The School of Greatness

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Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, 2x All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, mental health and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.

2d ago

Why No Is More Powerful Than Yes | Chris Voss

You've been taught that YES means you won. Chris Voss says it's usually the moment you get played. The former lead FBI international kidnapping negotiator built a career proving the opposite of what most of us believe about persuasion. NO isn't rejection. It's the moment the real conversation starts. YES, more often than not, is a counterfeit answer people give just to get you off the phone. Voss is the founder of The Black Swan Group and the author of Never Split the Difference, and in this conversation he breaks down the exact language that turns a stuck negotiation into a done deal. You'll hear the calibrated questions he used to save hostages, and the same questions people are now using in boardrooms and car dealerships. He also gets specific. What to say when someone dismisses your price. How to ask for an upgrade without ever demanding one. Why the words you choose in the first nine minutes of any conversation decide how the rest of it goes. This one will change how you hear the word NO for the rest of your life. Chris’ Books: The Full Fee Agent Empathy and Understanding In Business Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It In this episode you will: Learn why a fast YES is usually a fake yes and how to spot it in real time Discover the calibrated question format Chris used in real FBI hostage negotiations Overcome the instinct to fear a NO and use it to move the conversation forward Recognize the accusations audit and how naming objections before they're raised disarms them Build a simple script for getting upgrades, discounts, and better deals anywhere For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1967 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
4d ago

Bruce Lipton: The Program Running 95% of Your Life

You've been running on a program installed before you could even talk, and you had no say in writing it. Cell biologist and former medical school professor Bruce Lipton spent his career studying epigenetics and quantum biology, and he says your subconscious recorded almost everything about how to live before age seven. That program runs 95% of your day on autopilot, and you're the one person who can't see it while it's playing. Stress hormones don't just make you anxious. They shut down your immune system and reroute blood away from your gut, which is why kids get sick right before exams and adults get sick the moment a hard season finally ends. Quantum physics says the material world you're so sure of is an illusion, and once that clicks, the way you see your relationships, enemies included, changes completely. Bruce lays out the myths keeping humanity trapped in a cycle of self-destruction and the honeymoon shift that rewired his entire life after 40 years of running the wrong program. This is the science behind changing your story for good. BOOKS: Pre-Order Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity's Future The Biology of Belief Spontaneous Evolution The Honeymoon Effect Bruce's Website Bruce's Instagram Bruce's YouTube Join Bruce Lipton’s Community for Conscious Evolution! In this episode you will: Learn why 95% of your day runs on subconscious autopilot and how that program got installed Discover how stress hormones shut down your immune system without you ever noticing the trigger Overcome the four cultural myths keeping humanity trapped in a cycle of self-destruction Recognize how quantum physics reveals the material world as an illusion and what that means for your relationships Build a new subconscious program using the same theta-state window that shaped you before age seven For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1966 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
6d ago

The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler

Your grief is not the thing keeping you stuck. Running from it is. David Kessler spent years working alongside Elisabeth Kubler-Ross before everything he taught got tested against his own life, when his son died unexpectedly and the grief expert became the one who needed help. He talks about sitting in a grief group with his own books on the table and still not being able to say the words out loud. About discovering there is a stage past acceptance, one built on meaning instead of just getting through it. You will hear why anger is often just pain wearing a disguise, why your triggers are actually a map back to what needs healing, and why the people who seem to have it all together are usually the ones running the hardest. This conversation will change how you think about every hard thing you have survived and every hard thing still ahead. David’s books: Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die Grief.com David's Instagram David's Facebook Online Grief Group and Grief Education In this episode you will: Learn the sixth stage of grief that goes beyond acceptance and into real meaning Discover why your triggers are actually a map to your deepest healing Overcome the fear of speaking your pain out loud to the people who love you Recognize the difference between grief and clinical depression Build the courage to feel your feelings instead of outrunning them For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1965 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Aug 7 • GREATNESS+ Only

Why Forced Positivity Is Making You Miserable | Susan David

Psychologist and emotions researcher Susan David, author of Emotional Agility and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness, joins Lewis Howes to explain forced positivity, emotion granularity, self bias, and why the World Economic Forum names emotional agility a core future skill, drawing on two decades of research into grief, resilience, values, and psychological safety.
Aug 7

Why Forced Positivity Is Making You Miserable | Susan David

Some feelings get labeled good. Others get labeled bad. That single belief might be running your entire life. You'll hear why chasing happiness on command wears you down instead of building you up, and why the fastest path to resilience runs straight through the emotions you've been avoiding. Susan David, the psychologist and researcher behind the book Emotional Agility, has spent over two decades studying why some people bend under pressure and others don't. She breaks down the difference between having an emotion and being owned by it, using a simple image you'll carry into your next hard day. You'll hear about the notebook she started writing in as a teenager that nobody else could read, and how her father answered the one question she couldn't stop asking him. Susan and Lewis get into why negativity isn't always the enemy, how self bias quietly convinces you that other people were right about your limits, and what it actually takes to stop reacting and start responding. You are not the feeling that showed up today. You are the whole sky it's passing through. Get a copy of Susan's book: Emotional Agility Susan on Instagram Ted Talk: The gift and power of emotional courage In this episode you will: Learn why forced positivity and "good vibes only" culture quietly increases anxiety, depression, and burnout Discover emotion granularity, the practice of naming what you actually feel instead of defaulting to broad labels like stressed or overwhelmed Recognize the difference between being hooked by an emotion and simply having one Overcome self-limiting beliefs rooted in self bias by reconnecting with your own values Build real emotional agility by treating your emotions as data, not directives For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1964 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Aug 5

How Jesse Cole Turned Baseball Into a Billion Dollar Show

He slept in his socks on a garage floor because it was too filthy to touch. That was Jesse Cole eight years ago, broke, sleeping on an air mattress, betting everything on a wooden bat baseball team nobody wanted. Jesse is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and the man behind the Savannah Bananas, the "Find Your Yellow Tux" author who turned a dying college summer league into a movement that now plays in front of millions. He explains the moment he realized baseball itself was broken and why he studies Walt Disney more than any business book. He also opens up about the night his wife got a text from a birth mother on Mother's Day that changed their family forever. You'll hear how a bat trickster became a starting first baseman and how a Broadway A-lister ended up pitching in front of 80,000 fans. Jesse still signs autographs until the very last fan leaves, every single night. This conversation will change how you think about customers versus fans, and about what it actually costs to build something the world has never seen before. Find Your Yellow Tux Jesse's Instagram Jesse's books: Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas Fans First: Change The Game, Break the Rules & Create an Unforgettable Experience Find Your Yellow Tux: How to Be Successful by Standing Out In this episode you will: Discover why "whatever's normal, do the exact opposite" became the founding rule behind Banana Ball Learn how studying Walt Disney's obsession with "plussing the show" turned a dying league into a movement Hear the Mother's Day text that changed Jesse and Emily's family forever Understand why Jesse believes fans are different from customers, and why that distinction changes everything Explore the mindset shift required to go from 4,000 fans a night to 100,000 For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1963 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Aug 3

The Trauma That Hurts People Most (And Never Gets Named) | Patrick Teahan

A calm, healthy relationship can feel more dangerous to you than the chaos you grew up in. That's hypervigilance. It hates the absence of a threat, so it manufactures one, even when you're finally safe. Patrick Teahan, a clinical social worker and childhood trauma educator, breaks down why your body still reacts like it's protecting a nine year old. You're not overreacting. You're replaying. Teahan explains how most people experience the present entirely through the lens of childhood, filtering every text and every silence through wounds that happened decades ago. This episode gets into inner child work, re-parenting, and the murky question of when going no contact with a parent is healing versus when it's avoidance. You'll hear what real boundaries look like when love and abuse get tangled together. By the end, you'll understand why healing isn't about proving your parents wrong. It's about finally believing you were a good kid the whole time. Patrick's Website Patrick's Instagram Patrick's YouTube Patrick's TikTok In this episode you will: Discover why your nervous system treats calm, safe relationships as a threat Learn Patrick's three-part healing framework of finishing business with your family of origin, re-parenting your inner child, and doing the deeper work of intimacy Understand the ACE study and why quiet, everyday trauma often does more damage than one big event Explore when going no contact with a parent is genuine healing and when it becomes avoidance Uncover the link between childhood trauma, imposter syndrome, and your ability to manifest the life you want For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1962 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 31

How to Design a Life That Runs Without You | Rob Dyrdek

A clinical hypnotist told him the problem in one sentence. You don't believe, at a subconscious level, that you were meant to be successful. That was Rob Dyrdek in his twenties, long before the professional skateboarder turned MTV star turned venture studio founder built a portfolio of brands and walked away from a run of exits. He tracks every minute of his day. He rates his life, his work, and his health on a scale of zero to ten, every single night. What the data told him is not what you would expect. The discipline is not the reward. It is the entry fee. He calls what he built the Machine Method, and he applies it to everything. Companies, relationships, health, a hundred-year plan for a family that does not exist yet. The part that will stay with you is what he says about luck. He refuses to pretend he earned all of it, and he is unnervingly clear about what makes it show up more often. You are already designing your life. The only real question is whether you are doing it on purpose. Rob on Instagram In this episode you will: Learn the Machine Method, the discovery to diligence to launch to scale process Rob uses to build and sell companies Discover why he rates his life, work, and health on a zero to ten scale every single day and what the correlation reveals Overcome the stuck stress that quietly drains your capacity long before you sit down to work Recognize the difference between failing with clarity and getting blindsided, and why one is survivable Build a life design where automation comes first, optimization never stops, and the process finally starts giving energy back For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1961 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love! Get More From Lewis! 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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The stories you tell yourself on a daily basis determines the person you will become.The good, the bad, the negative, the positive, the uplifting, the draining – they’re all part of the equation. But YOU are the author of your life story – so, what story are you writing? Top Podcaster & Best-selling Author Lewis Howes brings you the The Daily Motivation Show, where you’ll hear from industry-leading experts, you’ll learn proven principles, and you’ll discover life-changing ideas that will help you get motivated and STAY motivated.

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Self-Improvement
Your mindset can be a shield against negativity, or it can be the door that lets it in. And with so much negativity out in the world, if we don’t actively shift our focus toward optimism, we run the risk of letting it consume us. So where and how do you start? How can you develop an abundance mindset that will help you attract the life of your dreams? What steps can you take today to begin manifesting a more fulfilled life? In Manifestation & The Law of Attraction, host Lewis Howes and top experts will show you how to do exactly that. The episodes from this curated feed can be found on The School of Greatness podcast feed or can be accessed ad-free here when you become a GREATNESS+ subscriber.

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No matter how ambitious, talented or intelligent you are, you’ll only go as far as your habits will take you. And by prioritizing your happiness and emotional well-being in the habits you develop, you’ll equip yourself with the tools you need to thrive through anything. But how do we get there? With all the curveballs life throws at us, how can we create positive habits that will bring us peace in times of chaos? In Happy Habits, host Lewis Howes and top experts will show you how to do exactly that. The episodes from this curated feed can be found on The School of Greatness podcast feed or can be accessed ad-free here when you become a GREATNESS+ subscriber.

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When you decide to learn the language of money, you begin to unlock abundance in all the areas of your life. Most of us have been taught to approach money from a place of fear – fear of losing it, fear of making too much, fear that we won’t ever make enough. So how do we turn things around? How can we begin to shift our scarcity mindset to one of abundance? How can we stop being afraid to approach our finances head on instead of avoiding them? In Money Mindset, host Lewis Howes and top experts will show you how to do exactly that. The episodes from this curated feed can be found on The School of Greatness podcast feed or can be accessed ad-free here when you become a GREATNESS+ subscriber.

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When you learn to master your mindset, your entire life starts to change. Your relationships, your career, your health & wellness all begin with taking control of your mind – and not letting your mind control you. But how do you get there? With all of the content and endless tips out in the world, how can you determine what works and what doesn’t? How can you continue to try new mindset strategies without getting overwhelmed? In Unlock The Power of Your Mind, host Lewis Howes and top experts will show you how to do exactly that. The episodes from this curated feed can be found on The School of Greatness podcast feed or can be accessed ad-free here when you become a GREATNESS+ subscriber.

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The quality of your relationships determine the quality of your life. You could have everything in the world, but if you have no one to share it with, then what’s the point? But we can’t just snap our fingers and create high-quality, meaningful relationships. It takes consistent, intentional, and dedicated work. It takes us developing valuable skills that will help us become more vulnerable and love deeper. In Lasting Love: Intimacy & Relationships, host Lewis Howes and top experts will show you how to do exactly that. The episodes from this curated feed can be found on The School of Greatness podcast feed or can be accessed ad-free here when you become a GREATNESS+ subscriber.

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Jul 18

Ren Annette

Great episode. Thank you. And great to hear someone mention Florence Scovil Shinn. Her books helped me so much.
6.5 FREAKIN Minutes of SELF PROMO before the cast even started. UNREAL

2d ago

soulangiana

Thanks for Turning me OFF so badly that I saved the rest of the hour and 45 minutes and left to write this review. And that will be the only time you’ll be getting from me from here on out, that’s how ridiculous that was. A waste.
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Jun 18

Natalie H S

I LOVE Lewis’ podcast and his Daily Motivation podcast. I never miss a single episode. If you’re looking for an episode to help you learn to heal core wounds and grow on every level, these are a must-listen.
Trite garbage for simple minds

Jul 14

Graeme.darkness

The first episode has a surgeon talking about a psychological issue, the problem is that he may be an expert at surgery, but he’s not at all a psychologist. I’d give this show 0 stars if I could, and even though the episode was free, I feel like I’m owed a refund. I will not be listening to anymore more episodes.

Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, 2x All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, mental health and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.