June 13, 2025
How To Embrace Your True Strength, Turn Your Pain Into Power & Create A Legacy
The School of GreatnessAbout this episode
Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Three legendary figures reveal how fatherhood and family transformed their relationship with success and purpose. Matthew McConaughey shares the moment his relationship with Camila gave him courage to turn down millions in romantic comedies, leading to his Oscar-winning transformation, while confessing he wrote down 10 life goals at age 21 - including winning an Oscar before he was even acting. Kobe Bryant opens up about learning fundamentals after scoring zero points an entire summer at age 11, then using psychological warfare to elevate teammates and dominate opponents. Terry Crews delivers the most vulnerable story, describing his 30-year journey from an abused child in Flint to beating up his father at age 30, only to discover revenge solved nothing. Each man discovered that true strength comes not from individual dominance, but from the courage to serve something greater than themselves - whether through committed relationships, team excellence, or breaking generational cycles. Matthew’s book Greenlights Matthew’s kids book Just Because Kobe Bryant Dear Basketball Terry’s book Manhood: How to Be a Better Man-or Just Live with One Terry’s audiobook Tough: My Journey to True Power Terry’s kids book Terry's Crew In this episode you will learn: How writing down your goals creates an invisible contract with your subconscious that works for decades Why the fundamentals beat natural talent when you commit to daily practice over years How committed relationships give you more courage and creativity in your career, not less The psychology behind using work ethic as a weapon to mentally break down competition Why revenge fantasies destroy your soul even when you get the payback you wanted For more information go to https://www.lewishowes.com/1784 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 More SOG episodes we think you’ll love: Matthew McConaughey – greatness.lnk.to/1422SC Kobe Bryant – greatness.lnk.to/691SC Terry Crews – greatness.lnk.to/1258SC Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy ! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on Spotify Text Lewis AI YouTube Instagram Website Tiktok Facebook X Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.