After his first dream-job fell through, Howes found himself broke and without a college degree. Now he is a successful entrepreneur. So how did he do it?
Not many people think a broken wrist is the key to starting a million-dollar business career, but for Lewis Howes, that was the case.
After his career as a professional American Football player was sidetracked by the injury, Howes was forced into entrepreneurship almost as a necessity. With no college degree, no money and living with his sister, Howes decided starting his own thing was the best way forward.
Fast forward a few years and Howes is the author of School of Greatness and was honored by former US President Barack Obama as one of the Top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 in America.
Click below for a listen. The show notes are below.
Links from Today’s Episode
- Reach out to Lewis on Twitter or LinkedIn
- Get your copy of Lewis’s book, The School of Greatness
- Listen to Lewis’s own podcast and learn more from Lewis on his website
- Unlock your greatness at Lewis’s Summit of Greatness
Detailed Show Notes
- (2:10) How necessity led Lewis to the path of entrepreneurship
- (6:08) On the power of putting yourself out there and the importance of building offline personal relationships
- (8:00) How Lewis grew his business early on
- (9:18) Why Lewis is excited about recent changes to LinkedIn
- (11:17) How to sort the good online entrepreneurs from the bad
- (14:00) Lewis on his book, The School of Greatness
- (18:17) How Lewis uses vision to overcome challenges and achieve goals
- (19:38) On overcoming burnout and overwhelm
- (21:49) Lewis’s vision for 2017
- (22:25) Advice for those looking to grow their personal or business lives in 2017
- (24:06) “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”
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