Neurologist: The Shocking ROOT CAUSE of Alzheimer’s - How To Prevent & REVERSE Damage To Your Brain | Dr. David Perlmutter
25 November 2024 - 2 hoursIn today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I sit down with renowned neurologist and bestselling author Dr. David Perlmutter to explore the critical connection between metabolism and brain health. Dr. Perlmutter shares groundbreaking insights on preventing and potentially reversing Alzheimer's disease through metabolic health. As someone whose father suffered from Alzheimer's, he brings both scientific expertise and personal experience to this crucial conversation. We dive deep into how modern dietary habits are impacting our brain health, the promising research around GLP-1 agonists, and practical steps everyone can take to protect their cognitive function. Get ready for an eye-opening d...
Secret Service Agent: How to Get Anyone to Tell You the Truth | Brad Beeler
Brad Beeler, a US Secret Service agent for 25 years and polygraph examiner for 17, is the author of Tell Me Everything. He argues that people disclose the truth when an interviewer builds safety and curiosity, since body language is a poor lie detector. The conversation covers the Buddy framework, FEEL, the crime equation, horns and halos, tactical empathy, confirmation bias, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
1 hour 22 mins
7 October Finished
I Was a Champion on the Field and Broken at Home | Terry Bradshaw
Terry Bradshaw is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and a longtime host of Fox NFL Sunday. He argues that lasting change begins when a person accepts that the common factor in repeated failures is himself and speaks openly about depression. The conversation covers his memoir Looking for Terry, his ADD diagnosis after retirement, years of counseling, and a self-honesty exercise he calls mirror evaluation.
1 hour 13 mins
5 October Finished
Budgets Don't Work, Automation Makes You Rich | David Bach
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.
1 hour 16 mins
2 October Finished
Why AI Is Making Us Lonelier and How to Truly Connect | Vanessa Van Edwards
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.
1 hour 23 mins
30 September Finished
You Win When You Fail | Jo Koy
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.
1 hour 21 mins
28 September Finished
You're Not Unprepared, You're Afraid to Start | Lewis Howes
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.
28 mins
25 September Finished