Welcome to the School of Greatness.

My name is Lewis Howes, former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur, and each week

we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner

greatness.

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Now let the class begin.

But how did you overcome all these obstacles in the last few years?

And how long did that stress or pain last for?

Well, you know, you look at 2020 and obviously the whole world was suffering,

you know, and you turn on the TV, you couldn't escape it. And you're stuck in your house,

just right, dealing with all this. But in the midst of all that, my father, who is my rock,

in my book, you'll just see he and I have this unbelievable bond, had suffered two major heart

attacks. I had to go pick him up in Wisconsin on New Year's Eve of 2019, going into 2020.

So New Year's Eve, welcoming in this new year, I was on a plane flying from Colorado to Kenosha,

Wisconsin because he wasn't getting the medical care he needed and brought him to Austin where I lived.

Ambulances on the airport waiting to take him to the hospital and where he spent until March, almost March 12th from December you know, December 31st. So ringing in that year

was already starting out stressful, going through a divorce. You know, I had some, my own

personal health issues happened. I ended up being in the same hospital that my dad was in

during that time period. It was one of those years where, but on the outside,

everyone thought Kendra Scott was fine. The Instagrams are great, she's smiling, things are good,

and I just felt so, you know, like this isn't real and I'm suffering. And why am I so afraid to say I'm suffering?

So I started writing a journal and just keeping track of what was going on personally, emotionally,

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