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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.
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- 2 days ago1h 34m
Stop Overthinking: How to Quiet the Voice in Your Head | Dr. Ethan Kross
Overthinking starts the moment one bad thought gets stuck on a loop and refuses to leave.Dr. Ethan Kross, a University of Michigan psychologist who has studied chatter for over 20 years, sat down with Lewis to explain why your inner voice spirals and how to pull it back. His book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It, lays out 26 tools, and he walks through a handful of them here.The simplest one sounds strange at first. You coach yourself silently, using your own name, the way LeBron James and Jennifer Lawrence both did in interviews. Ethan's team texted people five times a day for two weeks to track this kind of self-talk and found no link to narcissism at all.He also explains why venting to a friend can turn into co-rumination and leave you just as upset as when you started. A moment of awe in nature can shrink your problems, and Rafael Nadal lines up his water bottles because the ritual gives him “the order I seek in my head.”Negative emotions still have a job to do, and the anxiety and stress you feel before a big moment can push you to prepare. When Lewis asked for his three truths, Ethan ended on a phrase he grew up with: “Be a mensch.”Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage YouChatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness ItEthan's WebsiteIn this episode you will:Silence spiraling overthinking by coaching yourself with your own name, the way Dr. Ethan Kross doesUse mental time travel to shrink today's crisis by picturing yourself years from nowStop venting sessions that turn into co-rumination and leave you more upsetPick a small board of chatter advisors who actually help you move forwardCalm anxious chatter with rituals, awe in nature and a tidier spaceReframe stress as your body rising to meet the challengeFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2006More 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.
- 4 days ago1h 9m
Manifestation Fails When You Doubt It | Lil Jon
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 through a divorce after 18 years, and why he finally called his old mentor Paul Lewis to apologize 25 years too late. He goes deeper in his book I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me, along with the meditation and gratitude habits that rebuilt his happiness.You also hear how his album Crunk Rock flopped without a single song landing. He kept producing anyway, and the next thing he made was Turn Down for What.After a therapy session helped him see his son's side of a tense call, Lil Jon phoned him back and said, “I'm sorry. I hear you and I see you.” His son was gone the next morning.Pre-Order: I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me Lil Jon's InstagramLil Jon's FacebookIn this episode you will:Hear the apology call Lil Jon made to his son the day before he diedLearn how to make the hard call today instead of assuming you have time laterBuild a daily affirmation practice that clears out bad energyManifest what you have never had by refusing to let doubt inBounce back from a flop the way Lil Jon did before Turn Down for WhatFind peace through acceptance when life takes what you cannot controlFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2005More 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.
- 6 days ago1h 8m
Money Shame: How I Climbed Out of $300K in Debt | Tiffany Aliche
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 she was almost $300,000 in debt and back in her middle school bed.Her first year in business grossed $8,000. Years later she brought in $10 million in a single year and felt worse than ever. A nurse took her blood pressure twice while she kept typing on her laptop in the exam room.She calls it post-traumatic broke syndrome. With Lewis she gets into how shame keeps your debt hidden and why she named her older self Wanda, the woman she budgets for today.Then her husband had a terrible headache on a Monday and was gone by Friday. What came after is something her therapist calls “the gift of grief.”Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial GoalsGet Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially WholeLive Richer Challenge: Homebuying Edition: Learn how to how to prepare for, finance and purchase your home in 22 days.Live Richer Challenge: Savings Edition: Learn how to save your money and make more money in 22 days!Get Good With Money QuizTheBudgetnista.comTiffany on InstagramIn this episode you will:Break free from post-traumatic broke syndrome, the fear that keeps you hoarding cash while life passes byDiscover how Tiffany Aliche climbed out of $300,000 in debt after losing her jobSilence the shame that blocks your money solutions by finding your own LindaWrite a plan for every dollar before it arrives so money stops bossing you aroundProtect your older self by giving your future self a name and a budgetStop chasing eight figures at the cost of your health and the people you loveFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2004More 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.
- 1 weeks ago1h 53m
The Persuasion Trick That Took Sales From 15% to 55% | Robert Cialdini
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 his broke, couch-surfing years into a business that took off within months.Kids handed a balloon at the door led their parents to buy 25% more food, and asking “Do you support the Boy Scouts?” lifted popcorn sales from 15% to 55%. Cialdini shares why you should ask for advice instead of feedback, and why “Congratulations on your commitment” beats praising progress.He also gets honest about his own struggle to say praise out loud, a habit he picked up from parents who held it back. Now he makes himself say it, which costs nothing and changes the mood of any room he walks into.Your next email or sales pitch will look different after this, and so might your next hard talk with someone you love. Start by giving first and pointing to what is already true.Influence, New and Expanded: The Essential Guide to the Psychology of Influence and Persuasion in Everyday LifePre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and PersuadeIn this episode you will:Triple your yes rate by asking one pre-suasion question before your requestMaster the seven principles of influence Robert Cialdini uncovered training undercoverTurn cold outreach into replies using similarity and genuine praise in your first lineHarness reciprocity by giving something meaningful first, before you ever askDiscover how unity builds a “we” that makes compromise easierUse loss aversion ethically so people act now instead of drifting awayFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2003More 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.
- 1 weeks ago1h 19m
Public Speaking Is a Skill, Not a Personality | Vinh Giang
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 you a 15 minute exercise: record yourself talking for five minutes, then review it with the sound only, then with the picture only, then as a transcript. Pick one fix from each pass. One of his students just spoke louder, used their hands and dropped the ums, and came across like a different person.Then it gets personal. Vinh tells the story of his uncle Yibet, who captained the family's boat out of Vietnam and left the love of his life behind, a story he only found the courage to write in Before We Forget How to Connect.The next time something feels fake when you try it, you might hear Vinh's reminder that it is just unfamiliar.Pre-Order: Before We Forget How to Connect: Be Heard, Be Seen, and Communicate with ConfidenceVinh's InstagramVinh's YouTubeVinh's Website In this episode you will:Spot the invisible speaking habits you've repeated for decades and start changing themUse Vinh Giang's look, feel and sound review to fix your delivery fastBuild gripping stories with the spark, point and link storytelling methodFind your natural voice again after years of speaking in a habitual oneQuiet stage nerves by shifting your focus from yourself to your audienceTurn a story of shame into one you proudly open withFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2002More 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.
- 1 weeks ago1h 22m
Consciousness Beyond the Brain: What Nearly Dying Taught Me | Robert Greene
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 that seemed to sparkle, and he spent seven years writing so you could feel that without having to die. He explains why a small child gives 90% of their attention to the world while most adults give 98% to themselves, and how that shift feeds anxiety and addiction.One story stays with you: a woman in surgery, with no brain activity and her ears plugged, later described the drill and the Hotel California song playing in the room. Robert talks through near-death experience research and the old idea that awareness might run through everything, along with what his marriage taught him about letting the ego go quiet.When this one ends, you'll want to step outside and look up at the sky. Then you'll look a little longer at the person you love.The Law of the SublimeThe Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human NatureThe Laws of Human NatureMasteryThe 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through FearlessnessThe 33 Strategies of WarThe Art of SeductionThe 48 Laws of PowerRobert's InstagramRobert's YoutubeIn this episode you will:Discover how Robert Greene’s near-fatal stroke taught him to see the world with new eyesRediscover the childhood sense of awe that adult routine and ego slowly buryLearn The Law of the Sublime and the doors that open you to wonderSpot the false sublime behind addiction and choose experiences that come from withinStrengthen your relationships by giving first and letting go of defensivenessFace your own mortality in a way that brings urgency instead of fearFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2001More 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.
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
What 2,000 Episodes Taught Me About Greatness and Consistency | Lewis Howes
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 an iPhone in his living room to a show heard in more than 100 countries. He shares the four lessons 2,000 conversations taught him about building a life that pulls your dreams toward you. They cover consistency, service, knowing who you’re building for and the inner work that lets good things stay. It’s a journey that started with a first grader who wrote a poem about hating school and grew up to build a school of his own.The dreams worth having don’t come from chasing harder. They come from who you become by showing up week after week.Make Money EasyThe School of GreatnessThe Greatness MindsetThe Mask of MasculinityIn this episode you will:Learn why committing for years, not months, gives you the freedom to keep going when no one is listening yetDiscover why most people quit right before things start coming to themSee how serving others builds relationships that outlast ego and open doors you can’t open aloneGet clear on who you’re building for so the right people find youUnderstand why inner work is what lets good things stay once they arriveHear how Lewis’s definition of greatness has changed over 2,000 conversations, and what he’s building toward nextFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2000More 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.
- 2 weeks ago52 min
You Can't Buy Inner Peace, Here's How to Find It | Yung Pueblo
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 first in his relationship. He and his wife Sarah spent six years in what he calls a hurricane of blame. They were on a break when he sat his first 10 day retreat, and two weeks later he proposed with the tiny ring his dad had once given his mom.You'll hear why the lightning fast reaction you think is the real you is your past self defending itself, and why slowing down gives you a pause button. His book Journey: The Year That Changes Everything keeps coming back to that practice, along with lining up your values with your intuition.The next time you're about to snap at someone you love, you might catch it a beat sooner and let it pass.Pre-Order Journey: The Year That Changes EverythingHow to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and CompassionThe Inward Trilogy: yung pueblo Box SetThe Way Forward Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the FutureClarity & ConnectionInwardYung Pueblo on InstagramYung Pueblo on Substack In this episode you will:Learn the four-stage process for designing your life with intention and consistencyStop chasing peace through money by seeing that your mindset defines itDiscover how Yung Pueblo’s daily meditation saved a relationship that was nearly overPause the lightning-fast reactions your past self uses to defend itselfEmbrace impermanence so change stops feeling like a hurricaneBuild self-awareness rooted in compassion instead of harsh self-judgmentFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1999More 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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