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The School of Greatness

The School of Greatness

By: Lewis Howes
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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, and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.© All rights reserved Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • Stop Living by Your Preferences and Start Living Your Vision | Brendon Burchard

    Stop Living by Your Preferences and Start Living Your Vision | Brendon Burchard
    May 11 2026
    Most people don't realize they have a ceiling on their success. Not a skill ceiling. A preference ceiling. Brendon Burchard calls it the complexity ceiling, and it's the invisible line where your comfort wins over your vision. The highest performers in the world share one non-negotiable: their preferences never outrank their aspirational self. They don't wait to feel ready. They generate the feeling they need and act from that place. Brendon introduces his FREE framework (Feeling, Responsibility, Expression, Expansion), a four-part system for creating your internal state on purpose, every day, regardless of what's hitting you from the outside. It's the methodology he breaks down fully in High Performance Habits. Lewis and Brendon also go deep on what happens when you succeed beyond what you believed was possible, and why that moment can trigger imposter syndrome or total emptiness if your belief never caught up to your achievement. This one is about becoming the person your future self already is. It starts with one question: does your preference win today, or does your vision? Join ULTRA now: https://lewishowes.com/ultra Brendon's books: The Millionaire Messenger: Make a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your AdviceThe Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel AliveThe Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal PowerLife's Golden Ticket: A Story About Second ChancesHigh Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That WayThe High Performance Planner In this episode you will: Learn Brendon's FREE framework (Feeling, Responsibility, Expression, Expansion) for clarifying exactly what you want to feel, do, and becomeDiscover the "complexity ceiling" and why your preferences, not your circumstances, are the real limit on your successUnderstand why succeeding beyond your belief system leads to imposter syndrome and how to close that gap before it derails youShift from being stuck in stimulus-response mode to actively generating the energy and focus high performance requiresBuild a dialogue with your future self that turns long-term vision into decisions you can act on today Topics: high performance habits, complexity ceiling, FREE framework, imposter syndrome, future self visualization, mindset, personal development, Brendon Burchard For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1926 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you'll love: Lewis Howes Solo - Become Addicted To MANIFESTING Myron Golden Vivian Tu TOPICS Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits, FREE framework, complexity ceiling, fulfillment vs achievement, aspirational self, preferences vs priorities, high performance coaching, Growth Day, personal development Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX 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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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • How to Build a Million-Dollar Portfolio Starting From Nothing | Graham Stephan

    How to Build a Million-Dollar Portfolio Starting From Nothing | Graham Stephan
    May 8 2026
    Graham Stephan was relentless about one thing before he had anything else: not spending money he did not have to spend. He calculated the gas cost of visiting a friend and decided it was not worth it. Most people would call that extreme. He calls it the foundation. The habits he built early, consistency, focus, and ruthless saving, did not feel heroic in the moment. They felt boring. But boring done every single day is what compounded into real estate commissions, YouTube income, and an investment portfolio split evenly between property, index funds, and cash. What he did not do was wait until he felt ready. He held off on starting his YouTube channel for years because he did not have a Lamborghini like the other guys. When he finally started, none of that mattered. The deeper conversation here is about what money actually means once you have enough of it. Graham is not chasing a bigger number. He wants to buy back his time, to read a book on a Tuesday if he feels like it. That shift from accumulation to freedom is where this episode gets genuinely interesting. Graham on YouTube Graham’s website Graham on Instagram In this episode you will: Discover the three specific habits Graham used to go from nothing to his first million and why saving was the most underrated oneLearn how he structures his investments today across real estate, index funds, and cash, and the simple daily routine he uses to stay consistentUnderstand why waiting until you feel credible is the trap that keeps most people from ever startingRethink what you believe about renting versus buying a home and when each choice actually makes financial senseShift how you think about the end goal of building wealth, from hitting a number to designing a life that gives you your time back For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1925 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Lewis Howes Solo [From $0-1M in 2026] Glennda Baker Dave Ramsey Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX 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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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • How Fear Almost Killed Her (And What Saved Her Life) | Anita Moorjani

    How Fear Almost Killed Her (And What Saved Her Life) | Anita Moorjani
    May 6 2026
    Anita Moorjani did everything right. She ate organic, avoided sugar, studied cancer prevention obsessively. She still got lymphoma. That contradiction is the entire point. Growing up as an Indian woman in Hong Kong, caught between British culture and a community that valued sons over daughters, Anita learned one thing above all else: make yourself small and keep everyone happy. That lesson followed her for 40 years, through a canceled arranged marriage, a cancer diagnosis, and a four-year deterioration that ended with her in a coma, 85 pounds, and organs failing. Then she left her body. In that expanded state, she saw clearly for the first time: it wasn't the cancer that had been killing her. It was the fear. When she came back, every trace of cancer was gone within three weeks. Doctors flew in from the US just to study her case. None of them could explain it. What Anita brought back is a message she's been sharing for 20 years: you don't need to earn your place in the world, you already are what you've been spending your life trying to become. Anita’s books: Dying to Be MeSensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh WorldWhat If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth Anita's Sedona Healing Retreat Anita's Website Anita's Facebook Anita's Instagram In this episode you will: Understand why living in constant fear can manifest as serious physical illness - and how shifting from fear-based choices to love-based ones changes everythingDiscover what Anita experienced during her 30-hour coma, including what she saw, heard, and understood outside her physical bodyLearn the mirror exercise that helped Anita rebuild self-worth from scratch after coming back from the edge of deathRecognize how people-pleasing and self-repression show up in the body, and why your authentic self will keep demanding to be heardApply Anita's framework for replacing fear of what you don't want with a focused attention on what you actually want to create For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1924 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Lewis Howes Solo [STOP Letting People Walk All Over You] Muniba Mazari Dr Joe Dispenza Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX 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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    1 hr and 32 mins
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Love Lewis Howes energy and the inspiring people he interviews. If you want to better your mind and be open to people who are doing great things and to hear how they create better ways to live...then you will love this podcast and Lewis Howes books too.

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