E36 - Lewis Howes: The Secret to Unleashing Your Inner Greatness
Know Thyself
André Duqum
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Lewis Howes has been interviewing high achievers & performers across a multitude of fields for the past 10 years. Today he reveals his insights on what it takes to achieve greatness in life, and why we must heal our past to step into our best future. Lewis shares his own story of healing from the wounds of being abused in his childhood, and how he went from professional athlete to motivational podcaster & author. He explains 'the mask of masculinity' in our culture, and why men must face off with their emotions and start the healing journey.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
4:26 Strive for Greatness
9:19 Healing the Past
16:31 The Mask of Masculinity
38:20 The Greatness Mindset
39:57 Power of Gratitude
43:38 How to Achieve Greatness
58:44 Defining a Meaningful Mission
1:11:08 Rapid Fire Questions
1:15:35 Conclusion
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Lewis Howes:
Lewis Howes is a New York Times Bestselling author of the hit book, The School of Greatness. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach and keynote speaker. A former professional football player and two-sport All-American, he is a current USA Men’s National Handball Team athlete.
He hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked podcast, The School of Greatness, which has over 100 million downloads and 1000 episodes since it launched in 2013. Lewis was recognized by The White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. Details Magazine called him one of “5 Internet Guru’s that can Make You Rich.”
Lewis is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur and has been featured on Ellen, The Today Show, The New York Times, People, Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health, and other major media outlets.
Lewis's New Book: THE GREATNESS MINDSET: https://www.amazon.com/Greatness-Mindset-Unlock-Power-Today/dp/1401971903?crid=2LOHPOT1CLUQ&keywords=the+greatness+mindset&qid=1672264598&s=books&sprefix=the+greatness+mindset,stripbooks,93&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=lewhow07-20&linkId=ebb660cf6969c4bef3883e83677dd5fd&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowes
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| 0:00.0 | Most of my life I wanted to be successful, but I was chasing success from a wound because I didn't feel like I was enough. When I first opened up about sexual abuse, 25 years of emotion erupts out of me and I start howling. And I remember just saying like, my business is over and I'm accepting this. But if this can help one man, it's worth it. This guy turns me around. He looks me in the eyes and he goes, you're my hero. When men start to heal, the world heals. Politics heal. People create bridges as opposed to walls. A lot of us are defined by the memories of the past. And I'm not saying that things in our lives aren't painful and challenging. Some of them are. But if we want to live a rich, joyful, abundant, free life, we must learn to mend those |
| 0:39.1 | memories, create new meaning, and draw in the presence of a future that is greater than our |
| 0:43.8 | past. So for me, everything about greatness is tied to healing. And I don't think we can truly be |
| 0:49.1 | great in our life unless we're willing to heal the past on every stage of the past. |
| 1:00.2 | Hello, beautiful humans. Welcome back to the Know Thyself podcast for every single week. |
| 1:04.5 | We get the honor and privilege to sit down with a beautiful mind and open heart to see |
| 1:08.1 | how we can learn more about ourselves in the world around us. |
| 1:11.1 | My guest today is an incredible human being. Indeed, he is an athletic salsa dancing podcast hosting, |
| 1:19.0 | heart-centered pioneer in bringing forth powerful conversations to help people discover their |
| 1:23.1 | greatness within. He is the host of the School of Greatness podcast, which is an incredible platform, |
| 1:28.3 | bringing in thought leaders, doctors, teachers, and spiritual leaders from all around the world. |
| 1:34.5 | And it's really beautiful to be able to have him in the studio here today. He is author, |
| 1:39.4 | New York Times bestselling author and author of New Book, The Greatness Mindset, which is available |
| 1:43.8 | now. Un unlock the power |
| 1:45.9 | of your mind and live your best life today louis house thank you for coming on my man andre |
| 1:50.5 | thanks for having me man it's it's my honor so good to have you in the studio today it's good to be |
| 1:54.8 | here yeah doing a little podcast tour you're going on other people's shows yeah man it's been |
| 1:59.0 | fun it's been a lot but uh you know i So I'm grateful. Yeah, you've had enough practice in front of the mic. Exactly. You've done like, what, 1,200 podcasts so far? I think it's almost 1,400 episodes, 10 years. Wow. 10-year anniversary last month, three times a week for eight years, but every week for 10 years man just the amount of |
| 2:20.5 | life expanding insight and beautiful connections that come on the other side of having a |
| 2:25.8 | platform like that is just kind of feel so rewarding and nourishing is it what do you say it's like |
| 2:30.0 | one of your favorite things it's unbelievable I mean to get pay I didn't go into this trying to |
| 2:34.0 | get paid I went into it because I was in breakdown in a lot of areas of my life and I just wanted |
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