Book notes from The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes

I remember how I purchased this book — it was from app sumo and it was one of those promotions of getting the book for free if you pay shipping and handling (which I later learned is actually a marketing trick). I was quite excited because I had listened to the school of greatness podcast for a while and well, just love non-fiction books so I wanted to learn what Lewis Howes has learned from his interviews with hugely successful celebrities, entrepreneurs and business leaders.

The School of Greatness book focuses on eight key lessons and homework for each lesson:

Create a vision

I learned that many, many successful entrepreneurs, business leaders and athletes have a vision for what they want to become. They identify early on that where they are now isn’t what they will always be and they take specific steps, based on their vision, to what they want to become.

Homework — create a vision:

• Write out three goals that you want to achieve in the next 6–12 months
• Write out four steps that you will take towards achieving those goals
• Realize that the goal is not as important as the person you become when you work towards that goal

The obstacle becomes the way