The School of Greatness

The School of Greatness A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy

Lewis Howes2015
When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister’s couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches’ advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host. In The School of Greatness, Howes shares the essential tips and habits he gathered in interviewing “the greats” on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. In discussion with people like Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and Pencils of Promise CEO Adam Braun, Howes figured out that greatness is unearthed and cultivated from within. The masters of greatness are not successful because they got lucky or are innately more talented, but because they applied specific habits and tools to embrace and overcome adversity in their lives. A framework for personal development, The School of Greatness gives you the tools, knowledge, and actionable resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication, mindfulness, joy, and love to reach goals. His lessons and practical exercises prove that anyone is capable of achieving success and that we can all strive for greatness in our everyday lives.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva@erwinoliva
4 stars
Jan 26, 2023

Picked up a few ideas from this book. An intriguing read.

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Ketan Nayak@ketan
2 stars
Oct 14, 2022

Lewis Howes makes a genuine attempt as sharing his story his path to greatness while also shedding light on those that he interviewed for his podcast. If this is the first motivational/coaching book you're reading, there is a lot in it for you both in terms of examples of various individuals as well as practical actions to take in each growth dimension. However, the advice as well as the actions recommended don't really take a fresh perspective from many others classic books out there and instead feel force-fed. The word 'greatness' does feel a little too loosely used throughout the book. Even within the stories shared, a lot of them feel repeated and are extrapolated a bit too much to fit into the specific chapters in which they're mentioned. In the end, the book pivots to sharing the same kinds of things that many others out there do, but it does share some interesting accounts of individuals that are probably worth knowing.

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Ember Skies@emberexplores
4 stars
Jul 24, 2024
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Ricardo@ricardobarbosa
3 stars
Dec 19, 2023
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Piotr Kulpinski@piotrkulpinski
5 stars
Aug 29, 2022