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The School of Greatness

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes 1941 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

Lewis Howes, a New York Times best-selling author, former All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur, hosts The School of Greatness. The podcast features inspiring interviews with world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, and literature. Each episode aims to help listeners unlock their inner greatness and live their best lives.

Episodes

Raise Resilient Kids Without Punishment | Dr. Becky Kennedy
Raise Resilient Kids Without Punishment | Dr. Becky Kennedy Aug 21, 2026 01:26:28 The reason your kid melts down over a puzzle has nothing to do with the puzzle. It's about whether they've ever been shown that frustration is survivable instead of something to run from. Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist who spent years teaching parents the textbook model built on timeouts and sticker charts, once stopped mid-session with a paying couple and told them she no longer belie
Why Willpower Never Actually Changes You | Peter Crone
Why Willpower Never Actually Changes You | Peter Crone Aug 19, 2026 02:01:18 There's one reason your new habits never stick, and it has nothing to do with willpower. Peter Crone has spent decades coaching PGA Tour golfers, Major League Baseball athletes, and top executives on the subconscious wiring behind their results, and he breaks down why force can override a habit but never an identity. He explains why most relationships start as attachment and codependency instead o
The 5-Phase Plan to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck | Anthony O’Neal
The 5-Phase Plan to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck | Anthony O’Neal Aug 17, 2026 01:17:53 You could hand two people a million dollars and one of them would be broke again within a year. The other builds a legacy. The difference has nothing to do with luck. Anthony O'Neal, author of Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck, walks through the five phases that took him from borrowing money for car speakers to building a real estate portfolio he pays for in cash. He breaks down why 48% of people e
Why No Is More Powerful Than Yes | Chris Voss
Why No Is More Powerful Than Yes | Chris Voss Aug 14, 2026 01:36:41 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
Bruce Lipton: The Program Running 95% of Your Life
Bruce Lipton: The Program Running 95% of Your Life Aug 12, 2026 01:41:05 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 c
The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler
The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler Aug 10, 2026 01:22:01 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
Why Forced Positivity Is Making You Miserable | Susan David
Why Forced Positivity Is Making You Miserable | Susan David Aug 7, 2026 01:29:52 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
How Jesse Cole Turned Baseball Into a Billion Dollar Show
How Jesse Cole Turned Baseball Into a Billion Dollar Show Aug 5, 2026 01:49:46 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 n
The Trauma That Hurts People Most (And Never Gets Named) | Patrick Teahan
The Trauma That Hurts People Most (And Never Gets Named) | Patrick Teahan Aug 3, 2026 01:13:04 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. Teaha
How to Design a Life That Runs Without You | Rob Dyrdek
How to Design a Life That Runs Without You | Rob Dyrdek Jul 31, 2026 02:15:36 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 h
The Neuroscience Behind Why You Can't Manifest What You Want | Dr. James Doty
The Neuroscience Behind Why You Can't Manifest What You Want | Dr. James Doty Jul 29, 2026 01:42:25 You're manifesting every single day. You're just doing it the wrong way. That's according to Dr. James Doty, a Stanford neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who has spent decades studying what actually happens in your brain when you set an intention. His new book, Mind Magic, breaks down the neuroscience most manifestation advice leaves out completely. Here's the block nobody talks about. It's not a la
The Childhood Question That's Secretly Running Your Life | Aaron Doughty
The Childhood Question That's Secretly Running Your Life | Aaron Doughty Jul 27, 2026 02:05:53 There's one childhood question that's secretly running your whole adult life. Aaron Doughty asks it straight: who did you have to be as a kid to receive Mom or Dad's love? Whoever that was became the role you're still performing, the pattern you keep mistaking for your identity. Aaron built a YouTube following of over a million people teaching exactly this kind of subconscious pattern work, and in

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