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The School of Greatness

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes 1 941 episodes Nov 11, 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

Manifestation Fails When You Doubt It | Lil Jon
Manifestation Fails When You Doubt It | Lil Jon Nov 11, 2026 01:09:44 Manifestation only works when you stop doubting, and sometimes what you end up manifesting is peace.Lil Jon, the award-winning producer behind Yeah and Turn Down for What, sat down with Lewis to talk about turning 50 and realizing he could not name a single thing that made him happy except doing things for other people.He shares how his daily affirmations inside a copper pyramid carried him throug
Money Shame: How I Climbed Out of $300K in Debt | Tiffany Aliche
Money Shame: How I Climbed Out of $300K in Debt | Tiffany Aliche Nov 9, 2026 01:08:25 You can save a million dollars and still feel broke if the fear behind your money never got the message that you're safe.Tiffany Aliche, a former preschool teacher who built The Budgetnista and wrote Get Good With Money, sat down with Lewis to tell how a friend she calls “Jake the thief” talked her into $35,000 in credit card cash advances. The recession took her teaching job soon after, and at 30
The Persuasion Trick That Took Sales From 15% to 55% | Robert Cialdini
The Persuasion Trick That Took Sales From 15% to 55% | Robert Cialdini Nov 6, 2026 01:53:19 Two small words and one pause cut a restaurant’s no-shows by 67%, and the science of persuasion behind that will change how you ask for things.Dr. Robert Cialdini, a research psychologist who wrote Influence: The New and Expanded Psychology of Persuasion, sat down with Lewis to walk through the seven principles he found after secretly training in sales programs. Lewis credits the book with turning
Public Speaking Is a Skill, Not a Personality | Vinh Giang
Public Speaking Is a Skill, Not a Personality | Vinh Giang Nov 4, 2026 01:19:12 Your voice feels like who you are, but it might just be a habit you picked up as a kid.Vinh Giang, a communication coach with more than 17 million followers, sat down with Lewis to talk about public speaking and confidence, and why the way you sound can change faster than you think. He changed his own name at 14 to break free of being the bullied, stone-faced kid who barely spoke English.He gives
Consciousness Beyond the Brain: What Nearly Dying Taught Me | Robert Greene
Consciousness Beyond the Brain: What Nearly Dying Taught Me | Robert Greene Nov 2, 2026 01:22:08 What if your consciousness was never locked inside your head in the first place?Robert Greene, the best-selling author of The Law of the Sublime, sat down with Lewis for his sixth visit, eight years after a stroke nearly took his life. His wife saw his slurred words and drooping face, made him pull over, and called 911 about 30 seconds before he would have been brain dead.He came back to a world t
What 2,000 Episodes Taught Me About Greatness and Consistency | Lewis Howes
What 2,000 Episodes Taught Me About Greatness and Consistency | Lewis Howes Oct 30, 2026 01:10:44 Most of us were taught that if you want something badly enough, you have to chase it. After 2,000 episodes and 13 years without missing a week, Lewis Howes has learned the opposite, and it comes down to consistency. The life you want starts coming toward you when you keep showing up, serve other people and do the work on the inside.In this solo milestone episode, Lewis looks back on the road from
You Can't Buy Inner Peace, Here's How to Find It | Yung Pueblo
You Can't Buy Inner Peace, Here's How to Find It | Yung Pueblo Oct 28, 2026 53:48 You can't buy inner peace, no matter how much money or success you pile up.Yung Pueblo, an author who has meditated two hours every day for more than a decade and has finished a 60 day silent retreat, sat down with Lewis to talk about what inner peace feels like day to day. For him, it means having enough space in your mind to feel tension without letting it run your actions.Meditation got tested
Let Go of Expectations and Attract What You Desire | Lewis Howes
Let Go of Expectations and Attract What You Desire | Lewis Howes Oct 26, 2026 46:18 The thing you want most might be closer than you think, and the expectations you keep gripping could be what keeps pushing it away.Lewis goes solo in this episode to walk through five expectations that block money, love and your peace. He starts with the silent contract so many hard workers carry: I did this, so I’m owed that.He tells you about making zero dollars from his podcast for the first ye
Heal Your Trauma or Stay at War With Yourself | Robin Sharma
Heal Your Trauma or Stay at War With Yourself | Robin Sharma Oct 23, 2026 01:37:04 The trauma you never healed is running your relationships and your work.Robin Sharma, author of The Everyday Hero Manifesto, tells Lewis about the day ten years of his private journals vanished from a cupboard, along with every fear and heartbreak he had written in them. What he took from losing them was the ability to let go.He walks through a tool he calls AFRA: the moment you get triggered, you
How to Know You’re on the Right Path | Katt Williams
How to Know You’re on the Right Path | Katt Williams Oct 21, 2026 56:15 What if the dark stretch you're in right now is proof your faith is about to pay off?Katt Williams, a comedian with 14 stand-up specials, sat down with Lewis to talk about leaving home at 13 and the moment around age 20 when drug dealing could turn $100 into $700. He asked God for another way to make a living, and comedy showed up.Door-to-door sales taught him that 300 no's buy 30 yeses, and he st
What Sociopaths Really Feel | Dr. Patric Gagne
What Sociopaths Really Feel | Dr. Patric Gagne Oct 19, 2026 01:47:53 People with psychopathy still feel, just differently from everyone around them.Dr. Patric Gagne, a diagnosed sociopath who went on to earn a doctorate and work as a therapist, sat down with Lewis and told the story she tells in Sociopath: A Memoir. As a kid she learned that saying “I don't care” out loud got her in trouble, so she lied, and lying made her feel safe.She talks about the pressure she
Your Anxiety Is a Smoke Alarm, Not a Broken Brain | Dr. John Delony
Your Anxiety Is a Smoke Alarm, Not a Broken Brain | Dr. John Delony Oct 16, 2026 01:18:21 What if your anxiety is a smoke alarm, and your body is working perfectly?Dr. John Delony, a mental health expert with two PhDs, sat down with Lewis and said the thing most of us dodge: if you are awake at 2:30 in the morning, something in your life is on fire. Numbing it with a drink or a screen is like duct taping a pillow over the alarm while the house burns around you.Then he got personal. Whi

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