EP. 1882

01/28/26

Lewis Howes

โ€œYou need to be broke. Now, not forever, not as an identity, and not as a destination, but as a lesson.โ€

Why You Need to Be Broke (Before You Get Rich)

Lewis reveals a truth most people run from: being broke isn’t your failure, it’s your education.

He shares his own season sleeping on his sister’s couch with no income, no savings, and no clear path forward, feeling trapped and questioning his worth.

You’ll learn why the lessons you gain when money is scarce teach you more about wealth than any amount in your bank account ever could.

Lewis walks you through five specific reasons why financial struggle forces critical growth around resourcefulness, self-worth, and your relationship with money itself. This isn’t about romanticizing poverty or staying broke, it’s about extracting wisdom from hard seasons so that when money does come, you’re actually ready to keep it.

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Some Questions I Ask:

  • Who am I without my money?
  • Who are you without money?
  • How would it make you feel? (about if money were a person walking through the door)
  • Would you get excited? Would you have run and hide away? Would you act weird? Would you hate money?
  • When was the last time that you took care of yourself? The same way you take care of everyone else.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Uncover what truly matters in your life by letting financial scarcity strip away the noise and reveal your real priorities
  • Discover why your money beliefs surface most clearly when your bank account is lowest and how to rewrite the stories keeping you stuck
  • Transform your understanding of resourcefulness by learning why skills built without money last longer than any paycheck
  • Break through the dangerous belief that your worth equals your wallet and separate your identity from your income
  • Master the discipline of respecting money through intentional spending, delayed gratification, and creating a healthy relationship with what you have now
  • Plus much more…
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