Emma Grede

“You can have anything you want so long as you’re willing to work for it.”

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Start With Yourself: The Mindset That Built an Empire | Emma Grede

Emma Grede’s most surprising confession is that she never saw her childhood in East London as a disadvantage.

While raising her younger sisters, skipping school, and watching Oprah to find her blueprint for life, she was quietly building the belief that she was more capable than anyone around her. That unshakable self-trust is the thread running through everything she has built, from Good American to SKIMS to the Obama Foundation board.

For anyone who has ever let fear, self-doubt, or the weight of other people’s opinions keep them stuck, Emma’s story is a direct challenge to reconsider what is actually holding you back.

This conversation will show you how to stop measuring yourself against everyone else’s standards, put money at the center of your plan without shame, manage your emotions like a skill rather than a sentence, and build a life that is entirely your own design.

The Greatness Playbook: The Self-Led Success Edition

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“I retrained my mind to look for the fear, to look for the moments where I might not come out on the other side in the best way, because I know that that's where all the growth is really. What am I really scared of doing now? Because I am a hundred percent sure that's where the next moment of greatness really is coming from.” — Emma Grede

And now let’s jump into episode 1914 of The School of Greatness!

Some Questions I Ask:

How did you develop a mindset that allowed you to have a thriving life, thriving marriage, thriving family, thriving health, thriving community, and everything else you’ve created?
So what is the first step then, to managing your emotions in an uncertain world?
What was the thing you were running away from the most and when did you feel like you came back home to you to emotional safety within yourself?
Where is that line of not needing someone but also needing other people to create those moments in your life?
What’s been the biggest mindset shift you’ve had since moving from the UK to the USA and what is unlocked for you with that mindset?
For someone watching or listening that might have come from a similar environment where they didn’t have the opportunities, they didn’t have the educational side of things, they didn’t have the resources, what’s the limiting thought around money that is holding them back from what they can create financially?
If you don’t make money at the center of your work, what will happen to you?
Do you feel like you were destined to be wealthy?
Do you feel like you’ve made it?

In this episode, you will learn:

Discover how to reframe your hardest life experiences as the very thing that makes you exceptional rather than the thing that holds you back.
Learn why putting money at the center of your goals is not greed but the clearest path to freedom, and how to stop apologizing for it.
Understand the practical steps Emma used to manage anger and emotional reactivity starting at age nineteen, and how that discipline became one of her greatest competitive advantages.
Break free from the trap of other people’s opinions by building a personal scorecard rooted in your own values, not what the world expects of you.
See how to think in seasons so you can go all in when it counts, protect what matters most, and make tradeoffs without guilt.
Plus much more…

Show Notes:

The School of Greatness Show

The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.

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