EP. 1996

10/21/26

Katt Williams

“Ask better questions. Because a lot of times you’re waiting on an answer that already came.”

How to Know You're on The Right Path | Katt Williams

What if the dark stretch you’re in right now is proof your faith is about to pay off?

Katt Williams, a comedian with 14 stand-up specials, sat down with Lewis to talk about leaving home at 13 and the moment around age 20 when drug dealing could turn $100 into $700. He asked God for another way to make a living, and comedy showed up.

Door-to-door sales taught him that 300 no’s buy 30 yeses, and he still tells a joke to himself 35 times in the mirror before any audience hears it. To him the crowd is never wrong, so every silence is feedback he can use.

His years as a teenage missionary in Haiti come up too, where he watched starving families choose joy and pride. His memoir, “Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines,” lays out his whole life so you can decide for yourself whether any of it was luck. His new podcast, According 2 Katt, is on the way to Netflix.

You’ll come away treating rejection as information and seeing every hurdle as a chance to jump higher.

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“Innovation and creativity can often be misidentified as crazy. And I understand that. I think that's why we came up with the word eccentric. Because crazy is when it doesn't work. Eccentric is when it's very successful.” – Katt Williams
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And now let’s jump into episode 1996 of The School of Greatness!

Some Questions I Ask:

  • What has being the voice of truth cost you in your life?
  • Why did you leave home at 13? And what was the big takeaway you gained from that experience?
  • How do you have faith or trust that you’re going to be taken care of spiritually, physically, emotionally at some point in the future when you’re going through a very dark time?
  • What’s a seed that you planted 10, 15, 20 years ago that you’re just now seeing the fruits of?
  • Did you ever have a scarcity or poverty mindset? Or did you always have an abundance growth mindset approach to life?
  • How did you not tie your self-worth to other people’s no’s or rejections, or doors not opening for you when you wanted them to?
  • What did being in service to moms and their sick kids teach you about yourself or teach you about life?

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Discover how Katt Williams walked away from a $700 drug hustle by asking God for another path
  • Treat every rejection as feedback so your self-worth never hinges on a yes
  • Trust that your darkest season has a limit before the light breaks through
  • Reframe obstacles like a hurdler who sees each one as a chance to jump higher
  • Welcome opposition as proof you are on the right path
  • Plus much more…
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