The School of Greatness
7 Steps To Achieve Your Wildest Dreams (No Matter How Stuck You Feel)
Mon, 24 Mar 2025
I'm going on tour! Come see The School of Greatness LIVE in person!Get my new book Make Money Easy here!What if the life-changing dream you're most proud of is the one you're afraid to say out loud? In this transformative conversation, former high school teacher turned billionaire entrepreneur Mark Pentecost reveals how he went from making $40,000 a year to building a global wellness empire generating over $750 million annually. Mark shares his powerful personal journey of overcoming limiting beliefs, taking calculated risks, and persisting through cancer diagnoses while continuing to dream bigger. His seven-step framework for achieving your wildest dreams offers practical wisdom for anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unable to see beyond their current circumstances – proving that with the right mindset, mentors, and approach, extraordinary success is within everyone's reach.Life of Your Dreams Virtual SummitGet Mark’s book Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole ’Notha LevelIn this episode you will learn:How to shift from a defensive mindset to an offensive one that empowers you to dictate your life's direction rather than simply reacting to circumstancesWhy surrounding yourself with the right people (and removing dream killers) is critical to sustaining momentum toward your biggest goalsThe power of "saying it and seeing it" - how verbalizing your dreams repeatedly strengthens your belief in their possibilityWhy celebrating milestones along your journey is essential for maintaining motivation and momentumHow developing your "dreaming muscle" allows you to continuously expand what you believe is possible for your lifeThe importance of resilience and viewing setbacks as temporary obstacles rather than permanent roadblocksWhy genuine generosity creates a virtuous cycle that amplifies both your impact and your successFor more information go to https://www.lewishowes.com/1749For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960More SOG episodes we think you’ll love:Danny Morel – greatness.lnk.to/1734SCDavid Ghiyam – greatness.lnk.to/1720SCManifest ANYTHING – greatness.lnk.to/1711SC 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 are the key events in Lewis Howes' upcoming tour?
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The dream you'll be most proud is the one you're afraid to say out loud. Oh, man.
that speaks to me right now in my life.
From high school math teacher and basketball coach to founder of a billion dollar global company.
The visionary behind it works.
A leader, innovator, and game changer in the business world. Mark Pentecost.
Life with punching a gut. I just do extra jobs and get my bills paid and the car starts rattling, the washing machine's not working, something. Now you got punched again. I went from the mindset of, of just letting life come and trying to react to going on the offense. When you're living on the offense, you're dictating. You're making decisions for you.
You walk through a seven-step process for creating and accomplishing your dreams.
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Chapter 2: Who is Mark Pentecost and how did he transition from teaching to entrepreneurship?
You're going to bury yourself. I think we need to shut this down. Five years into your business. Yeah. And I'm like, I never thought that that was an option. And I remember thinking, no, we can't. And honestly, I didn't have a plan B. I don't want to go back to teaching. And on that salary, I'm getting used to. And so... We had to look at a new strategy.
And so sometimes I'll say to people, putting the right people around me, Doug made me face, you know, and Sandy's doing the same thing, expecting that same result. I had to change. But Doug caused me to do that. Now I had other people I like surround myself with positive people. They give me energy. We'll come up with an idea. You know, what do you think of this?
And you're like, well, I do, but what? And all of a sudden you're binging it off. And all of a sudden it's, I call it a whole nother level. You know, you got... Okay, idea. Good idea. Great idea. Oh, another level. So when I build our office building, my house, I always add a whole nother level. So people realize that's just part of our life. How do you take it to a whole nother level?
Interesting. So when you're coming up with ideas for getting yourself out of a stuck situation or breakthrough idea, You'll have, well, you'll just kind of ping ideas off your friends or people in your life, but you're looking for not a good idea, but a whole nother level idea. Yeah. When do you know it's just a good idea versus a whole nother level idea?
You know, now I'm intentional to find them. Back then... you know, one of the steps is say it and see it. And I didn't realize this about myself. So I started the business in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And at some point I realized I had a big sales force and they didn't like coming to Michigan in the winter.
It's cold.
I never looked anywhere else. So I decided I'm going to move the company to Florida. Picked up the whole company. I think I had 25 employees and we all picked an area in Florida that we could see the golf and do it. But I would go around the office saying, I'm thinking about moving to a company in Florida. And they'd be like, yeah, right. And I kept doing that.
Well, what I know now, I didn't know then. I wasn't saying it to them. You're saying it to yourself. I'm saying it to myself. Can I do this? Is it possible?
How would I do this?
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Chapter 3: What fears did Mark Pentecost overcome to pursue his dreams?
What is the, you know, you are a coach for many years to students, but also to athletes. You're still a coach. You still coach basketball, I think today, is that right? Yeah. And you coach your, you know, your executive team, your sales team, like you coach the people in your business. You've always been a coach, essentially. You coach your kids, all this stuff. Yeah.
Who was the greatest coach you had and what was the biggest lesson they taught you growing up?
You know, good question. I think in each season I've had different coaches. I think in high school there were two coaches that were amazing. Both, you know, I played tennis and basketball and I coached math. They were both math teachers. One was my tennis coach, one was my basketball coach. Huge influence, very competitive.
I, you know, were taking charges on a half-court concrete thing there, and I thought that was normal. I think, no wonder I'm so crazy competitive. And then I remember going to college and talking to a lot of people there, and I realized a big mentor I didn't realize was my dad. You know, my dad went from farm in Tennessee to work in the factory in Michigan.
You know, you'll pick up a lot when you listen to this. I probably speak the worst English in the world. My parents were from Tennessee. I was raised in the north. Recently, someone said, Mark, do you realize Closemity is in a word? And I was like, what? And, you know, and Worcester doesn't have an R in it. I didn't. So, you know, we laugh about that.
But my dad came up at 18, got a job on a factory, was going to night school, He would come home. I have one brother. There's two. And he'd say, all right, let's compare report cards. And so I got to college and realized my dad was a big mentor. I didn't even realize the example he set. You know, back then at GM, you work seven days a week.
We'd see dad on weekends and he'd be working nights or afternoons and you wouldn't see him. So, you know, dad was. And then I started teaching and coaching. The football coach there. gave me the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. And it talked about the difference of an employee or owning the business. And it opened.
So I think at each level, there was a coach that opened my mind to something that made me go, wow, I want that. Wow.
So different seasons of life, different mentors, the right teachers, you know. When the student is ready, the teacher appears, right? That's what I was saying? Yes. Who's your greatest teacher today?
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