Find Self-Forgiveness & Write A New Narrative For Your Life EP 1284

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is best-selling author Shaka Senghor. Senghor was released from prison in 2010 after spending 19 years for being convicted of murder. Today, Shaka’s priority is shifting societal narratives through storytelling and developing workshops with high entertainment value and deep social impact. Senghor is the Head of Sales and Success Culture at TripActions and Founder of Redeemed Sole. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. Shaka’s widely anticipated sophomore book, Letters to the Sons of Society was released in January 2022. In this episode, you will learn:How to create a new narrative for yourself. How to create peace from past trauma. How to find self-forgiveness.Why the best conversations are the ones you have with yourself. For more, go to: lewishowes.com/1284 Bobby Hall a.k.a. Logic on How To Pursue Your Dreams In The Face Of Adversity: https://link.chtbl.com/1163-pod Wallstreet Trapper on the Journey From Prison To Financial Freedom: https://link.chtbl.com/1209-pod Ed Mylett on Developing Superhuman Levels of Self-Confidence: https://link.chtbl.com/1274-pod

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0:00.0	In solitary confinement for people that don't know, how much time do you get to spend with others?
0:05.9	How much time do you get out of your cell? What's the day to day?
0:08.4	23 hour lockdown. Come on.
0:11.0	Five days after week.
0:12.4	Oh, but it was in that environment that I really began to examine.
0:17.6	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete
0:23.0	turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:28.6	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.
0:32.8	Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.
0:42.5	At 19 you're a drug dealer and you shot a kill man, right?
0:46.0	Yeah. And at 17 you got shot a few times.
0:48.5	Yeah. Yeah. And how would you say that your childhood developed for you to get to a place to
0:56.1	be in that environment? That's a really profound question.
1:00.4	You know, and it takes me back to my healing journey.
1:04.4	And one of the parts of that healing journey started with reading this quote from Socrates.
1:09.1	The unexamined life isn't worth living.
1:12.0	So I was sitting in a prison cell in solitary confinement being told that I would never get out
1:19.2	of prison. Really? Let alone out of solitary confinement.
1:22.2	And the thing about it is I almost started to believe that because my neighbor across
1:28.3	from me just got named Tony. I was super fascinated and got one of the most charismatic
1:33.6	charming guys in emilate voices. Like you wouldn't even be getting in and believe.
1:38.4	He had been a solitary for like 20 years. 20 years.
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