Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion and advocate for racial equality, shares his insights on navigating personal purpose beyond societal success metrics. He highlights the importance of overcoming fear and embracing vulnerability for growth. Hamilton discusses how childhood adversity shaped his identity and fueled his activism for underrepresented communities. With a focus on self-belief, emotional mastery, and the need for representation in racing, he inspires listeners to pursue their truths and empower future generations.
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School Bullying and Racing as an Escape
Lewis Hamilton was bullied at school, often last picked for teams and called names.
He found an escape in racing, where he felt empowered like his favorite superhero, Superman.
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Relationship with Dad
Lewis Hamilton's dad worked multiple jobs to support his racing career and served as his mechanic and manager.
They later separated professionally but have since rebuilt a strong relationship.
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Success is Short-Lived
Success in racing brought fleeting happiness but lacked deeper purpose.
Hamilton realized he's fighting for something bigger than racing: positive change in a divided world.
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Today, I am talking to Lewis Hamilton, 7-time Formula1 world champion, with over a hundred race wins, considered the most successful F1 driver of all time. In 2014, Lewis won BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. Followed two years later by a position in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list. Lewis received both accolades for a second time in 2020 in a year that saw him become a leading voice in the global fight for racial equality. In doing so, he was recognized as British GQs Game Changer of the Year and Powerlist's Most Influential Black Person in the uk. Lewis is also a passionate activist for so many underrepresented groups and communities.
Lewis shows us a different perspective on finding your own purpose and going after what you believe is morally right. We talk about how even the simplest things can help change the world, the power we give to our fears and how it’s stopping us from finding our truth, the benefits of being comfortable with your own thoughts, and learning how to declutter our life so we can find our spot in this world.
What We Discuss:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:11 The hardest thing you have to do to become who you are today
00:04:49 How school became traumatizing
00:10:13 Growing up with Dad figure
00:17:55 Success is really short-lived
00:22:39 We often live in fear of what people think
On Purpose with Jay Shetty 