The Kevin Miller Podcast

Today we don’t just hear a message from Zig Ziglar, we get 5 star training in relationship skills that empower us with the greatest asset a person can have. He is talking about sales and prospects. In our life, anyone we want to influence or connect to is in essence, a prospect, and we are the salesperson. To a great degree, every engagement with a human is a sale. The definition of a good sale is an exchange of value, which should be equal. If it’s one sided it’s a con. So in your personal interactions with others, is it a win-win event? Do you both get value? Do people seek you out or avoid you or...can just take or leave you? Do you provide value to the relationships in your life? Would you like to have more meaningful relationships? Be more sought after and attractive? Good relationship builders are NOT born, they are made. How much training have you done? This message folks, is training. This is why Secrets of Closing the Sale changed so many people’s lives. It was about life more than mere sales. This 8.5 minutes is the boiled down cliff notes. It’s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and here you get it free. From the message, I asked on Facebook where I invite you to join at agentkmiller, this question - “What valuable insight have you realized or received that has helped you in relating to other people well, whether personal or in business?” Incredible comments that Tom and I talked through at length. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking about making the most of the time you have and that your beginning is now! I have a conversation with Chris Hogan. Many know Chris as one of the primary personalities with Dave Ramsey. Chris’s has a bestselling book and a popular podcast titled “Retire Inspired”, but, and this is not just to entice everyone to hear the show, but I have zero thoughts about retirement, I’m young! But Chris shared a message I needed to hear. He talks planning ahead and getting the most value out of our days, and you’ll hear a very acute and personal story involving one of his kids with a chronic issue that makes this topic very acute for Chris, his family, his life and his mission. There is a ton of passion in this discussion. It truly was powerful. You can follow Hogan on Twitter and Instagram at @ChrisHogan360 and online at chrishogan360.com or facebook.com/chrishogan360. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A clip from Zig Ziglar, longer than normal, over six minutes. But we just couldn’t cut it more because it’s golden. Zig talks to us about the power of our attitudes and how the number one high octane fuel to support our positive attitude is - gratitude. From this I asked this QUESTION on Facebook: “I need some stories on “gratitude”, but want to hear from two sides: 1) tell me a time when you used gratitude to successfully change your attitude about something, OR 2) tell me when you realized there wasn’t enough to be grateful for and you made a needed change.” Tom Ziglar and I talked through the incredible comments and really covered a lot of ground regarding getting rid of negative perspectives and either changing your paradigm with gratitude, or when necessary, changing the circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are are back with Eben Pagan, our guest in show 567 and author of the new book, ‘Opportunity’. In this show we go behind the scenes and find out his habits for success following the Ziglar Wheel of Life. I was especially interested in the spiritual spoke where Eben stating that more and more with the influential people of our times, the talk seems to be going toward a bigger power at play and “something is going on.” Get Eben Pagan’s new book, ‘Opportunity” at zigshow.com/eben. You can get the hardcopy, and get the bonuses of his “Best Opportunities of 2018 live workshop, the Video series that shows you how to find your big idea and the Opportunity discovery checklists, exercises, and bonus chapters. It’s all Free, just pay the shipping. Go tozigshow.com/eben. That’s zigshow.com/eben Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we hear a heartfelt message from Zig Ziglar on faith. But it’s not a sermon. He is hitting on the reality of how faith impacts our literal lives. From it I asked on Facebook, where you can join the discussion, just friend me at agentkmiller, this QUESTION: “How has your faith in God or a higher calling tangibly benefited your physical, financial or career/business success?” That’s a big question, and yes, it brought up some controversy. Some thinking I was pushing a prosperity gospel. But most shared events in their lives where their faith came into play and testimony to the blessings. Michelle Prince and I had a very open conversation, not giving answers, but discussing the real issues around our faith and how it relates to our daily realities and outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking about opportunity and having a conversation with Eben Pagan who just launched his new book, called…’Opportunity’! Eben Pagan is a guy I (Kevin) met twenty years ago amidst a new real estate marketing program. He was innovating then, and he still is today. He’s an entrepreneur and investor who has built over ten different online brands and businesses to the million dollar level. His businesses are all 100% virtual, with no office - for over 15 years now. Eben and his family spend more than six months per year traveling, and living the “virtual lifestyle.” In his new book, OPPORTUNITY, Eben explains how opportunity is changing, why it is increasing for all of us, and how to find and create more high quality opportunities for yourself and your business. The book is about how to find and create opportunities in your business and your life. It summarizes twenty years of mindsets, models, and methods for dealing with the explosion of opportunities that are coming our way in the future. Understanding opportunity is at the heart of succeeding as an entrepreneur. And Eben’s goal is to help people understand the nature of opportunity, so they can find, create and take advantage of a lot more of it in their lives. It was a great conversation and of course we started off by getting some of Eben’s background, including his hippie parents and living in poverty that motivated him to do more. The book just launched 4 days ago as of this podcast publishing date. Get it now, plus a bunch of add ons, at zigshow.com/eben Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear a classic message from Zig Ziglar on Priming The Pump. This message was foundational for Zig’s entire mission. If you’ve heard it once or ten times, you need to hear it again and then step back and audit yourself to gauge how well you are adhering to the principles! From the message, I asked on Facebook at my agentkmiller page where I invite you to friend me so you can join in this weekly conversation, “Will you share a story of doing more than what was required in a job and benefiting from it? Getting paid more, getting a promotion, getting a better opportunity?” Great, real life testimonials that Tom Ziglar himself and I talked through, SO inspiring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we go through the habits of, well, if Zig Ziglar is the king of successful habits, then Tom Ziglar is the crown prince. Tom is renowned for answering a candid question given to him on stage at a presentation of, “What is the fastest way to success”, with “Replace a bad habit with a good habit.” Straightforward and radically profound. So today we talk through the 7 spokes on the Ziglar wheel of life and hear Tom Ziglar’s daily habits for success. Such things as; he has reverted to a low carb diet and his first meal of the day is lunch. He commits to 7 hours of sleep per night and feels it is what fuels his willpower. He writes one sentence per day to his daughter, his reflections, that he will be giving her at Christmas as a gift. Every day starts off with two chairs, one for him, one for god, he talks to God for one minute and listen for four! Then he fills his mind with uplifting material (big surprise here, eh?!). Transformation is his word for the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig Ziglar on stage! This is a four minute clip around a personal story from Zig, on what creates strong relationships. From it I posted this question on Facebook, “What activities and experiences do you invest in for the health of the meaningful relationships in your life? This could be with your spouse, kids, friends, and family.” Don’t leave out the seemingly “little” day to day things.” Incredibly insightful comments and ideas you’ll get great value from hearing. Michelle Prince and I talked through them and now bring the conversation to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new message from Zig Ziglarsss - son! Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar. It’s called the Trinity of Transformation. If you were just fine with your life as it is now and had no desire for any change, you wouldn’t be here listening now. We are all here because we want to be more, do more and have more. For ourselves and for others. Even if you have no personal desire for yourself and only want to help and serve others, you’ll get no further and be no help unless you better yourself. This requires...transformation. Here is who you are today, where do you want to be tomorrow? And that’s the point folks, anything you want to do and have first starts with who you are. You can’t do and have anything beyond who you are...and what you’re capable of. This is the root cause issue, and Tom brings us the 3 key ingredients he’s witnessed in his lifetime at the epicenter of personal development and human achievement. Zig Ziglar was the king and nobody saw him closer than Tom. This is powerful, equipping information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is our habits show and we walk through the 7 spokes on The Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights of Nick’s struggles and healthy habits: Physically he’s thankful for the holy spirit and caffeine! He only eats 2 meals per day, more veggies, but he’s an admitted carnivore. No sweets, bread or dairy. He and his family grow much of their food and live off their land. He had a pretty deep financial crisis and learned that just because you have a vision and resources from God, it doesn’t always mean you have to move forward right now. He has a 10 year plan that took him three hours to create, with help. And 3% of his life has to be a gamble! But he doesn’t invent, he innovates! It was rich, as you can tell. Nick has a new online course called “Rise Above” where he goes into further depth about how people can turn obstacles into opportunities and gives guidelines to overcome fear among other impactful topics. The course gives people an opportunity to spend one-on-one time with Nick in their own home with over 3 hours of brand new content complete with workbooks and guided learning instruction. Check it out at zigshow.com/rise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A truly amazing, amazing man. We all come into or end up in this world with some challenges. Just because someone else’s challenges might seem bigger, it doesn’t negate our own. We all want to know how to deal with them better. With more joy, peace and success, right? Well, we have a guy who is flat out anointed in this area. Nick Vujicic was born with no arms and no legs. Stop and think about that for a minute. What could you do with no arms and no legs? What hope would you have. Yet Nick is one of the most sought after speakers on the planet, often getting 100 speaking requests per week. Literally. Why? Because he’s one of the most overcoming, inspirational people you will have ever heard. More than 10 million follow him on social media, and his Youtube videos have over 600 million views. But it’s real world stuff folks. He almost committed suicide. This isn’t some pollyanna face on hardship. I’d tell you more, but, trust me, you won’t want to miss this interview that Tom Ziglar and I had with Nick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig Ziglar talks about positive thinking. We play a clip where Zig dispels the motivational statement of “you cannot do anything with positive thinking,” and gives some funny examples to prove the point. But, he then comes back with the truth that “you can do everything better with positive thinking than you can with negative thinking,” and of course drives home a convicting message. From this I posted on my agentkmiller Facebook page, where you are welcome to friend me so you can join in the conversation, “How do you balance positive thinking and optimism with literal hard circumstances and allowing yourself to feel negative emotions?” We wanted to really hear, because we are human and even with the truth in our face, life can still be difficult, especially in a challenging moment. As you can imagine, really in depth answers that we bet you’ll resonate with. Michelle Prince and Kevin Miller talked through the comments for a rich conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behind the scenes with Stu McClaren, our guest for show 558 where we talked about building a tribe, but today we’re here for our Habits show, following the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: He’s a soccer fan and is almost always playing on a team or two. Being active with his young kids is a big part of his physical fitness regime. He started eating better for his kid’s sake! He’s big on managing family time amongst the entrepreneurial lifestyle and is a staunch proponent of Rules and Boundaries. Mentally Stu puts a high level of importance on having confidence in ourselves. He believes fear is like a muscle and you must work it out, so he’s routinely looking for things to do that stretch his fear muscle. Financially he loves being an entrepreneur where you can make an unlimited amount of money and feels the more money we make the more impact we can have. He and his wife have built 11 schools in Kenya that on average serve 4-700 kids. Personally he just loves creating experiences and celebrating others. Connect with Stu at zigshow.com/tribe and check out his new launch that will help you grow and connect with your tribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stu McClaren is a primary mastermind behind connecting leaders with their audiences. Michael Hyatt has been wildly successful with his Platform University and Stu was his partner in creating it. Stu is about connection. Authentic connection. It’s hard to have a monopoly on any information and knowledge these days, but nothing can replace engagement and relationship. Stu coaches and consults New York Times best-selling authors, top-rated speakers, experts and niche celebrities on how to launch, grow and scale high-profit recurring revenue streams, primarily around profitable and fulfilling membership sites where the point is human connection and relationships. In the show we talk about Stu’s personal journey that brought him such huge success and why he’s now devoted himself in his work to helping people connect, and through that in his personal life, helping some of the least fortunate on earth, he and his wife build schools in Kenya. Stu is also the former founder of the world’s #1 membership platform for WordPress, WishList Member, where he had the chance to serve and support over 60,000+ online communities and membership sites. Through that experience, he gained a unique insight into the subtle membership nuances that produce massive results. His new endeavor that you’ll hear about in the latter part of the show is TRIBE which you can find at zigshow.com/tribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three minutes from Zig Ziglar where he talks about maintaining the right mental attitude. It’s a powerful message. From it, we asked on Facebook, “What do you do to correct your bad attitude?” Literally, when you get angry, frustrated, disappointed, sad, what do you do to overcome it?” We received possibly the most comments ever to any question we’ve posted, you’ll be greatly intrigued to hear what people shared. Tom Ziglar and host Kevin Miller then had a great conversation as they read through the comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behind the scenes with Guy Kawasaki who we interviewed in our previous show, number 557. We follow the 7 spokes of the Ziglar Wheel of Life and find out Guy’s challenges and habits in the seven spokes. Some highlights: as you heard in the main interview, he’s a huge surfing fan and that’s a main thing he does to stay in shape. He’s resolved to not eat a french fry for three years or drink a coke for two! Family vacations are a big priority for his family health. He’s a Christian but doesn’t claim to be a great role model and separates God from religion. He attributes his career success much to luck, but he admits to working very hard and working a lot. Connect with Guy at guykawasaki.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The legend - Guy Kawasaki. I just returned from Social Media Marketing World in San Diego and Guy was a featured speaker. The Ziglar team and I got to spend half an hour with him just to pick his brain and get to know him better. Guy has a big pedigree, he was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He is the author of The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and nine other books. Guy has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA. Today Guy is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool and a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz. He has over 10 million followers on social media and is just an incredibly unique individual. This show had a ton of value you can apply to your business, career, and life, and it had a lot of laughs. You will gain much from listening in. Connect with Guy at guykawasaki.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We listen to a presentation clip from our guide, Zig Ziglar. He’s talking about how to move from “reacting” to responding. From this, I posted on my facebook page at agentkmiller where so many of you keep friending me to join in the conversation, “What is something in your life that you used to “react” to, negatively, that now you are able to more positively “respond” to? For example, a relationship or circumstance (job, finances, handicap, etc.) that had a lot of negative control over your emotions.” You’ll be a bit surprised to hear some of the vulnerable things people shared, and Michelle Prince and I then talked through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s go behind the scenes with Ben Hardy and follow the Ziglar wheel of life, walking through Ben’s challenges and healthy habits in the 7 spokes. Some highlights, He puts a priority on sleep, for himself, but also for his 3 newly adopted kids. he loves working out and listening to great messages on audio books. To stay mentally strong he works to put himself into groups of people where he’s the dumbest in the room. Even in a year when he only made $12k, he invested in himself and shares some amazing stories. Spiritually he’s just fervently seeking truth, not religion, from all people. You’ll enjoy this show friends. Connect with Ben and check out the book at benjaminhardy.com. I’m enamored with the message of “Willpower doesn’t work” and moments ago gave out the third copy of the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Hardy has a new book titled, “Willpower doesn’t work”. Friends, this is a profound, profound message. Who has not gotten frustrated at their lack of willpower? Setting goals, having desires, trying to achieve something...and then failure. Wishing we had more discipline and willpower. Ben takes a hardline and paradigm-shifting view to say...relying on willpower is the wrong solution. What is the solution? Listen in and you’ll be mesmerized to hear Ben focus in on how we can design our environment for success, and no longer rely on our grit and willpower. Ben is the #1 writer for Medium.com and just a masterful writer and communicator. And it comes from research. This isn’t just his opinion. You literally don’t want to miss this showOver the past 3 years, Ben's work has been read by over 50 million people and he's grown his email list from 0 to over 320,000 people without paid advertising. Connect with him and check out the book at benjaminhardy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we hear a 2-minute message from Zig Ziglar where he shares a primary therapy that a renowned counselor uses with people who have a borderline personality disorder. It’s a prescriptive diet of positing thinking messages. From Zig’s message we asked on Facebook at agentkmiller, where you’re welcome to friend us and join in the conversation, “What new knowledge has literally changed your way of thinking in the past year?” Incredible responses that Kevin Miller and co-host Michelle Prince talked through. This is rich, folks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with Patrick Lencioni after our main interview in show 549 on being the ideal team player. In this show, we go behind the scenes with Patrick and follow his struggles and healthy habits following the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: He’s a lifetime athlete but struggles with hip and knee issues. He’s cut way back on sugar, especially habits like downing a whole bag of red vines! His biggest family challenge is just too many activities. His mental regimen has three components, exercise, sleep, and silence. He attends mass every day for half an hour and feels it’s the best thing he does all day. In his career, he always wants to be taking some risks and not be found overprotecting the last, best thing. On the personal front, he’s terrible at taking time to do things he just enjoys and doesn’t nurture friendships enough. And he loves going to the movies. connect with Patrick at tablegroup.com/hub and find his new book “The Ideal Team Player” wherever you buy your books! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Lencioni is one of the most sought-after corporate speakers and influences on the planet. He has 11 best-selling books and his latest is just tremendous. It’s titled “The Ideal Team Player” - How to recognize and cultivate the three essential virtues. Now folks, either we want to hire the ideal team player, or we want to know how to BE the ideal, most desired team player. I’ll give it away - the three essential virtues are humility, hunger, and smarts. But that doesn’t truly give it away, as you need to understand the specific dynamics. Patrick is an authority on human dynamics, especially in the workplace. It was an incredible conversation, as he has an amazing story that sets him up to be the innovator he is in this space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is a message from Zig Ziglar on dealing with hardships in our past, overcoming them, and progressing on to success. From the clip we posted on Kevin Miller’s Facebook page - agentkmiller - this question, “What is something bad or challenging from your past that handicapped you, but you have finally overcome? And if you have something that is still handicapping you and you are struggling to overcome it, please share as well.” As always, we received tremendous comments that Michelle Prince and Kevin talked through. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with Chris Ducker. Don’t miss the main interview in show 546 where we talked about his journey and his just-released book, “Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. Get it at Youpreneur.com/book. Today we go behind the scenes with Chris and follow the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. We find out what Chris struggles with, and the healthy habits he employs to overcome them. Some highlights - He’s one of the few Brits who doesn’t like football, he’s an NBA fan! Boston Celtics specifically. He does not like exercise but does it to be around a long time for his kids. He reads to his kids every night and makes pancakes and bacon for them every Saturday. He believes in creating recurring moments and lessons for his kids. His best mental exercise is getting enough sleep, and a great tip I got from him is, he does not look at email till noon and saves the morning for creative work. His best career advice is understanding the importance of relationships - people should be treasured, not used. Thanks to Health IQ for supporting this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is truly a message that fits almost every listener. The entrepreneurs and all who would like to be. Chris Ducker is our guest and he does not bring yet another how to DO entrepreneurship as much as how to BE entrepreneurship. His new book is called Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. But we spend a lot of our time on Chris’ personal story. How did he go from zero to hero...how did he, inspire his true performance, and how is he continuing to do so? And from that...how can we do it better! A quick bit on Chris if you don’t know him; He is a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestsellers, “Virtual Freedom”, and more recently, “Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. Based in Cambridge, England, he owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 450 full-time employees internationally. He’s also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com - the leading personal brand business education company in the world. Chris hosts the annual Youpreneur Summit, which is held in London, U.K. each November and is the self-proclaimed ‘Proudest Brit’ doing business online! Connect with him at Youpreneur.com/book, and do yourself a favor and go get his book now! Rise of the Youpreneur. Two great packages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A two-minute clip from the man, Zig Ziglar on the motivation to do a better job than average. He tells a very personal story from his youth that helped chart his course to success. From the message I asked on my agentkmiller facebook page, “What has inspired you, now and/or in the past, to do a better than average job?” As always, incredible responses that you will resonate with and be inspired by and a really eye-opening conversation with my co-host Michelle Prince as we talk through the comments. I again compiled them into categories, 7 actually, and we talk through to the most popular answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go behind the scenes with Mandy Harvey to hear her daily habits for success, following the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Please don’t miss our main interview with her in the last show, # 543. Some highlights coming up: To battle her connective tissue disorder and resulting bad joints and ligaments, she must work out 60 minutes per day to gain muscle. She travels so much right now she’s often only home 4 days a month, so she has to be ultra intentional in scheduling time with friends and family. She works on her music 40-70 hours per week. Her faith is the most important thing in her life but with her schedule and pace, she struggles to spend time in her bible and at church. The pace has often had her only sleeping 4 hours per night so she’s really had to dig into time management. Personally, she loves fishing and calls her family “grocery fishermen” because they fish to eat. Again, just super, super interesting and inspiring. Connect with Mandy at mandyharveymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is a special treat - chances are you’ve seen the blockbuster show, America’s Got Talent. And if so, you may have seen Mandy Harvey, the incredible singer who is, deaf. Talk about an overcoming, inspiring story! She was in college pursuing a vocal music education degree, then lost her hearing. She left the program to pursue other career options, but later returned to music. There is a great story on what led to that. Fast forward to America’s Got Talent where she reached the finals and was Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer Winner, and in addition, CNN’s Great Big Story captured over 10 million hits on social media, Burt’s Bees signed her up for their “Remarkable Women” campaign, NBC Nightly News profiled her, and she has started performing at the world’s most prestigious clubs, concert stages and festivals.Now in addition to her recording career, live performances, and inspirational speaking, Mandy has just released her first book title; Sensing The Rhythm, Finding My Voice In a World Without Sound and it’s a message of helping others to realize their dreams and pursue their hopes. As an Ambassador for No Barriers USA, she travels the country to heighten awareness, break down blocks, challenge stereotypes, and lead the charge toward a brighter future for all.In this show we talk about her, her story and her message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A two-minute clip from Zig Ziglar on the power of good relationships. He states that Relationships more important than anything else for your health, and of course vital for your success in life overall. From the clip, I asked this question on Facebook, “In your experience, what things hurt relationships most? We received over 70 comments, and this is just at my personal page at agentkmiller, not the Ziglar facebook page of 4.5 million. I categorized the responses into 11 headlines and Michelle Prince and I talked through them counting down to the number one thing people cited most. It was incredibly revealing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go behind the scenes with Skip Prichard after our main interview with him in show 540. We follow the spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights - Lifting weights makes Skip happy, he could do it all day long. But he also loves to eat, it’s his weakness. He’s a passionate believer in dark chocolate. He and his family all sing together and feel it’s a great stress reliever. Skip reads a book a day, but struggles to get adequate sleep. He likes Jim Rohr’s statement of working harder on self than the job, and admits making time for just himself is difficult. You will get much from this talk. Connect with Skip at skipprichard.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with Skip Prichard, author of “The Book of Mistakes - 9 Secrets To Creating A Successful Future”. Skip is the former CEO of Ingram Content Group and Harvard Business Review labeled him as a rare social CEO and a “relentless giver.” But check this out...how Skip grew up is incredibly interesting. Both parents attended seminary. Told they could not have children, they were headed to the mission field in a Third World country. Skip's mom became pregnant, eventually having six children, so they made the mission their home. Taking in people who were abused and addicted, and Skip's fascination with success began. He was intrigued with...Why would one person succeed while another would fail? Wouldn’t you love to know the answer to that question? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking about serving others through Sales. If you have a product, service or idea, something that benefits people in any way, then you have a service to offer them, and there should be no sales pressure, only an appropriate desire to understand their need and discern if you really can help them. If you can help them, how do you effectively say so? The clip of Zig’s presentation is two minutes. To know how to serve someone, we need to be able to stand in their shoes and understand the problem they perceive. So, I posted on a question to my facebook page at agentkmiller.com, “What problem does your product, service or idea solve for people?” We got some great responses of course, some folks who laid out well the problem their products/service/idea solves, others who told us what their’s did and provided, but missed the problem perspective, and Michelle Prince and I offered some direction. If you’re a sales professional, business owner, entrepreneur, digital marketer, author, speaker, platform builder, or anyone who wants to build an audience, then you have to check out the all-new Secrets of Closing the Sale Master Class with Zig Ziglar and Kevin Harrington. Visit www.zigsecrets.com/enroll for all of the details. That’s zig “Z” “I” “G” “Secrets” .com / enroll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with Mark Timm, Amazon rockstar and Executive Vice President of...Ziglar. We just had an incredible show with Mark and Kevin Harrington of Shark Tank fame on the new Secrets of Closing the Sale Masterclass, hear that in show 537 and get access at zigsecrets.com/enroll. In this show, we talk with Mark Timm on his habits for success. Mark was incredibly candid and openly shared his struggles in the 7 spokes of The Ziglar Wheel of Life, as well as the habits he employs for health. Some highlights: He’s learned not to go overboard with his tendency to be extreme with exercise and nutritional strategies, but focus on sustainability. He quit watching TV to better guard what went into his mind. He became a millionaire by age 30, then went a million in debt. It took him twice as long to pay back the million as it did to make the million. He learned the hard way that he must lead with humility, and he went deep into this issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a significant event. Zig Ziglar has influenced over 250 million people worldwide. His two best selling books are See You at the Top and Secrets of Closing the Sale. This second book on sales, in our interview with Seth Godin he says he listened to the recording over 70 times...he wore out the old cassette tapes and had to buy new ones. But the point is, as with all of Zig’s books, it wasn’t just about the topic on the front cover. It was about achieving a great life! In today’s show, I talk with two business superstars and I’m submitting you’ll hear the best sale ever - on sales. Zig has always claimed that we are all in sales. You can’t make any forward progress in life, in any area, unless you can sell someone on yourself. And in business, you won’t get anywhere without selling your skills, your product, your service or your idea. You’ll never get a date or get married without selling your value to another. You’ll never succeed as a parent if you can’t sell your kids on good choices. It’s about influence. Mark Timm is a wildly successful businessman with a company that is a top 100 Amazon reseller with over 59,000 products and growing. He’s executive VP of Ziglar, Inc and CEO of Ziglar Family. He’s partnered with Kevin Harrington, the guy who invented the infomercial and was one of the original four investors on Shark Tank, the guy with a net worth of 450 million dollars...to bring us Zig’s message from his foundational book, Secrets of Closing The Sale. Folks, it was an incredible look behind the scenes with these two guys and how they used Zig’s teaching to launch them not only into massive business success, but massive success in their lives overall. This one is a must listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Miller and Tom Ziglar cover the topic of, what power do we have to make things better in our lives, immediately? We listen to a 2 minute clip from Zig Ziglar where he deftly points out how we all understand there are things we can do, right now, to make our lives worse. But what we don’t often conceptualize near as much is, there are things we can also do, right now, to make our lives so much better. He tells it in a compelling way, of course. From the message we asked this question, “Your life is what it is today. What is a change you could make, pretty quickly, that you think would improve your life for the better? Any answer is relevant.” We got a great array of answers, from things people espoused were overall good habits, to people who had specific things they wanted to do to make their lives better, but were struggling to actually do. It was a very real conversation. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Normally say we are going “behind the scenes”, but with Jonathan Fields of ‘The Good Life Project’, he was so authentic and personal in our main interview in show 534, it feels like we were behind the scenes with him the whole time. But in this show we walk through Jonathan’s personal life and the healthy habits he consistently walks out to maintain his - Good Life. A preview - He’s not a morning person, he puts big emphasis on meditation, he doesn’t miss his morning coffee, he’s not a fan of indoor exercise, his biz partner is his wife and they are nearly always together, he works to keep himself sharp mentally by being physically healthy, his career efforts are wrapped around the question, “Will this opportunity allow me to spend as much time as possible with people I can’t get enough of?” And he loves making stuff and just signed up for a month long course on guitar building! Connect with all that Jonathan has for you at goodlifeproject.com, or just search for “The Good Life Project” in iTunes or Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want a “good life?” Goofy to ask, but in truth, does that not sum up what we are all working towards or at least hoping and dreaming of? To have a truly good life? One of the top podcasts on planet earth is “The Good Life Project” hosted by Jonathan Fields. Jonathan has truly done something profound. In the pursuit of a good life - in the personal development industry worldwide - amidst everyone globally desiring to make individual progress, Jonathan has brilliantly boiled things down to three buckets. It’s really tremendous. We of course talk through these points which are the essence of his podcast and his bestselling book of the same name, “The Good Life Project”. But I also just dig into Jonathan himself and what got him to this point to embrace this movement and become the leader he’s become and is becoming to so many people. It’s incredibly intriguing and gives us all a lot to think about in regards to how we are living, loving and leading. Connect with all that Jonathan has for you at goodlifeproject.com, or just search for it in iTunes or Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking about something that is just - vital. Community, and specifically, the power it has for our lives, and the handicap we all have without it. This is actually a special installment in place of our normal Q&A, but we recently had a chance to talk with Howard Partridge about his new book "The Power of Community - How Phenomenal Leaders Inspire Their Teams, WOW Their Customers and Make Bigger Profits.” I just spent time in Nashville, TN with Howard and got a copy right from Howard’s hand. This is a timely, timely book. We are suffering as a culture by being uber connected digitally, but under connected personally with real relationships. The book comes out Jan 25, 2018 but you can Pre-order now at http://www.howardpartridge.com/community. When I asked him what the catalyst was for his devotion to this topic, he cited it was church. And the LACK of real community and relationship there. Pretty interesting. If you don’t know Howard, he knocked it out of the park in business and is now an international business coach with coaching members in over 100 industries in 9 countries. He is a best selling author of seven books and the exclusive business coach for the Zig Ziglar Corporation. Howard has a story, he grew up on welfare in Mobile Alabama and left home at 18. He arrived in Houston, Texas on a Greyhound bus with only 25 cents in his pocket. He started his first business out of the trunk of his car over 33 years ago and built it into a multi-million dollar enterprise. He has owned 9 small businesses altogether and owns 4 companies at the time of this recording. He is the proud president of Phenomenal Products, Inc. which helps leaders and business owners inspire their teams using the Power of Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this show we get into the personal life of Dave Ramsey. What are the daily, personal habits of America’s most trusted source on money? Some interesting things you’ll hear, he and his wife Sharon get up at 4:45 every morning together to talk, pray and go go over plans for the day. She then works out at the gym while he uses his home gym and some running trails, he still spends time budgeting! Though it’s admittedly looking at bigger expenses and not the grocery budget. He mentors a group of local, young pastors. And he believes recreating is “re-creating” and devotes time to joys such as barefoot skiing at his lake house. It was a fun journey with Dave over the 7 spokes of the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Ramsey - America’s voice for financial peace and financial health. Or we can just say, money. That thing that dictates far too much of our lives. How can we lead it instead of it leading us? We took a short time with Dave to get a pulse on the state of his views on finances in today’s culture and economy. What is harming us most, what could help us most? What trends do we need to be aware of? Dave is as candid and authentic as ever and also gives us a look inside the workings of his empire. You can, of course, connect with all Dave has to offer you at daveramsey.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking about upping your hope, joy, expectations and from that, your behavior and actions. How? By increasing your gratitude. Nothing has to change other than...your awareness of what is happening right in front of your eyes and giving it the value it deserves. We’re going to listen to a two-minute clip from the legend himself, Zig Ziglar. The message was from a presentation he called the “Oh Gosh! Attitude”. From that clip, I asked people at my agentkmiller Facebook page, where you are welcome to join if you want to join these discussions, “What is something you often take for granted that you should, in all truth, be wowed about?” I actually made the first comment to kick things off, and we got some really heartfelt comments that will make you think deeply. The vast majority of comments came under three main focal points? Think you know them??? Listen in. But we got a couple stand-alone comments on topics that were really profound. Michelle Prince and I talk through these. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Roll is back with us to dig into his personal, daily habits of success following the 7 spokes of the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: For a while, Rich journaled what he did over every 15 minute block to discover where he was wasting time in his life, so he could be more efficient. His morning time starting predawn he feels is his most creative time and sets the stage for the entire day. In his early days as a corporate lawyer he felt like an artist trapped in a lawyer’s body. He believes we are spiritual beings having a human experience and there is little in his life he gets more joy from than a bike ride. You can connect with Rich at richroll.com and you’ll want to check out his new offering, meals.richroll.com. You’ll enjoy this conversation much! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Roll was near 40 and in horrific shape. He had a big awakening and transformed himself into not just a fit and well guy, but an elite, ultra endurance athlete. And from that, a guy who is massively inspiring hundreds of thousands of people. You may know Rich from his top ranked podcast, “The Rich Roll Podcast”. Rich is a world-renown, plant-based ultra-endurance athlete, in-demand public speaker, wellness advocate, bestselling author and inspirational hero to a global audience of wellness seekers as a transformative example of courageous and healthy living. The story is, after succumbing to the sedentary throes of overweight middle age, at age 40, Rich made a decision to overhaul his life, adopting a plant-based diet and reinventing himself as an ultra-distance endurance athlete. Just a few years later, Rich stunned the multisport community with top finishes at the Ultraman World Championships, a 320-mile, 3-day double ironman-distance triathlon widely considered one of the most grueling endurance events on the planet. Rich chronicles his journey in Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself -- an inspirational memoir of plant-fueled athletic prowess which quickly became a #1 bestseller. In 2015, Rich and his vegan chef wife Julie Piatt released The Plantpower Way – a plant-based cookbook and lifestyle primer for the active modern family. The discussion was, well, Rich! I felt quite a kindred spirit in Rich, and from the authenticity he shares in the struggles he’s dealt with, I think you will too. You can connect with Rich at richroll.com and you’ll want to check out his new offering, meals.richroll.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your reality. Is it real? Or is it only as you perceive it and can you alter it - right now? Are you limiting yourself and merely need a paradigm shift to dramatically catapult your life for the better in a short amount of time? This is a continuation of show 524 where we listened to a clip from Zig Ziglar on our true potential. If you missed it, go listen to show 524. Today, coming from the same message from Zig, I asked on my agentkmiller Facebook page, “Do you believe reality is in fact, real? That it is concrete and black and white? Or do you believe “reality” is what we make of it?” The Facebook comments really brought up some interesting perspectives about this. Michelle Prince and I take you through them in hopes of helping you alter what you perceive as your reality. I will tell you, it helped us further change our own beliefs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let us go behind the scenes with Lee Cockerell, our guest in show 525. Lee spent 10 years as executive vice president of Disney where he was in charge of the entire magical kingdom, many resort properties, and 40,000 employees! He gave us a great message, don’t miss that interview. But today we walk through his habits for success, going over the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: He works to maintain the same weight he was in the army at age 20, and he’s 74 today. He has a Starbucks decaf every day, on no medication with great blood pressure. He spends a lot of time with family and stresses to his employees to never miss family time, not even for work! He views his brain as having malleable software and works with experts to help him manage and succeed. He grew up poor and feels it hardwires the brain. Today he is still frugal, driving a decade old car and relies on his financial advisors. Spiritually he needs to do more work, he says. He’s had some rough times, has been the bad guy and wants to be a better person. He built his career on discipline and empathy and admits he loves public speaking because he needs the “people clap”. Get Lee’s four books, the online Time Management Course and subscribe to Lee’s “Creating Disney Magic” podcast at LeeCockerell.com. Now come and get inspired and equipped! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine running Disney, numerous resorts, and 40,000 employees. Imagine barely making it out of high school, not having a college degree, having a hard upbringing with a mom who married and divorced five times. Being adopted twice. Having the only solid figure in your life being a grandmother who you were taken away from as a child. This is Lee Cockerell. In this candid interview he shares what helped him succeed, even as in his late 60s when his wife almost died, he suffered severe anxiety and depression. You do not expect the humility you will find here, from a guy who ran a small nation. You will be moved and motivated! Here is an interesting tidbit, in his book he talks about the value of staying in touch and accessible to people, and actually gives his personal phone number. Most people don’t believe it’s for real, but he gets calls! How cool is that? Get his four books, the online Time Management Course and subscribe to Lee’s “Creating Disney Magic” podcast at LeeCockerell.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Managing, controlling and changing your attitude; one of Zig Ziglar’s favorite and foundational topics! We play a 3.5 minute, classic clip from Zig Ziglar on changing your attitude, and from it I asked on my agentkmiller Facebook, page, “What are your primary tactics for changing your attitude when you get down, negative, angry, sad, fearful, etc.“ We received nearly 50 comments in less than 24 hours. Michelle Prince and I talk through the responses, and they went back and forth from logical to emotional, from exercise to prayer to comfort food. You will enjoy and get much from this dialogue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Howes gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his daily habits for personal success! Make sure you catch our previous show, #522, where Lewis takes us through his book and message, “The Mask of Masculinity”. Today we walk through the 7 spokes of The Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: Lewis is a fan of high-intensity interval training, thinks nutrition is everything, he meditates every morning, he grew up in the Christian religion and today ascribes to the religion of…love. He feels his own podcast, interviewing the greats like we do on the Ziglar show is his best education and testing ground, and he’s an avid salsa dancer! What may interest you most though is his discussion of “the millionaire morning!” Connect with Lewis at “The School of Greatness” podcast, you’ll find it at the top of the podcast charts. You can get his bestselling book The Mask of Masculinity wherever you buy books, but at lewishowes.com you can get it and see what else he has for you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices