The School of Greatness

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  Budgets Don't Work, Automation Makes You Rich | David Bach 02.10.2026 1ч 16мин

  David Bach, author of The Latte Factor and The Automatic Millionaire, spent nine years at Morgan Stanley and co-founded a registered investment advisory firm. He argues with Lewis Howes that automated saving and long term ownership of stocks and real estate build wealth, while get rich quick thinking keeps people broke. The conversation covers Smart Women Finish Rich, the Rule of 72, Acorns, and Federal Reserve data on emergency savings.
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  Why AI Is Making Us Lonelier and How to Truly Connect | Vanessa Van Edwards 30.09.2026 1ч 23мин

  Vanessa Van Edwards, behavioral researcher and founder of Science of People, is the author of Cues and Conversation. Conversation is a learnable skill, and moving past small talk through deeper levels of intimacy builds the connection that technology cannot supply. Topics include Dr. Dan McAdams' Three Levels of Connection, the Nine Power Questions, Dream Building versus Dream Killing, Conversational Confetti, the Candor corpus, and charisma as warmth plus competence.
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  You Win When You Fail | Jo Koy 28.09.2026 1ч 21мин

  Jo Koy, a stand-up comedian performing since 1989 and the winner of Showtime at the Apollo, talks with Lewis Howes about how repeated failure and rejection built the craft behind a career in comedy. The conversation covers his early days at BET's ComicView, Def Comedy Jam, and The Comedy Store, self funding a special after Netflix passed, selling out SoFi Stadium, plus a special co-produced with Martin Lawrence.
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  You're Not Unprepared, You're Afraid to Start | Lewis Howes 25.09.2026 28мин

  Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness, examines the fear of starting before the feeling of readiness arrives. The episode argues that preparation can become a sophisticated form of procrastination, and that confidence follows action rather than preceding it. Examples include his interview with Tony Robbins, a Kobe Bryant interview booked the night before, and the launch of The School of Greatness.
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  Burnout Is a Sign You're Doing the Wrong Work | Jonathan Fields 24.09.2026 1ч 8мин

  Jonathan Fields, author of Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work That Makes You Come Alive and a former securities lawyer, talks with Lewis Howes about burnout and meaningful work. Each person carries a distinct impulse for effort that makes work feel alive, and aligning with it eases burnout. It covers the Sparketype framework, an Indeed report on burnout, Katie Milkman's behavior change research, and Katie Byron's The Work.
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  7 Signs You're About to Get Rich | Lewis Howes 23.09.2026 1ч 1мин

  Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness and author of Make Money Easy: Create Financial Freedom and Live a Richer Life, lays out seven signs that wealth is close before any bank balance confirms it. The episode works through Myron Golden's four levels of value, why moving up levels beats working harder, the practice of measuring runway in months rather than income, and how Toastmasters built the communication skill behind it.
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  Stop Grinding: Build a Business You Don't Hate | Codie Sanchez 21.09.2026 1ч 13мин

  Codie Sanchez, author of Own or Be Owned and host of the podcast Big Deal, is a former journalist who later worked at Goldman Sachs. Business owners build lasting wealth when their companies run on systems and recurring revenue instead of the owner's constant labor. Topics include the OWN system of profit levers, key man risk, lifetime value, Profit First, the wallet share phenomenon, and the ownerscore.com assessment.
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  Your Phone Is Stealing the Life You Actually Want | Cal Newport 18.09.2026 1ч 1мин

  Cal Newport, computer science professor and author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, joins Lewis Howes to argue that concentration is growing more valuable as it grows more rare. The conversation covers productive meditation, solitude, and a 30 day digital declutter Newport ran with 1,600 readers who reported back on what they kept, what they dropped, and what they moved off their phones.
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  Rebuild Your Identity in 3 Steps and Finally Make Habits Last | Dr. Kim Foster 16.09.2026 1ч 4мин

  Dr. Kim Foster, a family physician of 20 years turned YouTube creator, coach, and author of Redesigning You, joins Lewis Howes. Dr.Kim argues that lasting behavior change stalls because it is an identity problem rather than an information problem. The conversation covers her Recognize, Redesign, Ritualize framework, the bridge identity concept, her metaphor of identity as an operating system running apps, and her decision to leave clinical medicine.
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  You're Not Bad With Money, You Inherited Bad Beliefs | Lewis Howes 14.09.2026 1ч 19мин

  Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness and author of Make Money Easy, breaks down the five inherited money beliefs that build a personal financial ceiling: what people like me earn, pain as the price of payment, guilt about wanting more, spending to prove status, and the taboo against talking about money. Includes the 30-day four-number challenge, the 72-hour rule, real hourly earnings, and the second price tag.
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  Your Pain Pushes You Until Your Vision Pulls You | Michael Beckwith 11.09.2026 1ч 13мин

  Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center (est. November 30, 1986) and author of seven books including Life Visioning, The Answer Is You, and Spiritual Liberation, discusses his path from Morehouse College and USC psychobiology studies through Black Panther Party-aligned activism to spiritual leadership. Topics include his Synthesis Dialogues with the Dalai Lama, presenting Nelson Mandela the Season for Nonviolence Award, induction with Bishop Desmond Tutu into the Martin Luther King Order of Preachers, and United Nations addresses.
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  Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment, It Never Comes | Kier Gaines 10.09.2026 1ч 9мин

  Licensed therapist Kier Gaines, author of “It All Starts When You Do: How To Do The Real Work Of Self Healing,” discusses anger, victimhood versus accountability, and identity formation rooted in his upbringing in Washington, D.C. The conversation references “Sapiens” and “The Mask of Masculinity,” alongside journaling as a therapeutic tool, survivor's guilt, and youth mentorship program experience.
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  Why Grit Isn’t Enough to Get What You Want | Angela Duckworth 08.09.2026 1ч 18мин

  Psychologist Angela Duckworth, former McKinsey Consulting analyst and Duckworth Lab founder, is author of Grit, which has sold over 5 million copies, and Situated: Find the People and Places that Bring Out Your Best. The episode references The Person and the Situation, Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, the fundamental attribution error research of Dick Nisbett and Lee Ross, and Bob Rosenthal's Pygmalion effect study.
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  Why You Feel Stuck and How to Actually Change | Dr. Katy Milkman 04.09.2026 1ч 38мин

  Dr. Katy Milkman, Wharton School professor, host of Choiceology, and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative with Angela Duckworth, discusses How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Covers Status Quo Bias, Fresh Start Effect, Temptation Bundling, and If-Then Plans, citing studies with Hengchen Dai, Peter Gollwitzer, Marissa Sharif, Hal Hershfield, Ayelet Fishbach, and Kaitlin Woolley.
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  Money Loves Speed, but Wealth Loves Time | Sharran Srivatsaa 02.09.2026 1ч 17мин

  Sharran Srivatsaa, CEO and managing partner of Acquisition.com alongside Alex and Layla Hormozi, is a former Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse investment banker with a Vanderbilt University MBA and former professional tennis coach to Richard Branson and Bill and Melinda Gates. He discusses frameworks including the Four Money Monsters, Four Goods, Wealth Ladder, Golden Stairways, TIGA, and the 70/20/10 Rule, referencing Rich Dad Poor Dad and Vanguard ETFs VOO and VNQ.
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  The Trapped Emotions Blocking Your Love and Health | Dr. Bradley Nelson 31.08.2026 1ч 14мин

  Dr. Bradley Nelson, chiropractor with 38 years experience and creator of the Emotion Code, Body Code, and Heart Code, founder and CEO of Discover Healing, discusses trapped emotions, Heart-Wall theory, and muscle testing methodology. He has certified over 17,000 practitioners across 108 countries, authored The Emotion Code, The Body Code, and The Heart Code, and references emotioncodenow.com and Albert Einstein’s frequency medicine concept.
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  Your Body Language Is Telling You You're Not Safe | Amy Cuddy 28.08.2026 1ч 43мин

  Amy Cuddy, social psychologist, Harvard Business School lecturer, and former Kellogg School of Management faculty, discusses power posing, postural feedback, self-affirmation theory, and 4-7-8 breathing. Topics include her TED Talk research, meta-analyses of power posing studies, Alison Wood Brooks’s anxiety-reframing research, and her friendship with Alex Wubbels. References include What Every Body is Saying, 12 Rules For Life, and imposter syndrome data from Harvard Business School students.
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  The Real Root of ADHD Isn't Trauma, It's This | Dr. Sasha Hamdani 26.08.2026 1ч 19мин

  Dr. Sasha Hamdani, board certified psychiatrist and best-selling author, discusses ADHD, ADD, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), diagnostic misclassification, and gender disparities in diagnosis age. Topics include her book “Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply,” medication versus behavioral modification, amygdala hyperresponsiveness, misdiagnosis cycles involving antidepressants, and her personal ADHD diagnosis history.
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  Why You Can't Manifest With an Old Identity | Jim Curtis 24.08.2026 1ч 2мин

  Transformational coach, hypnotherapist, and author Jim Curtis joins Lewis Howes to break down his Release, Align, Become framework from his book The Book of Possibility. Curtis explains how subconscious identity, forgiveness practices like the Ho'oponopono prayer, and the Three Gs of grounding, giving, and gratitude shape manifestation, confidence, and wealth.
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  Raise Resilient Kids Without Punishment | Dr. Becky Kennedy 21.08.2026 1ч 26мин

  Clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy, founder of Good Inside and author of Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want To Be, presents frameworks including Same Team, Sturdy leadership, and the three lines, alongside the Good Inside app and membership community. Discussion contrasts timeout- and sticker-chart-based discipline with identity-based, connection-first parenting and boundary-setting; Time Magazine has called Kennedy “the millennial parenting whisperer.”