This is episode number 488 with John Gray.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or

message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today.

Now let the class begin.

We have a powerful leader in the School of Greatness headquarters today. His name is John Gray and he is a

pastor, singer and comedian who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. That's right you guys know I'm from Ohio.

So this is going to be a fun one for me. He is also the son of two musically gifted parents and he currently serves as an associate

pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas under Joel Olstein. And John is also the face of the Oprah Winfrey

Network's new show, The Book of John Gray, which is a docuseries hybrid about his life and family while

helping others with and through significant issues in very unconventional ways. And he's also got a new

book out called I am number eight. And I heard him speak at Oprah's Super Soul sessions recently and

literally was blown away by who he is as a person, how he performs and speaks on stage and how he

captivates through his message. One of probably the top five speakers I've ever seen in my life hands down.

It was unbelievable to witness and I said I got to have this guy on I got to learn more about his story.

I got to learn how he got to where he's at, how he's built this massive impact through this huge audience and just more about

him and wow and I blown away by the stories that he's about to share with you through the challenges he's been through

and all of the things that he's learned along the way. We talk about why drawing a crowd doesn't mean you have a committed

core. Also, why you can't preach a sermon that you haven't lived. And for those listening, you can't really teach

something you haven't lived either. The person you have to like the most in order to be successful in life, what loving

yourself has to do with loving others and how the things you don't have define who you actually are today.

Before we begin, I want to give a quick shout out to the review of the week over on iTunes. This is from

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