The School of Greatness

Haley Sacks (Mrs. Dow Jones), financial educator and author of Future Rich Person, teaches money mindset and practical investing basics. She explains how childhood beliefs shape money behavior. She urges focusing on earning more, negotiating salary, and compound interest instead of status spending. Haley shares the IBIZA mindset framework and stories that highlight consistent investing over flashy signals.

Brendon Burchard, high-performance coach and bestselling author, shares how your preferences create a hidden ceiling on success. He introduces the FREE framework for shaping your inner state. They explore becoming your aspirational self, overcoming imposter feelings, and training habits so vision overrides comfort.

Graham Stephan, real estate investor and personal finance educator who built wealth through frugality, real estate and YouTube. He discusses the three habits that led to his first million. He outlines his 30/30/30 portfolio split and house-hacking tactics. He explains timing for renting vs buying and the shift from chasing numbers to buying back time.

Anita Moorjani, author of Dying to Be Me and a speaker on healing and self-love, shares the astonishing story of her lymphoma, 30-hour coma, and near-death experience. She talks about cultural pressure, people-pleasing, fear as a hidden force, the arranged marriage she fled, and the mirror practice that helped her rebuild self-worth.

Kevin Love, NBA champion, five-time All-Star, and mental health advocate, gets brutally honest about why fame and winning never healed his pain. He opens up about anxiety, rage, and childhood wounds. He talks family estrangement, reconciling with his father before his death, fatherhood, aging in basketball, and building emotional language for kids through the Kevin Love Fund.

Dr. Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor, psychologist, and bestselling author, shares how surviving Auschwitz shaped her life and work. She explores cherishing the wound instead of overcoming trauma. She talks about fear beneath anger, grief and the inner child, freedom from approval, and becoming your own good parent. She also reflects on letting go, self-love, and choosing meaning over suffering.

Chloe Kim, Olympic snowboard icon and halfpipe legend, gets real about the pressure behind winning young. She talks about competing after shoulder surgery with just eight days on snow. She opens up about therapy, an ADHD diagnosis, identity beyond medals, and learning to celebrate small wins, rest, and life outside the halfpipe.

Ryan Leak, bestselling author and leadership consultant, dives into how to stop reacting to difficult people and protect your peace. He explores boundaries, fake friendships, people pleasing, and pre-deciding how you want to respond under pressure. He also touches on generosity, purpose, and the danger of playing it safe for another decade.

Pastor Michael Todd, Transformation Church leader and bestselling author, gets real about how childhood wounds can shape ambition, love, and self-worth. He explores trauma in relationships, healing while partnered, emotional eating and self-trust, when success turns dangerous, and why purpose matters more than chemistry when building lasting love.

Amy Purdy walked into an operating room at 19 about to lose both legs, and instead of collapsing into fear, she gave herself three goals before the anesthesia took hold. You know that feeling when life pulls the ground out from under you and every identity you had disappears overnight? Amy has lived that more than once, and what she discovered is that the challenges you most want to escape are actually moving you closer to your purpose, not away from it. The key is learning to lean into problems rather than run, to find the smallest sliver of possibility and let it grow. In this conversation, you will walk away with practical tools for building a new identity after loss, understanding why your struggles are not obstacles but doorways, and discovering how staying present transforms the way you compete, create, and connect. Amy’s books: Bounce Forward: 21 Tools to Live a Life Beyond Limits On My Own Two Feet Amy on Instagram In this episode you will: Learn how to set a north star in the middle of crisis so fear does not get to make your decisions Discover why leaning into your problems instead of avoiding them is the only way to find real strength Understand how to step into a new identity after loss without pretending the old one did not matter Recognize the hidden reason so many high achievers crash after reaching their biggest goals Find out how shifting your focus from outcome to contribution changes everything about why you show up For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1918 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Shaun White Mikaela Shiffrin Lindsey Vonn Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.