The Daily Wake Up Micro Podcast

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 950 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Introduction #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success For the next two weeks in the final season of The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast, we are talking about ways to fail forward from the book, “Failing Forward” written by John C. Maxwell.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 949 of the Final Season: Extreme as a Leader & Follower #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment Every "extremer" plays both roles: Leader and Follower. They accomplish this by accomplishing these five things.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 948 of the Final Season: Eight Ways to Say No #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment Continuing with the book review of Extreme You from Sarah Robb O’Hagan, we learn eight ways to say no. The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say, “no” more often.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 947 of the Final Season: Four Steps to Being Extreme #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #selfhelp I love how Sarah Robb O’Hagan uses the word, “extreme” all throughout her book. For today’s episode, we learn the four steps to being extreme.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 946 of the Final Season: Checking Yourself Out #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #selfhelp Over the next four episodes, we will explore some of the awesomeness of Sarah Robb O’Hagan’s book, Extreme You. In today’s episode, we highlight her comparison of the elite athlete playing a sport and you playing in the game of life.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 945 of the Final Season: Constructive Problem Solving #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #solution In the book, The Luck Factor, by Dr. Richard Wiseman, reveals five steps to solving a problem through constructive problem-solving.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 944 of the Final Season: Requesting Forgiveness Apology Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #apologylanguage As part of the language series, we are talking about the Five Apology Languages by author, Gary Chapman. One or two apology languages will be required in what any individual considers to be a genuine apology. If you don’t speak that one or those two, then in the recipient’s mind, the apology is incomplete, and your sincerity is questionable. If you miss the types of apology language they respond to, they probably won’t accept your apology. The fifth apology language is Requesting Forgiveness.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 943 of the Final Season: Genuinely Repenting Apology Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #apologylanguage As part of the language series, we are talking about the Five Apology Languages by author, Gary Chapman. One or two apology languages will be required in what any individual considers to be a genuine apology. If you don’t speak that one or those two, then in the recipient’s mind, the apology is incomplete, and your sincerity is questionable. If you miss the types of apology language they respond to, they probably won’t accept your apology. The fourth apology language is Genuinely Repenting.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 942 of the Final Season: Making Restitution Apology Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #apologylanguage As part of the language series, we are talking about the Five Apology Languages by author, Gary Chapman. One or two apology languages will be required in what any individual considers to be a genuine apology. If you don’t speak that one or those two, then in the recipient’s mind, the apology is incomplete, and your sincerity is questionable. If you miss the types of apology language they respond to, they probably won’t accept your apology. The third apology language is Making Restitution.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 941 of the Final Season: Accepting Responsibility Apology Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #apologylanguage As part of the language series, we are talking about the Five Apology Languages by author, Gary Chapman. One or two apology languages will be required in what any individual considers to be a genuine apology. If you don’t speak that one or those two, then in the recipient’s mind, the apology is incomplete, and your sincerity is questionable. If you miss the types of apology language they respond to, they probably won’t accept your apology. The second apology language is Accepting Responsibility.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 940 of the Final Season: Expressing Regret Apology Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #apologylanguage As part of the language series, we are talking about the Five Apology Languages by author, Gary Chapman. One or two apology languages will be required in what any individual considers to be a genuine apology. If you don’t speak that one or those two, then in the recipient’s mind, the apology is incomplete, and your sincerity is questionable. If you miss the types of apology language they respond to, they probably won’t accept your apology. The first apology language is Expressing Regret.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 939 of the Final Season: Love Language – Discovering Your Primary Love Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #lovelanguage As part of the language series, all week we are talking about the Five Love Languages by author, Gary Chapman. The emotional need for love is desired by all humans. Gary calls it the Emotional Love Bank. He references, Dr. Dorothy Tennor, who states the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. The “in-love” experience doesn’t focus on internal growth or the growth of others. It gives us the sense that we have arrived. Real love takes effort, “in-love” requires no effort. Today we are going to discuss how to discover your primary love language. Some of you know right away what your love language is. For others it will not be that easy.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 938 of the Final Season: Love Language – Physical Touch #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #lovelanguage As part of the language series, all week we are talking about the Five Love Languages by author, Gary Chapman. The emotional need for love is desired by all humans. Gary calls it the Emotional Love Bank. He references, Dr. Dorothy Tennor, who states the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. The “in-love” experience doesn’t focus on internal growth or the growth of others. It gives us the sense that we have arrived. Real love takes effort, “in-love” requires no effort. The fifth love language referenced in the book is PHYSICAL TOUCH.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 937 of the Final Season: Receiving Gifts & Acts of Service Love Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #lovelanguage As part of the language series, all week we are talking about the Five Love Languages by author, Gary Chapman. The emotional need for love is desired by all humans. Gary calls it the Emotional Love Bank. He references, Dr. Dorothy Tennor, who states the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. The “in-love” experience doesn’t focus on internal growth or the growth of others. It gives us the sense that we have arrived. Real love takes effort, “in-love” requires no effort. The third and fourth love languages referenced in the book are RECEIVING GIFTS & ACTS OF SERVICE.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 936 of the Final Season: Quality Time Love Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #lovelanguage As part of the language series, all week we are talking about the Five Love Languages by author, Gary Chapman. The emotional need for love is desired by all humans. Gary calls it the Emotional Love Bank. He references, Dr. Dorothy Tennor, who states the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. The “in-love” experience doesn’t focus on internal growth or the growth of others. It gives us the sense that we have arrived. Real love takes effort, “in-love” requires no effort. The second love language referenced in the book is QUALITY TIME.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 935 of the Final Season: Words of Affirmation Love Language #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #lovelanguage As part of the language series, all week we are talking about the Five Love Languages by author, Gary Chapman. The emotional need for love is desired by all humans. Gary calls it the Emotional Love Bank. He references, Dr. Dorothy Tennor, who states the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. The “in-love” experience doesn’t focus on internal growth or the growth of others. It gives us the sense that we have arrived. Real love takes effort, “in-love” requires no effort. The first love language referenced in the book is WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 934 of the Final Season: The 10-3-2-1-0 Formula #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #perfectday Final thoughts from the book, Perfect Day Formula, by Craig Ballantyne. He shares the importance of establishing structure that results in living a freedom filled life. One simple formula to ensure you start the day on the right track is with the 10-3-2-1-0 formula:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 933 of the Final Season: Create Habits of Steel #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #habits More great stuff from Craig Ballantyne’s book, The Perfect Day Formula, where he describes how to create habits of steel.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 932 of the Final Season: Commitment to Success #knowTroy #DWUpodcast There is a great book by Craig Ballantyne, titled, “Perfect Day Formula.” In it he writes about the commitment to success. He wrote, to get advanced results you must take advanced measures. Your personal rules clearly and concisely outline acceptable behaviors for your life.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 931 of the Final Season: I Didn’t Take the Shot #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #basketball #confidence For this True Story Tuesday, I want to share a story about my playing recreational hoops. It was our second year, and we were defending champs. We were called, The Island Magic, and we were a cocky bunch. I was the starting point guard and team captain surrounded by some very, very talented players.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 930 of the Final Season: Winning Makes All the Difference #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #winning #seattlemariners The other day, I was looking for any news on the sport’s teams I follow. The Atlanta Hawks and the Seattle Seahawks. Both have had some interesting off seasons. I thought to myself, “if only there was a sport to watch during this time of year.” Then I laughed inside, “well, there’s baseball.”

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 929 of the Final Season: Ten Steps to Having a Positive Attitude #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #attitude All week we are talking about information gathered from the book, A New Attitude by Marian Thomas. She suggests that experts estimate success is eighty percent attitude and twenty percent aptitude. We wrap up the micro-series, "A New Attitude," with Marian’s ten steps to having a positive attitude.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 928 of the Final Season: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #attitude All week we are talking about information gathered from the book, A New Attitude by Marian Thomas. She suggests that experts estimate success is eighty percent attitude and twenty percent aptitude. Today we discuss overcoming imposter syndrome.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 927 of the Final Season: Tips to Rebuild Image #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #attitude All week we are talking about information gathered from the book, A New Attitude by Marian Thomas. She suggests that experts estimate success is eighty percent attitude and twenty percent aptitude. Yesterday we talked about what happens if others think we fail, especially a boss. Today we look at what Marian offers us to rebuild our image.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 926 of the Final Season: When We Fail #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #attitude All week we are talking about information gathered from the book, A New Attitude by Marian Thomas. She suggests that experts estimate success is eighty percent attitude and twenty percent aptitude. Today we are talking about When We Fail

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 925 of the Final Season: Four Phases Involved in Every Change#knowTroy #DWUpodcast #attitude All week we are talking about information gathered from the book, A New Attitude by Marian Thomas. She states that experts estimate success is eighty percent attitude and twenty percent aptitude. Our schedule is Monday – Four Phases of Change Tuesday – When We Fail Wednesday – Tips to Rebuild Your Image Thursday – How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Friday – Ten Steps to Having a Positive Attitude

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 924 of the Final Season: Five Values of Life #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #minimalist In the book, “Minimalism,” authors Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus reveal how living with less can allow you to live a more fulfilled life.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 923 of the Final Season: Five Step Process to Forgiveness #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #forgiveness In the book, Authentic Happiness, author Martin Seligman reveals the importance of forgives when achieving happiness. They referenced the five-step process for forgiveness from Dr. Everett Washington using the word REACH.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 922 of the Final Season: Reading Notes from Presence #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #presence More from the book, “Presence” by Amy Cuddy. "Presence" stems from believing in and trusting yourself - your real, honest feelings, values, and abilities, self.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 921 of the Final Season: TST – The Penny Story #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #TrueStoryTuesday As many of you know, I’m a religious, bible-thumping, church going, Jesus loving freak and the proof of God in my life is revealed daily because I’m looking for it. The reason some of you don’t see the hand of God in your life is because you aren’t looking for it. The other day . . .

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 920 of the Final Season: Your Body Shapes #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #communication In the book, Presence, author Amy Cuddy brings a compelling message about the importance of our body language. She writes, the nature of your pose influences how powerful or powerless people feel about you.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 919 of the Final Season: 59 Second Diary – Friday: Review the Situation #knowTroy #DWUpodcast In the book, 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman, he challenges us to start a diary and use a theme for each day to get you started in thinking about our life. Today is Friday and the theme is Review the Situation.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 918 of the Final Season: 59 Second Diary – Thursday: Dear . . . , #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #relationship #community In the book, 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman, he challenges us to start a diary and use a theme for each day to get you started in thinking about our life. Today is Thursday and the theme is Dear . . . ,

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 917 of the Final Season: 59 Second Diary – Wednesday: Fantastic Future #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #dreamer In the book, 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman, he challenges us to start a diary and use a theme for each day to get you started in thinking about our life. Today is Wednesday and the theme is Fantastic Future

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 916 of the Final Season: 59 Second Diary – Tuesday: Terrific Times #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #appreciate #flashback In the book, 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman, he challenges us to start a diary and use a theme for each day to get you started in thinking about our life. Today is Tuesday, and the theme for today is Terrific Times.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 915 of the Final Season: 59 Second Diary – Monday: Thanksgiving #knowTroy #DWUpodcast In the book, 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman, he challenges us to start a diary and use a theme for each day to get you started in thinking about your life. Today is Monday, and his theme is Thanksgiving. Please comment on what three things you wrote down.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 914 of the Final Season: Four Factors Customers Look For #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #marketing The other book I read by Scott Ginsberg, Stick Yourself Out There, offers advice on the four factors customers look for:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 913 of the Final Season: Reverse Your Marketing #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #marketing One more episode from the book, Get Them to Come to You, by author Scott Ginsberg. As we read, we learn the value of making yourself a bullseye for customers. Here are three tips to reverse your marketing so customers are coming to you:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 912 of the Final Season: How to Become a Thought Leader #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leader More from the book, Get Them to Come to You, by author Scott Ginsberg, we learn how to become a thought leader:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 911 of the Final Season: Four Ways to Influence People #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #influence In the book, Get Them to Come to You, by author Scott Ginsberg, Scott reveals four ways to influence people. You can influence people . . .

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 910 of the Final Season: Your Independence Day #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #freedom Today is Independence Day for the United States of America. Today can be your Independence Day. You can be free and declare freedom for yourself if you do these two things: Forgive and Surrender.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 909 of the Final Season: Are You an Echo? #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #standout More from the book written by Scott Ginsberg, titled: Stick Yourself Out There. In it, Scott asks the reader if they are an original or an echo. Let’s look at the definition of each: Original: created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation. Echo: a close parallel or repetition of an idea, feeling, style, or event.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 908 of the Final Season: Enduring Remarkability #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment Really cool book written by Scott Ginsberg, titled: Stick Yourself Out There. All of us are AWESOME and some of us are REMARKABLE. Scott asks the question related to those who are Remarkable.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 907 of the Final Season: Ten Ways to Overcome Self-Pity #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment In the book, The Courage to be Free, Guy Finley offers a way to overcome self-pity and feeling sorry about yourself. As Guy writes, “the self that knows itself only through its own conditioned thinking can never develop beyond the context of itself. Here are ten ways to overcome self-pity:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 906 of the Final Season: Not a Person, Just a Fetus #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #abortion #prolife #prochoice For this True Story Tuesday, I’d like to share a story of my conversations with women in the early 1990s. We would talk about the rights women have. They were pro-choice, I was pro-life. When we talked about who had rights the common response to my liberal friends was, “It’s not a person; just a fetus.” That’s a hard argument to overcome. “If the unborn child is simply a blob of flesh,” they would say, “what is the harm of removing it since it’s not life?” My response was always the same: “What if it is life? What if it is a person?”

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 905 of the Final Season: Gained Rights > Lost Rights #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #abortion #prochoice #prolife When slavery was abolished some slave owners were upset because they had lost rights to what they deemed as property. As horrible as slavery is, there were slave owners who cried foul because of lost rights. The slaves were silent until they were given rights from those who had it.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 904 of the Final Season: Value Stays the Same #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #selfworth #believe In the book, The Invisible Bond by Barbara Wilson, she tells a story of a sermon illustration that shows the value of who we are regardless of what we’ve been through. I will be using it when I speak to students across the country this year.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 903 of the Final Season: Sometimes and Lately #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #optimism More from the book, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman. He writes, if you look at bad events as “always” and “never” you have a permanent pessimistic style. If you think in terms of “sometimes” and “lately” you have an optimistic style. What I like about this is that “sometimes” and “lately” has a

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 902 of the Final Season: Learning to Argue with Yourself #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #mentalhealth I found a lot of value in reading the book, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman. With the mental health problems that we are experiencing, this book provided me with ways to combat negative or doubting thoughts. One portion, learning to argue with yourself, was especially helpful. Martin writes, there are four important ways to dispute a negative belief about yourself:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 901 of the Final Season: TST – GET UP! #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #TrueStoryTuesday #getup A few weeks ago, I needed to grab some items at the grocery store. It was my son, Colt, and me, and we were in a hurry to get the items we needed. As I weaved through the aisle like a young Russell Wilson weaved through the people at the mall, I came across a slow walker. You know the type right? They don’t know exactly what they want so they aimlessly gaze at the shelf hoping what they want will jump out at them. Most slow walkers don’t walk in a straight line either.