Robert Greene: What A Near-Death Experience Taught Me About Life

🔔 Subscribe for more great content: https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes ▶️ Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/TUbdHLxYaDw What if your consciousness was never locked inside your head in the first place? Robert Greene, the best-selling author of The Law of the Sublime, sat down with Lewis for his sixth visit, eight years after a stroke nearly took his life. His wife saw his slurred words and drooping face, made him pull over, and called 911 about 30 seconds before he would have been brain dead. He came back to a world that seemed to sparkle, and he spent seven years writing so you could feel that without having to die. He explains why a small child gives 90% of their attention to the world while most adults give 98% to themselves, and how that shift feeds anxiety and addiction. One story stays with you: a woman in surgery, with no brain activity and her ears plugged, later described the drill and the Hotel California song playing in the room. Robert talks through near-death experience research and the old idea that awareness might run through everything, along with what his marriage taught him about letting the ego go quiet. When this one ends, you'll want to step outside and look up at the sky. Then you'll look a little longer at the person you love. The Law of the Sublime https://amzn.to/47sleyK The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature https://amzn.to/4zWkWMX The Laws of Human Nature https://amzn.to/4dBfmqw Mastery https://amzn.to/4jk8AZR The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness https://amzn.to/47W4CPY The 33 Strategies of War https://amzn.to/3WsGuSy The Art of Seduction https://amzn.to/47Wjv4V The 48 Laws of Power https://amzn.to/4hK1gFG Robert's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robertgreeneofficial/?hl=en Robert's Youtube Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/id596047499 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GQhOZboEZOE1ysnFLipT?si=a03d916bade54d4f For more info about this episode, go to https://lewishowes.com/2001 💰 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "Make Money Easy" today!https://lewishowes.com/moneyyou 📙 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "The Greatness Mindset" today! https://lewishowes.com/gmyo 📤 sign up for my FREE newsletter https://lewishowes.com/greatnessdelivered Follow Lewis! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisHowes 💻 Website: http://lewishowes.com/ 📲 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Get More Greatness! Greatness Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@GreatnessClips Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesEspanol Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesPortugues Lewis Howes Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowesshorts 00:00 - Experiencing Life Like a Child 00:56 - Why Lewis Started the Podcast 04:39 - Recovering Childhood Wonder 11:11 - Experiencing Time Differently 16:37 - Why Success Won't Bring Joy 20:28 - Transforming Romantic Relationships 24:27 - Surviving a Stroke 30:20 - The Root of Human Suffering 34:45 - The Miracle of Existence 43:37 - Why We Chase Addictions 49:46 - Insights on the Afterlife 01:02:05 - Ancient Wisdom We Forgot 01:07:34 - The Interspecies Sublime 01:17:25 - Robert Greene's 3 Truths Put ChatGPT to work on your most ambitious ideas and projects. #greatness #inspiration #motivation