The School of Greatness

Your voice feels like who you are, but it might just be a habit you picked up as a kid.
Vinh Giang, a communication coach with more than 17 million followers, sat down with Lewis to talk about public speaking and confidence, and why the way you sound can change faster than you think. He changed his own name at 14 to break free of being the bullied, stone-faced kid who barely spoke English.
He gives you a 15 minute exercise: record yourself talking for five minutes, then review it with the sound only, then with the picture only, then as a transcript. Pick one fix from each pass. One of his students just spoke louder, used their hands and dropped the ums, and came across like a different person.
Then it gets personal. Vinh tells the story of his uncle Yibet, who captained the family's boat out of Vietnam and left the love of his life behind, a story he only found the courage to write in Before We Forget How to Connect.
The next time something feels fake when you try it, you might hear Vinh's reminder that it is just unfamiliar.
Pre-Order: Before We Forget How to Connect: Be Heard, Be Seen, and Communicate with Confidence
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In this episode you will:
Spot the invisible speaking habits you've repeated for decades and start changing them
Use Vinh Giang's look, feel and sound review to fix your delivery fast
Build gripping stories with the spark, point and link storytelling method
Find your natural voice again after years of speaking in a habitual one
Quiet stage nerves by shifting your focus from yourself to your audience
Turn a story of shame into one you proudly open with
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What if your consciousness was never locked inside your head in the first place?
Robert Greene, the best-selling author of The Law of the Sublime, sat down with Lewis for his sixth visit, eight years after a stroke nearly took his life. His wife saw his slurred words and drooping face, made him pull over, and called 911 about 30 seconds before he would have been brain dead.
He came back to a world that seemed to sparkle, and he spent seven years writing so you could feel that without having to die. He explains why a small child gives 90% of their attention to the world while most adults give 98% to themselves, and how that shift feeds anxiety and addiction.
One story stays with you: a woman in surgery, with no brain activity and her ears plugged, later described the drill and the Hotel California song playing in the room. Robert talks through near-death experience research and the old idea that awareness might run through everything, along with what his marriage taught him about letting the ego go quiet.
When this one ends, you'll want to step outside and look up at the sky. Then you'll look a little longer at the person you love.
The Law of the Sublime
The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature
Mastery
The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness
The 33 Strategies of War
The Art of Seduction
The 48 Laws of Power
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Robert's Youtube
In this episode you will:
Discover how Robert Greene’s near-fatal stroke taught him to see the world with new eyes
Rediscover the childhood sense of awe that adult routine and ego slowly bury
Learn The Law of the Sublime and the doors that open you to wonder
Spot the false sublime behind addiction and choose experiences that come from within
Strengthen your relationships by giving first and letting go of defensiveness
Face your own mortality in a way that brings urgency instead of fear
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2001
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Most of us were taught that if you want something badly enough, you have to chase it. After 2,000 episodes and 13 years without missing a week, Lewis Howes has learned the opposite, and it comes down to consistency. The life you want starts coming toward you when you keep showing up, serve other people and do the work on the inside.
In this solo milestone episode, Lewis looks back on the road from an iPhone in his living room to a show heard in more than 100 countries. He shares the four lessons 2,000 conversations taught him about building a life that pulls your dreams toward you. They cover consistency, service, knowing who you’re building for and the inner work that lets good things stay. It’s a journey that started with a first grader who wrote a poem about hating school and grew up to build a school of his own.
The dreams worth having don’t come from chasing harder. They come from who you become by showing up week after week.
Make Money Easy
The School of Greatness
The Greatness Mindset
The Mask of Masculinity
In this episode you will:
Learn why committing for years, not months, gives you the freedom to keep going when no one is listening yet
Discover why most people quit right before things start coming to them
See how serving others builds relationships that outlast ego and open doors you can’t open alone
Get clear on who you’re building for so the right people find you
Understand why inner work is what lets good things stay once they arrive
Hear how Lewis’s definition of greatness has changed over 2,000 conversations, and what he’s building toward next
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/2000
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You can't buy inner peace, no matter how much money or success you pile up.
Yung Pueblo, an author who has meditated two hours every day for more than a decade and has finished a 60 day silent retreat, sat down with Lewis to talk about what inner peace feels like day to day. For him, it means having enough space in your mind to feel tension without letting it run your actions.
Meditation got tested first in his relationship. He and his wife Sarah spent six years in what he calls a hurricane of blame. They were on a break when he sat his first 10 day retreat, and two weeks later he proposed with the tiny ring his dad had once given his mom.
You'll hear why the lightning fast reaction you think is the real you is your past self defending itself, and why slowing down gives you a pause button. His book Journey: The Year That Changes Everything keeps coming back to that practice, along with lining up your values with your intuition.
The next time you're about to snap at someone you love, you might catch it a beat sooner and let it pass.
Pre-Order Journey: The Year That Changes Everything
How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion
The Inward Trilogy: yung pueblo Box Set
The Way Forward
Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
Clarity & Connection
Inward
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Yung Pueblo on Substack
In this episode you will:
Learn the four-stage process for designing your life with intention and consistency
Stop chasing peace through money by seeing that your mindset defines it
Discover how Yung Pueblo’s daily meditation saved a relationship that was nearly over
Pause the lightning-fast reactions your past self uses to defend itself
Embrace impermanence so change stops feeling like a hurricane
Build self-awareness rooted in compassion instead of harsh self-judgment
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1999
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The thing you want most might be closer than you think, and the expectations you keep gripping could be what keeps pushing it away.
Lewis goes solo in this episode to walk through five expectations that block money, love and your peace. He starts with the silent contract so many hard workers carry: I did this, so I’m owed that.
He tells you about making zero dollars from his podcast for the first year, and about sleeping on his sister’s couch when a mentor told him, “Money comes to you when you’re ready for it.” He also explains why he asked his wife Martha to start therapy at the very beginning of their relationship, and how she answered, “That sounds exciting.”
You’ll hear why comparing your year one to someone else’s year ten will wreck your peace, and why a simple “Would you be willing to...” can fix relationships that silent hints keep breaking. There’s also the goal he has chased for eight years without hitting it, and what changed once he stopped demanding a timeline for it.
Afterward you may find yourself writing down your own silent contracts and checking the numbers less. You might ask someone for what you actually need, too, while you keep doing the work and keep your standard high.
Make Money Easy
The School of Greatness
The Greatness Mindset
The Mask of Masculinity
In this episode you will:
Run the silent contracts exercise to expose the hidden “I’m owed” thoughts ending relationships
Replace expectations with the “Would you be willing to” ask so people choose yes
Drop made-up timelines that make real progress still feel like falling behind
Track your daily effort instead of the numbers to escape comparison and resentment
Release neediness so the opportunities and people you want can finally find you
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1998
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