The School of Greatness

Stop Limiting Yourself: How Your Beliefs Become Your Biology | Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal spent six years researching why brilliant, talented people consistently fall short of their potential, and what he found will surprise you: it's not a lack of knowledge, resources, or intelligence holding most people back. It's the invisible belief system running silently in the background, shaping every decision you make without your awareness. Most of us are walking around with beliefs forged in survival mode, and we're using them long after they've stopped serving us. The good news is that beliefs, unlike facts, are tools you can examine, update, and swap out. In this conversation, Nir walks you through the motivation triangle that explains why willpower and information alone never work, and the exact four-step turnaround process that rewrites the beliefs costing you peace, progress, and connection. Whether you're struggling with a goal that keeps stalling, a relationship that stays stuck, or a quiet voice telling you that you're not enough, this episode gives you a practical way out. The Greatness Playbook: The Belief Breakthrough Edition [https://lewishowes.com/tgp1896] Nir’s books: * Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products [https://amzn.to/4qQCAwC] * Indistractable, Updated Edition: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life [https://amzn.to/4tSjrNy] * Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results [https://amzn.to/3MSpqkE] In this episode you will: * Learn the exact four-question turnaround process Nir uses daily to dissolve limiting beliefs about people, including the one about his own mother that changed everything * Discover why being "too smart" can actually work against you and how liberating beliefs outperform facts when it comes to achieving what you want * Understand the motivation triangle and why you'll never stay consistent on behavior and benefit alone without the third element most people skip entirely * Find out why positive visualization and manifesting can actually decrease your chances of success and what athletes do instead that works * Understand why the words you say out loud about yourself become your biology, and how to use secular prayer as a tool for pain tolerance and inner peace For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1896 [https://lewishowes.com/1896] For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Lewis Howes [SOLO] [http://greatness.lnk.to/1879SC] Dr. Joe Dispenza [http://greatness.lnk.to/1702SC] James Clear [http://greatness.lnk.to/1542SC] Get more from Lewis!  Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! [https://lewishowes.com/money] Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1jWO57cwx0cXxHEwbfw85j?si=b570febb9a234e9f] Text Lewis AI [https://greatness.lnk.to/chat] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/] Website [http://lewishowes.com/] Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/] X [https://twitter.com/LewisHowes] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How to Reignite a Dream After You've Lost Everything | Shaun White

Shaun White admits that losing at the 2014 Sochi Olympics had nothing to do with his body and everything to do with his heart not being in it. That honest reckoning launched a years-long process of rebuilding from the inside out, patching broken relationships, ditching a fake social media persona, and assembling a team that actually shared his vision. Then a training crash in New Zealand left him with 62 stitches and lungs full of blood just months before the 2018 Olympics, forcing a gut-check question: how badly do you really want this? His answer carried him to a third gold medal and the most emotionally charged finish of his career. Whether you are chasing a world record or a business breakthrough, Shaun's approach to mental resilience, goal-setting, and self-discovery applies directly to your life. Buy a copy of Shaun’s book Shaun White: Airborne [https://amzn.to/3Od3pxf] In this episode you will: * Discover why raw talent is never enough to win when your heart is not fully committed to the goal * Learn how resolving personal and relational friction off the field can unlock peak performance on it * Understand why pairing a massive goal with small, specific, even playful sub-goals keeps motivation alive * Recognize the trap of delayed happiness and how to find fulfillment along the path rather than only at the finish line * Build a mental framework for separating your self-worth from outcomes so loss stops defining you For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1895 [https://lewishowes.com/1895] For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Amy Purdy [http://greatness.lnk.to/1892SC] Lindsey Vonn [http://greatness.lnk.to/1886SC] Mikaela Shiffrin [http://greatness.lnk.to/1889SC] Get more from Lewis!  Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! [https://lewishowes.com/money] Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1jWO57cwx0cXxHEwbfw85j?si=b570febb9a234e9f] Text Lewis AI [https://greatness.lnk.to/chat] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/] Website [http://lewishowes.com/] Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/] X [https://twitter.com/LewisHowes] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Narcissism Experts Reveal How To SPOT, Handle & Heal From Trauma | Lewis Howes

Most people think narcissism looks like a loud ego, but the truth is it often disguises itself as care, protection, or even victimhood. This episode brings together six of the world's leading experts to walk you through every layer of the problem, from learning to spot the patterns to understanding why you keep attracting them to finally healing the wound underneath it all. You'll discover that the real danger isn't just the narcissist in front of you, it's the unexamined programming from your family of origin that keeps pulling you back into the same cycles. Whether you're navigating a toxic relationship, recovering from one, or realizing for the first time that something in your childhood wasn't as normal as you thought, this is your roadmap to reclaiming your self-trust and building relationships that actually fuel you. Make Money Easy: Create Financial Freedom and Live a Richer Life [https://info.lewishowes.com/money-book] The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today [https://amzn.to/44PzlMI] The Mask of Masculinity: How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships, and Live Their Fullest Lives [https://amzn.to/44vxLAO] The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy [https://amzn.to/3UbA4my] In this episode you will: * Learn the six types of narcissists so you can finally name the dynamic that's been draining you * Spot the body language "danger zone" cues that manipulative people leak without realizing it * Recognize how covert narcissism controls you from underneath through guilt, victimhood, and passive aggression * Identify whether your self-criticism is actually your family of origin still running the show inside your head * Shift from "me over us" thinking to the kind of connected, whole relationships you actually want For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1894 [https://lewishowes.com/1894] For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Dr. Ramani Durvasula [http://greatness.lnk.to/1858SC] Jerry Wise [http://greatness.lnk.to/1747SC] Esther Perel [http://greatness.lnk.to/1686SC] Get more from Lewis!  Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! [https://lewishowes.com/money] Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1jWO57cwx0cXxHEwbfw85j?si=b570febb9a234e9f] Text Lewis AI [https://greatness.lnk.to/chat] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/] Website [http://lewishowes.com/] Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/] X [https://twitter.com/LewisHowes] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why You're Afraid to Share (And What It's Costing You) | Leslie John

Leslie John drops a finding that stops most people cold: couples married an average of 12 years guessed what their partner was thinking and feeling correctly only 20% of the time. That gap between how well you think you know someone and how well you actually know them is where relationships quietly break down. It's the same dynamic playing out in friendships, at work, and in families everywhere. You think you're saving people discomfort by holding back, but what you're actually doing is building a wall you can't see. Leslie walks through the science of "disclosure decisions," the hundreds of small choices you make each day about what to say and what to swallow, and what it costs you over time when the scales tip too far toward silence. Learning to share with the right people, at the right moments, with the right context isn't just good communication. It's how you build the kind of relationships that actually hold. The Greatness Playbook: The Communication Mastery Edition [https://lewishowes.com/tgp1893] Leslie’s book Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing [https://amzn.to/4bTLMfJ] In this episode you will: * Discover why undersharing, not oversharing, is quietly destroying your closest relationships and what the research says about the real cost of silence. * Understand how "mind reading expectations" create a hidden trap in romantic relationships and learn the simple shift that breaks the cycle before resentment builds. * Learn the one question that can open any conversation with a guarded partner and why leading with your own vulnerability is more powerful than finding the perfect words. * Recognize how the things you leave unsaid pile up into a weight that erodes your self-respect over time and what it takes to start speaking your truth again. * Apply the science of the feedback sandwich, including what the research actually found about which part matters most, so you can deliver hard truths in a way people can actually hear. For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1893 [https://lewishowes.com/1893] For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Lewis Howes & Martha Higareda [http://greatness.lnk.to/1797SC] Matthew Hussey [http://greatness.lnk.to/1782SC] Stephen Chandler [http://greatness.lnk.to/1756SC] Get more from Lewis!  Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! [https://lewishowes.com/money] Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1jWO57cwx0cXxHEwbfw85j?si=b570febb9a234e9f] Text Lewis AI [https://greatness.lnk.to/chat] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/] Website [http://lewishowes.com/] Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/] X [https://twitter.com/LewisHowes] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Amy Purdy was a 19-year-old with big dreams when meningococcal meningitis put her in a coma within 24 hours of her first symptom, leaving her a double-leg amputee fighting her way back from 83 pounds and kidney failure. Her story isn't just about survival; it's about a near-death experience that gave her a quiet certainty that everything would make sense in the end, and how that faith became the foundation for everything she built next. Most people let obstacles define the outer edges of their lives, but Amy turned hers into a launchpad, spending 12 years innovating her own prosthetic feet to compete at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. You'll hear how she stopped competing for medals and started competing for the girl in an Italian mountain village who drove four hours just to ask how it's done. The real lesson here is that your limitations aren't walls, they're the very thing you push off of to go somewhere new. Get Amy’s book On My Own Two Feet [https://amzn.to/4058dr3] Amy on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/amypurdygurl/?hl=en] ADAPTIVE ACTION SPORTS [https://www.adacs.org/] In this episode you will: * Understand why setting a specific, audacious goal during your darkest moment creates the momentum to recover * See how embracing limitation as creative fuel, rather than a ceiling, opens possibilities you couldn't have planned * Find out what it really means to live an inspired life and why it's more contagious than you think * Discover how a near-death experience at 19 can reframe everything you think you know about fear and purpose * Learn how to shift from survival mode into a life that's bigger than what you lost For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1892 [https://lewishowes.com/1892] For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Lindsey Vonn [http://greatness.lnk.to/1886SC] Mikaela Shiffrin [http://greatness.lnk.to/1889SC] Allyson Felix [http://greatness.lnk.to/1456SC] Get more from Lewis!  Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! [https://lewishowes.com/money] Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1jWO57cwx0cXxHEwbfw85j?si=b570febb9a234e9f] Text Lewis AI [https://greatness.lnk.to/chat] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/] Website [http://lewishowes.com/] Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/] X [https://twitter.com/LewisHowes] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.