The School of Greatness
Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, 2x All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 1829
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
1029 The 3 Steps to Finding Opportunity
“An opportunity can be in a new person that you meet, it can be a problem to solve, or the solution to something you’ve been struggling with for a long time.”
It can be really hard to find and identif…
1028 Mental Health + Motherhood Challenges & The Dangers of Fame & Success w/Rachel Platten
“I wasn’t supposed to be another pop star if I was going to lose the truth and the light in me.”
On today's podcast, Emmy Award winner, author, and multi-platinum selling recording artist, Rachel Plat…
1027 Habits of Success for Creatives, Artists & Entrepreneurs w/Seth Godin
“Seeking reassurance is distracting you from doing a better job of what you set out to do in the first place.”
Seth Godin is the author of 19 bestsellers like Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, This is Market…
1026 How to Create Your Own Luck
“You never know who you’ll meet and what you’ll find by trying new things.”
Sometimes it can feel like your dreams are only attainable with the right amount of luck, but in today's 5-minute Friday, Le…
1025 Processing Pain, Losing 250+ Pounds & Dissecting Trauma w/Actor Ethan Suplee
“I could create this other identity that would distract people from how fat I am, and talking about that, or poking fun at me.”
Ethan Suplee has starred in movies and TV shows like Remember the Titans…
1024 Robert Greene: The Positive Side of Human MANIPULATION (The #1 Skill for SUCCESS)
“I push past my limits. I do things that I’m not supposed to do. I take hikes even though I have to hold on to somebody to do it. People think I’m crazy!”
Robert Greene is the author of the New York T…
5 Things YOU MUST Eliminate From Your Life
“It’s hard to be positive in a negative environment.”
On today's 5-minute Friday, Lewis reflects and expands on the ideas that were shared in his interview with Matthew McConaughey. In the last podcas…
1022 Matthew McConaughey: Keys to Success, Making it in Hollywood & Mastering Yourself
“Are you putting out something today, in your resumé of life, that is going to write your eulogy after you’re gone, which is going to introduce you forever?”
On the podcast today is Academy Award winn…
1021 How to Connect with Presidents, Royalty & World-Class Celebrities w/Terrence J
“Be specific to who you are and don’t worry about trying to please everybody. You’re not going to be able to please everybody!”
On today's podcast, Lewis sits down with three-time Emmy nominee, actor,…
4 Ways to Stay Positive When You Feel Overwhelmed
“We can’t always give a hundred percent to everything all at once.”
On today's 5-Minute Friday, Lewis lays out four techniques that can keep you in a positive mindset even when you feel like you're ne…
1019 Build a Global Community, Leverage Viral Video & Change Lives w/Zach King
“It’s not about these surface-level achievements, it’s about being a person who’s putting good into the world.”
Master of digital trickery and visual illusions, filmmaker and internet personality, Zac…
1018 The Spiritual Guide to Inner Peace, Mastering Grief & Understanding God w/Rob Bell
“Consciousness is the great mystery at the heart of the human experience and it’s the endless black box for science.”
Former pastor, speaker, and best-selling author, Rob Bell joins Lewis for a deeply…
5 Keys to Lasting Love
“If you haven't worked out the past, then you'll be carrying it with you in the present.”
On today's 5-minute Friday, Lewis goes over the five secrets to relationship success from psychotherapist and …
1016 The Science of a Success Mindset with Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman
“I think gratitude is wonderful, it resets the system so that you can be in pursuit.”
In part two of Lewis' interview with neuroscientist and Stanford professor, Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., they discuss n…
1015 Hack Your Brain for Unlimited Potential w/Andrew Huberman
“We know that when the mind isn’t where we want it to be, we need to use the body to intervene.”
Stanford University professor Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist who runs the Huberman Lab and…
1014 The Secret to Manifesting Abundance
“When we are grateful, we attract more things to be grateful for in our life!”
On today's 5-minute Friday, Lewis lets you in on two secrets of an abundance mindset. These simple truths can help you at…
1013 Overcome Shame, Process Pain & Maximize Mental Health w/Lori Gottlieb
“If we don’t rewrite our story, we relive our story.”
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and the author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone." In today's interview, she discusses tools to help you hea…
1012 Paris Hilton: Dangers of Fame, Building an Empire & Healing Trauma
“It’s exhausting having to pretend to be this Barbie Doll who has no brain all day long, when in the back of my mind I know exactly what’s happening.”
We all might think we know Paris Hilton, but for …
1011 Do This Exercise to Find Your Purpose
On today's 5-minute Friday, we wanted to revisit a process Lewis learned from Dr. Ivan Joseph, a sports psychologist and high-performance coach. This exercise can help you identify what really matter…
1010 Healing, Forgiveness & Finding Freedom w/Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eger
“I’m not a victim. I was victimized. It’s not my identity. It’s what was done to me.”
Dr. Edith Eger is a Holocaust survivor, clinical psychologist, and author of the book, "The Gift: 12 Lessons to Sa…