Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, former pro-athlete, turn lifestyle entrepreneur, and each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin. But how did you overcome all these obstacles in the last few years?

And how long did that stress or pain last for? Well, you know, you look at 2020 and obviously the whole world was suffering, you know, and you turn on the TV, you couldn't escape it, and you're stuck in your house, just right, dealing with all this. But in the midst of all that, my father who is my rock. In my book you'll just see, he and I have this unbelievable bond, had suffered two major heart attacks.

I had to go pick him up in Wisconsin on New Year's Eve of 2019, going into 2020. So New Year's Eve welcoming in this new, you know, year, I was on a plane flying from Colorado to Kenosha, Wisconsin. because I he wasn't getting the medical care he needed and brought him to Austin where I lived. Ambulances at the, you know, on the airport waiting to take him to the hospital and where he spent until March, almost March 12th from, you know, December 31st. So ringing in that year was already starting out stressful, going through a divorce.

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