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Jay Shetty PodcastFIND YOUR PURPOSE - How To Manifest SUCCESS & ABUNDANCE In 2023 | Lewis Howes & Jay Shetty
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Becoming the person you want to attract (and setting up the journey)
Lewis opens with a relationship insight: write what you want in a partner, then become those qualities yourself. Jay frames the conversation as a look back at Lewis’s major life transformations and what unlocked deeper growth.
- •Lewis says to list the qualities you want in a partner and become them yourself
- •Jay points to Lewis’s public vulnerability and how it marked a turning point
- •The conversation is set up to trace Lewis’s growth back to early life experiences
Early trauma, shame, and the “tough mask” Lewis built to survive
Lewis describes childhood sexual abuse and the decades of shame and silence that followed. He explains how cultural expectations around masculinity and affection reinforced his fear of rejection and pushed him to perform toughness.
- •Lewis shares being raped as a child and not telling anyone for 25 years due to shame
- •He describes learning that affection between boys wasn’t accepted where he grew up
- •Lewis says he decided to become “big and strong” so no one could hurt him again
- •He explains the belief that being known would mean being rejected
Isolation, feeling “less than,” and phases of life before healing
Lewis connects additional childhood hardships to deep insecurity, including social isolation when his brother went to prison and struggles in school. He describes living in distinct life phases and how these experiences shaped his identity and relationships.
- •Lewis says his brother’s imprisonment led other parents to keep their kids away from him
- •He recounts paying money to be included and feeling “really low” afterward
- •Lewis shares he was in special needs classes and nearly failed English
- •He describes identity tied to winning in sports and seeking acceptance
- •Lewis outlines his life in phases and says things became clearer in the last seven years
Vulnerability as a superpower: sharing shame and learning self-love
Lewis explains how disclosing his sexual trauma—first privately, then publicly—reduced its power over him. He describes discovering who truly supported him, building deeper connection, and learning to love himself beyond achievements and image.
- •Lewis says sharing his shame made it lose power over him
- •He notes his disclosure became the most downloaded content he’s shared
- •Lewis says he loved the “mask” (athlete/success) but not his inner self
- •He describes reaching a breaking point around 30 despite outward success
- •Lewis calls vulnerability a major “superpower,” though still difficult at times
Turning fears into structured challenges (girls, speaking, dancing, Spanish)
Lewis describes a repeatable method: list your biggest fears, then create time-bound challenges that force action. He gives examples from adolescence through adulthood, showing how consistent exposure reduced fear and built confidence.
- •Lewis says your “greatest fears” can be the path to growth
- •He describes a 90-day challenge approaching girls to overcome rejection fear
- •He shares joining Toastmasters weekly for a year to beat public speaking anxiety
- •Lewis mentions applying the same method to salsa dancing and other fears
- •He’s now applying it to learning Spanish, prioritizing small wins and long-term process
Jay’s fears: viral success pressure, financial risk, and rewriting beliefs about money
Jay shares that after early viral videos, his fear shifted from failure to not living up to success. He recounts leaving stable work while nearly out of money and hustling through outreach, then realizing money enables scaling impact and requires a healthier mindset.
- •Jay says after going viral, he feared new videos wouldn’t do as well
- •He shares he made fewer videos because of that fear
- •Jay says he and his wife were four months away from being broke when starting out in New York
- •He describes emailing and reaching out widely to find work and opportunities
- •Jay says monetization wasn’t the initial goal, but money became necessary to scale impact
- •He links money fear to upbringing and narratives that wealth requires unethical behavior
Wanting to be understood, public pressure, and when vulnerability gets complicated
Jay explains a lingering fear that people won’t understand his heart at scale, even though he knows full understanding isn’t possible. Lewis reflects on “canceling” culture pressures and shares a breakup period where assumptions revealed who his real friends were.
- •Jay says his intention is to serve and that he’s learning, not perfect
- •He describes the challenge of being understood without one-on-one context
- •Lewis says public life can pressure people to seem perfect and avoid vulnerability
- •Lewis shares a breakup where others made assumptions without asking questions
- •He says the experience helped him identify true friends and release “taker” relationships
Unattachment, adversity as a gift, and building peace inside relationships
Lewis describes a shift: being in a healthy relationship while feeling he’d be okay if it ended, because he’s less attached to outcomes. He frames adversity as something that can serve growth when you look for the lesson rather than staying stuck in suffering.
- •Lewis says he’s in the healthiest relationship he’s had, without clinging to it
- •He credits learning to be unattached to outcomes and to stop people-pleasing
- •Lewis says challenges can set you up for something greater, though it’s hard to see in the moment
- •He describes “purging” one-sided relationships and strengthening supportive ones
- •Lewis links personal growth to attracting and repelling people based on your energy
Mirror work and visualizing the “greatest version” of yourself
Lewis emphasizes the relationship with self—being able to say “I love you,” “I’m proud of you,” and “you matter.” He shares a daily visualization practice: imagining the greatest version of himself walking toward him and identifying what to eliminate or amplify to move closer to that version.
- •Lewis says many people can’t look in the mirror and say they love themselves
- •He highlights three phrases: “I love you,” “I’m proud of you,” “you matter”
- •Lewis says he reflects daily on the greatest version of himself
- •He describes visualization as a meditation to identify what’s holding him back
- •Jay connects the practice to seeing a dream clearly before making it real
From a dream to 1,000 episodes: building The School of Greatness through consistency
Jay spotlights Lewis’s podcast approaching 1,000 episodes, connecting it to dreaming and visual clarity. Lewis explains launching the show as an experiment to share what he was learning, overcome fear, and stay consistent—leading to massive growth and new opportunities.
- •Jay introduces Lewis’s podcast milestone and its origin as a dream
- •Lewis says he wanted to interview great minds and share what he learned
- •He describes insecurity about asking “dumb questions” and doing it anyway
- •Lewis says he started in 2012 with one listener and treated it as a one-year experiment
- •He credits consistency for leading to books, events, and other expansions
- •Jay and Lewis discuss how sticking with a craft beats getting distracted too early
Inside Lewis’s “classroom”: standout teachers, relationship lessons, and influence
Jay turns the interview into a rapid exploration of what Lewis learned from guests—who would make great teachers and what relationship insights stuck. Lewis shares ideas about love existing in the “space between,” becoming what you want to attract, and the role of influence in sharing value.
- •Lewis names Jay as a standout “teacher,” and also mentions Brene Brown and Dr. Ivan Joseph
- •Lewis credits Rob Bell with a relationship insight about love in the space between time apart
- •He shares Matthew Hussey’s idea: write what you want in a partner, then become it
- •Lewis adds a relationship framework discussed with Stefan Speaks: chemistry, connection, compatibility
- •Lewis recommends learning influence ethically so talent and ideas can be seen and supported
Money, service, and health: defining life’s big decisions through guest insights
Lewis answers Jay’s prompts on the best “masterclasses” from past guests across finance, service, and wellbeing. He shares a failure-celebration mindset from Sarah Blakely, a possibility-expanding exercise with Grant Cardone, inspiration from Adam Braun’s education mission, and health learnings from experts like Rhonda Patrick and Mark Hyman.
- •Lewis shares Sarah Blakely’s story of being asked daily: “What did you fail at today?”
- •He describes challenging Grant Cardone to imagine faster growth and unlocking new thinking
- •Jay summarizes major life decisions (self-relationship, love, money) and asks about service
- •Lewis highlights Adam Braun’s mission-driven work building schools and being “on purpose”
- •Lewis mentions going to places like Guatemala, Ghana, and Laos connected to school-building efforts
- •For health insights, Lewis cites Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Mark Hyman, and Dr. Gundry
Final Five: asking better questions, core beliefs, books, patience, and self-belief
Jay closes with the show’s rapid “final five,” and Lewis shares the questions he uses to unlock depth in conversations. He also shares beliefs shaped by his upbringing, names impactful books, reflects on a recent lesson of patience and perspective, and proposes a “law” centered on believing in yourself and compassion.
- •Lewis says he asks guests for permission to “go anywhere” and whether anything is off-limits
- •He suggests asking others what they’re grateful for, excited about, and proud of to deepen connection
- •Lewis shares a belief from Christian Science: thought and spirituality shape healing and experience
- •He recounts his father not celebrating birthdays to avoid age-based limitation and self-doubt
- •Lewis recommends books: The Alchemist, Think Like a Monk, and Influence by Robert Cialdini
- •Lewis says his biggest recent lesson is patience, perspective, and not reacting
- •He says he’d create a law requiring self-belief (and also names love/compassion as foundational)
