You Need To Be Single. Here's Why. | Lewis Howes
The School of Greatness
Lewis Howes
4.8 • 22K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You need to have a single season in your life, and here's why. |
| 0:04.0 | We live in a world that tells us, don't be alone, or find someone fast, |
| 0:09.0 | or being single means something is wrong with you. |
| 0:12.0 | But what if being single isn't a problem that you need to fix? |
| 0:16.0 | What if it's a season to build the greatest version of yourself? |
| 0:20.0 | What if the reason your relationships keep build the greatest version of yourself? |
| 0:21.0 | What if the reason your relationships keep falling apart is because you never gave yourself |
| 0:25.5 | time to stand on your own? |
| 0:27.9 | You never gave yourself space. |
| 0:30.2 | I've been single and I've been in unhealthy relationships. |
| 0:34.7 | And now I'm in a deep, consciously committed marriage. And today I'm going to share with you the five things that I wish someone had taught me sooner about |
| 0:42.3 | why being single is the best way to attract a better love life. |
| 0:48.3 | And reason number one is being single teaches you who you are without distractions. You can't build a healthy we |
| 0:58.4 | until you know who you are. And most people don't fall in love. They fall into a distraction, |
| 1:05.3 | right? How many times have you been into a relationship because you were afraid of being |
| 1:09.9 | single. You didn't want to |
| 1:11.2 | face your fears, you felt like you were missing out on something, and the first moment you felt |
| 1:15.9 | attraction, you leaned in and you got into a committed relationship. People use relationships |
| 1:20.8 | to avoid themselves, their insecurities, their fears, their lack of direction or where they're |
| 1:26.5 | headed. And when you're always with someone, |
| 1:29.4 | you never sit still long enough to hear your own voice. When I was single, I was forced to ask |
| 1:35.7 | hard questions. What do I believe? What is it I truly want? What am I avoiding and what am I |
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