The School of Greatness
How To CREATE Your Life With Your MINDSET - Shape Your Reality With Your Thoughts & Feelings | Eric Thomas
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
In this powerful conversation, I sit down with ET "The Hip Hop Preacher" for a profound discussion on mindset, personal responsibility, and transformation. Eric shares his remarkable journey from homelessness in Detroit to becoming a renowned motivational speaker and thought leader. He opens up about how discovering his self-worth and taking responsibility for his life became the catalyst for his success. We dive deep into the importance of mental discipline, the power of mentorship, and why your mindset is the key to unlocking your potential. As we approach 2025, Eric offers game-changing insights on how to take control of your life and create lasting transformation.Join Eric's FREE challenge to kickstart your 2025In this episode you will earn: Why taking full ownership of your life is essential for transformationHow to shift from an emotional decision-making process to a fact-based approachThe three key steps to developing an unstoppable mindsetWhy mentorship is crucial for reaching your highest potentialHow to create your own "mental rock bottom" to push yourself toward greatnessFor more information go to https://www.lewishowes.com/1696For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960More SOG episodes we think you’ll love:Sarah Jakes Roberts – greatness.lnk.to/1606SCMichael Todd – greatness.lnk.to/1508SCIce Cube – greatness.lnk.to/1562SC Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX
Chapter 1: What is the hardest thing to do for personal growth?
I never even realized I was where I was because of who I was. And I was actually getting the physical manifestations of my thoughts, of my feelings, my emotions. I was creating this. Somebody asked me the other day, like, what's one of the hardest things you ever done? The hardest thing I've ever done was look in the mirror and tell myself I was sorry.
From living off the streets to becoming one of the world's most in-demand motivational speakers. The voice that ignites a fire in millions. Eric Thomas. You need to tell you that you owe you something.
You need to be more disciplined about your minds. And all the stuff that you said was absolutely right. My daddy wasn't there. My mama did this. This person did to me. Why would you let them destroy your life? Let's go. Why would you allow that thing they did to hurt you not define?
your life at the end of the day you have to be the first thing that you invest in before you check anything check you and go look yourself in the mirror and go yo i'm my lottery ticket we have worship careers more than we worship create and so the first thing i would say to that group is what would life look like if you did it on your terms i want you to think about your life instead of the life what would the next couple steps be to set up the mindset for success i would say
Welcome back, everyone, to the School of Greatness. Very excited about our guest. If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful. We've got ET, the hip-hop preacher, in the house. My man, welcome back. It's been a while. It's been a minute.
I got to say this. Congratulations, man. You know, I was saying when I was talking to you, it's like, 10 years ago. And I remember, because you were like, E, I want you on the show. And I hadn't really started doing podcasts yet. So that was like one of the first podcasts. And I was like, but my mother, my godmother was dying of cancer. And so I was like, man, I can't leave and go.
But I definitely want to. And you were gracious enough. Like, where you at, E? I was like, Embassy Suites. I like drove out to anywhere.
I was like, all right, let's do this. Let's get it.
And man, just to see your evolution over the years. And like I said, it was a lot of us that started during that timeframe and to see kind of where you are today and you survived the resilience. Bouncing back, getting bigger, stronger, better. They're like, you ready to go back to sports? Let's go, baby. Let's go. Yeah, so congrats, man. I've seen it.
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Chapter 2: How can you shift your mindset for success?
I went to night school. I got the GED. I followed her to Oakwood. And we've been married over 34 years.
Crazy, man.
You feel me? And so it was like, it was a combination of rock bottom and hope. And when you put those two together, it was like I had something to wake up to, something to look forward to. So I'm going to be real. That's why it took me 12 years to get a 40 degree, because I never went to college for college. I went to college for Dee Dee.
Wow.
That's why I went to college. And so once I got to college and we got married, I was like, yo, I got what I wanted. And she was like, OK, we're going to have to do this again. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't be with you if you don't finish what you start.
Wow.
So then I had to go ahead and do this business again. Wow.
And I started the speaking career, you know, in the middle of that as well. There's a lot of, like, pressure for people to accomplish certain things by certain ages. But it took you 12 years to graduate college, right? So you're in your 30s or whatever. 30, absolutely. And then you're 44 when you got a PhD. Yeah.
What do you say to some of the younger generation that feels like they're a failure if they don't accomplish things by 20 or 25 that they feel like they're supposed to accomplish? So here's where I went with that.
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Chapter 3: What was Eric Thomas's journey from homelessness to success?
Yeah, and it's also being around other people who are in that mindset, who are pushing and you're seeing them grow and it's influencing you to grow. So it's the community aspect of we're getting coached together, we're growing together, we're working on our goals together, all that stuff. You've got an amazing challenge coming up.
It's you2025.com where you're going to put people through a lot of what we've been talking about and more. 21 days. 21 days, every day, coaching, teaching, mentoring.
Schedule what I actually do, not just the passion and stuff you hear online, but the actual, and for free. I'm going to walk you through how many steps I take a day, what I'm drinking, why did I decide to wake up at this time, why am I doing this, so that you can start the year off. And I used to do it in like January-ish. And I'm like, E, you from Detroit. The 2025 come out in September, October.
Of 2024. They don't wait to bring, they don't bring 2025 out in January. They bring it out. And so I was like, E, don't do that. Let's start in November. Let's take it into December and let's give them the energy and the strategy to go into the new year. That's right. Knowing that they are their greatest asset and they need to tap into the grace.
There should be like in class, especially you go to college. It should be like you. UOU 101, UOU 215, UOU 312. Literally, you get to sit down and go, who am I? What are my skills? What are the things that I'm challenged with? What industries would I be best in? We spend so much time trying to get that. I don't think we spend enough time who we are. Who should we become?
That's beautiful, man. They can go to U2025.com to register for that.
um that's powerful man i feel like i could talk to you for for a long time on this but i wanted to ask you a couple more questions before we wrap up again we're going back to the 12 year old you who's who's down and out figuring about your your dad's not your your biological dad in your lives your mom lied you know challenges in life and we're talking about where you're at now
Where do you think you'd be without a spiritual relationship with God in your life over the last 30 plus years with all the ups and downs? Where would you be in life right now, the ETU, with no spiritual relationship? I'd say either dead. I'd say dead.
Really? Yeah, because I was an extremist. Everything I did, I did it to the fullest. So I think I would be dead, honestly. I would say this to simplify for people, because sometimes when you talk spirituality, for some people it's just too deep. I would say to you, what happened when I made a commitment to God
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Chapter 8: How can you create a mindset for long-term success?
And I started getting up at three o'clock in the morning because it was still, there was no dogs outside. Nobody was driving around. The family was asleep. And I was like, okay, coach, I'm sorry. Let's go back over the lessons I didn't get. And let's go over the new lessons. Like coach me, show me, show me. Nobody knows me. And I tell people I had a brand new Cadillac, man.
It had 10,000 miles and the engine blew. And I immediately took it back to Cadillac. I didn't take it to BMW. I didn't take it to Honda. I took it straight to Cadillac. And I went right back to the creators like, yo, you made me and I'm tearing this car up. I'm not putting oil in it. I'm not changing the, rotating the tires. I'm not putting fluid in it. Show me how to take care of this.
And he began to show me how to do it. And it's just like amazing to see When we're on one accord and I'm following, he told me, he's like, yo, it's time. I think I called you maybe last year. I'm like, yo, I need to. And he was like, no, no, you're just supposed to call and say what's up. You know, and then this time it was like, yep, you need to do it.
You know, I was like, all right, I got it, Brandon. I think. And I was like, all right, you know what I'm saying? So just listen to him doing what he's telling me to do and let him coach me. So I would say, you know, don't spiritualize it and make it too ridiculous. It's the coach. And just get a relationship with the coach.
Let the coach get a relationship with you and just do what he tells you to do and you're going to love the results.
You alluded a little bit about, you know, this version of you is kind of speaking to your 16 year old self and saying like, here's what you need to do. Stop doing that. Start doing this. Like whether that was you in the future or God speaking to you. In the future. In the future. Like, hey, this is what your higher self needs you to do right now.
What do you feel like God is speaking to you now or your future self is saying to you now for the wisdom you need to hear to take you to the next level?
This, this, this, this. This is what God is saying. You spent all of your mature life pouring into people who can't do a whole lot for you.
you spent some kind of way in your soul you feel like because of where you were and all these people that help you get to where so it's like you like you feel like you owe people to not be able to mutual relationships like you feel like you so blessed and you have so much it's almost a survivor of guilt and now you just gotta be with people who you gotta pull and you gotta be with people that you got to beg to and you gotta be with people who you just gotta bless and you may not get nothing back he like no no no no
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