This is episode number 538 with number one New York Times best selling author Brendan Bershard.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howes, 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.

William Shakespeare said, be as great in act as you have been in thought.

We have a powerful one today, my friends. Brendan is widely considered the world's leading

high-performance coach. He is also one of the most watched, quoted, and followed personal

development trainers in history. He is a top 100 most followed public figure on Facebook

and his videos have been viewed more than 100 million times. He is a number one New York Times,

a number one Wall Street Journal, number one Amazon, and number one USA Today best selling author

and his latest book is High Performing Habits. How extraordinary people become that way.

Success Magazine also named Brendan as one of the top 25 most influential leaders in personal

growth and achievement along with Oprah Joel Olstein, Ariana Huffington, Dave Ramsey,

Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, and Facebook's Cheryl Sandberg. Wow, I have seen Brendan's work

for many many years and seen all the incredible things he's done in the online marketing,

online business world, but also as an author and speaker trainer. He's just really impacted

so many people with his message and today we talk about why creativity is not strongly correlated

with high performance, which is something that Brendan originally thought was. Also the six

habits of high performers. So if you want to be high performing in any area of life, these are the

six habits you're going to need. Brendan's three questions he asks himself every single morning

and why that's important, why you don't have to be cool to gain influence in the world.

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