Novak found his motivation again (44:44)
  • Plus much more…

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