Why You Keep Manifesting the Wrong Things (And How to Fix It)

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

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

4.8 • 22K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

A neurosurgeon who manifested everything on his childhood list discovered he was more miserable at the peak of success than when he had nothing. You'll learn why chasing what you want instead of understanding what you need creates a life of hollow achievement and how shifting from fear to compassion unlocks manifestation that actually fulfills you.

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone at the School of Greatness.
0:01.5	Very excited about our guests.
0:02.7	We have the inspiring James Doty in the house.
0:05.8	Doctor, good to see you.
0:07.1	Pleasure.
0:08.1	Yeah, sure.
0:08.6	I am fascinated by this topic of manifestation.
0:12.6	And I'm even more fascinated when you bring neuroscience research
0:16.6	and studies that back the power of manifestation.
0:19.3	Your new book, Mind Magic, the neuroscience of manifestation
0:22.9	and how it changes everything, I'm very excited about
0:26.2	because you kind of walk us through these different steps
0:28.4	on the process of manifestation.
0:31.3	So first I wanted to ask you a question about the difference
0:35.0	between the law of attraction and manifestation.
0:38.3	Are they the same thing or are they different?
0:40.3	Well, if you look historically at the law of attraction, it goes back to hermetics,
0:46.3	which is this group in the first or second century AD.
0:49.3	And there was this belief in the mind, and they used the terminology, the law of attraction.
0:55.6	And of course, then there's a guy, I think his name, Phineas Quimby, who then promoted this further.
1:03.4	And this was in the 18th century or so.
1:06.0	And then, of course, or 19th century.
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