Lewis HowesYour Personal 24/7 Greatness Coach

The No. 1 Trait of People Who Achieve Greatness

25 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, speaker Lewis Howes (SPEAKER A) reflects on the single trait that unites all great individuals: resilience. He argues that regardless of talent, every successful person encounters a devastating setback and must recover. Howes emphasizes that resilience is reinforced when the individual enjoys aspects of the work itself, providing intrinsic motivation to persist even when external goals seem distant. He mentions curiosity as a common but not universal trait among great people, noting that while many are curious about self‑improvement and helping others, it does not apply to every great person. The core message is that resilience, coupled with a love for the process, is the essential driver behind greatness.

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What is one trait that every great person has in common that you found? Every great person. I mean, certainly resilience, right? Certainly resilience. There's no— no matter how good you are, like everyone faces some setback that I think they would have considered devastating or unimaginable at some point, and they have to pick themselves back up. And I think that often is because there's something in the process that they love, not only the goal. So I think that's true about every, every great person because I was going to say curiosity, and I think that's a about getting, you know, curiosity about yourself, about getting better, about getting others. I think that's very common, but I wouldn't say that's true to every great person. Resilience though. And I think that, I think resilience that includes coming from enjoying some of the process. Like there's something in the thing that they're doing that they actually like that keeps them coming back even when it seems like the goal isn't making it.