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The School of Greatness

Turn Sadness Into A Superpower & Find Wholeness In Your Life EP 1287

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

4.821.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Susan Cain is the #1 bestselling author of Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, which spent eight years on The New York Times best seller list, and has been translated into 40 languages. Susan’s TED talks have been viewed over 40 million times. LinkedIn named her the Top 6th Influencer in the World, just behind Richard Branson and Melinda French Gates. Susan partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant and Dan Pink to curate the Next Big Idea Book Club. They donate all their proceeds to children’s literacy programs. Visit Susan at susancain.net. In this episode you will learn:How to embrace all of the emotions we have. How to resurrect the power of sadness. Why your vulnerability will build deeper connections. What the hero's journey really is. For more, go to lewishowes.com/1287 Muniba Mazari on Becoming the Source of Your Own Joy & Finding Self-Love: https://link.chtbl.com/1282-pod Inky Johnson on Hacking Your Mindset To Overcome Life's Challenges: https://link.chtbl.com/1279-pod Laura Berman on Releasing your Pain and Overcoming Trauma: https://link.chtbl.com/1273-pod

Transcript

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0:00.0

In our culture, we know joy is a super power.

0:02.1

Like, no one will doubt that one.

0:04.2

What we need is to resurrect the power of sadness.

0:07.3

And the power of it is, as we've said,

0:10.2

that it's one of the most powerful ways that we have.

0:14.2

Welcome to the School of Greatness.

0:17.4

My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

0:19.6

turned lifestyle entrepreneur.

0:21.4

In each week, we bring you an inspiring person or message

0:25.2

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.

0:29.5

Thanks for spending some time with me today.

0:31.2

Now let the class begin.

0:37.6

They're sweet.

0:38.4

I think it's something that connects with both of us,

0:41.7

specifically recently.

0:43.0

We both had people close to us pass away.

0:46.6

And for me, my father passed a few months ago.

0:50.0

It was a time of fully allowing myself

0:53.8

to express my range of emotions, sadness,

0:58.2

some resentment, some anger, some frustrations,

1:02.0

but just a lot of sadness.

1:04.0

But at the same time, I went back to my hometown, to my old house,

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