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The Art of Manliness

#152: The School of Greatness

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.714.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Lewis Howes had aspirations of being a pro football player, and he was on the path to making it happen for himself. After a career-ending injury, and year spent on his sister's couch, he started an online business which became a big success. Since then, he's started a podcast called The School of Greatness, in which he interviews people about what it means to live a flourishing life. He has a new book by the same name, and on today's show Lewis and I talk about how to live the good life.

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0:00.0

We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

0:18.5

So there's a guy's name, Lewis House.

0:20.2

Some of you probably listened to his podcast, but he's got an interesting story.

0:24.0

He had aspirations to be a professional football player and he was making it happen for himself,

0:29.0

starting off with the Canadian Football League and some of the minor league football teams here in the States.

0:34.0

But then he had an injury that ended his career and he ended up on a sister's couch for a year, broke no money,

0:41.0

and just completely in a funk.

0:43.0

And then he started, sometimes he started a business online and it was a big success.

0:49.0

And then he went on to other things.

0:51.0

It started a podcast where his goal was just to interview influencers, thinkers who had insights on how to live a more flourishing,

0:58.0

life.

0:59.0

It's called the School of Greatness and recently Lewis just released a book by the same title, School of Greatness,

1:04.0

where he talks about some of the insights that he's gleaned over the two years of doing his podcast.

1:09.0

So today on the podcast, Lewis and I discussed the School of Greatness and what it means to live a flourishing life and how to do it.

1:16.0

Alright, Lewis House, welcome to the show.

1:25.0

Thanks Brad, appreciate it man.

1:28.0

Alright, so before we get started, let's get a little background on you.

1:30.0

You have a podcast, School of Greatness, I know there's a couple of our, I know a lot of our readers listen to it,

1:35.0

got a book coming out, School of Greatness as well.

1:38.0

But what did you do before you had a podcast where you're interviewing influencers and people who are doing awesome things?

1:44.0

What were you doing before through life?

1:46.0

I was, in my early adulthood, I was chasing my dream to be a pro athlete.

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