The Kevin Miller Podcast

Zig is helping us to actually achieve our goals, and it comes down to…us. What we do and don’t do. But don’t rely on sheer will. And definitely, don’t rely on happenstance. What are you doing, and not doing, every day…that is leading you? We listen to Zig then pull out three main points for better digestion. Thanks to Design Crowd, Braintree and Nerdwallet for supporting this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life and the world is filled with stress and chaos. We can’t change that. But we can equip ourselves to deal with it, and a foundational necessity is having a place of peace and renewal. Our home. Our closest relationships. How do we go about creating this? In her book, “Creating a Haven of Peace”, Joanne F Miller guides us through the key ingredients needed to have a home of peace and relationships of love. At the end, is there anything we want more? And as Zig would say, this is the source of our power that will lead to our ultimate legacy. Thanks so Qualaroo and Blue Apron for their support of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig talks to us about the number one way to make your goals actually happen. It’s not an action, it’s a…being. Which is good and bad news, depending on…you. We like step-by-step things to do because doing seems easy. To “be” different feels harder, but then, it’s the thing we have the absolute most control over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don calls many of the greatest sport figures on the planet…friends. He’s privy to their personal lives and who they really are, and he’s studied them and the greatest sports teams on earth. From it…he found the primary ingredients that led to their success. He shares it in his book, and we dig in for this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig says to share your goals for accountability and encouragement, but be discerning who you share with. The root of goals…commitment. Why? It helps you overcome the obstacles that WILL come. You’ve got to be hard on yourself, and be the hero. These are just some of the topics we cover in this show. Thanks to HumanScale, Blue Apron and Earth Class Mail for their support of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meditation from a scientific perspective, stripping it of candles, incense, outfits and overall hoodoo spirituality. Dan Harris of ABC News’ Nightline says it’s simply about being mindful and taking captive what is going on in your head. Being unaware can lead to anxiety, panic attacks and…being a jerk. Dan had an on-air panic attack that brought his world to a halt and set him in search of a way to cope with the voice inside his head. The voice we all have Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it that we put so much effort and time and use tools and resources to run our lives, but we ignore planning our lives? In this show we look at a one hour exercise to decide the destinations we are going to direct our efforts towards. We listen to Zig on stage for about 10 minutes, then break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly burned to death, John should have died, but decided not to. He thought he was a victim, then decided he was radically blessed. This is one of those stories you just can’t deny and it will further strip away the anchors we all have that keep us from progressing as we should. As we could. John’s book, “On Fire” is a current best seller and has made him a sought-after speaker where he calls people away from what he calls “accidental living”. Thanks to Design Crowd for supporting this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your hope is built on…faith. No faith, no hope. But faith in what? We take a 14-minute commentary from Zig Ziglar on faith and break it down into bite size pieces. This truly is a root to our personal success or lack thereof. Thanks so Design Crowd and Earth Class Mail for their support of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We cover a lot of ground in this Q&A session. But the power of finding the right peer pressure trumps it all. You want to succeed? Find people and groups where succeeding in your area of desire, is the goal and the norm. It’s the primary ingredient for the best in every aspect of success…around the world. We also have a lively and controversial discussion on sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading your life and business with high values is a great ideal, right? Dina Dwyer Owens has 2 billion to prove it also makes more cash. Which only begs the question of…why don’t we all lead our lives and businesses putting values first and foremost? This show was sponsored by Earth Class Mail and Blue Apron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Men and women are only limited by the size of their hope,” Zig cites in this show. We also discuss what Jesus said in Matthew 18:1-4: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like a child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mindsets, Motivation and Methodologies of Success from a true, rags to riches story. Brian immigrated to the U.S. from Dublin, Ireland and moved to San Diego in 1986. He became a millionaire at age 26 and today has a worldwide coaching organization. His new podcast, “The Brian Buffini Show” has jumped to the top of the business rankings in iTunes. After hearing this interview, you’ll want to go subscribe. Thanks to Earth Class Mail for their support of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Zig on stage talking about hope and making change. There is an epic analogy of when we are in a valley – when, not if – it’s what we plant there that we then eat in our bid to climb out and reach the peak. We also dig into the pithy statements and bible verses that leave out the crux. The “If” statement. This message comes from a paramount Ziglar product, Strategies for Success: Blueprint for Achievement which you can find at Ziglar.com, in the store, under MP3s. Thanks to Earth Class Mail and Backblaze for sponsoring this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three questions from listeners that Tom Ziglar, Kevin Miller and special guest Carrie Wilkerson cover – 1) If you were to invest in a product and you only had one choice, what product would that be today? 2) Can you focus on working mothers and how they balance family life and entrepreneurial or sales success? 3) Zig said to yell at the top of your lungs, "I feel happy, I feel healthy, I feel terrific!" It works today when I need to get past the self-doubt I experience occasionally. The show is brought to you in part by Backblaze.com/ziglar, which gives you unlimited, cloud backup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The power of why and the reality of leadership are just two of numerous revelations you will receive from this show with Simon. There is little mystery in this interview, as Simon is astoundingly simple, direct and nearly irrefutable as he leads us in some primary tenants of personal success. This one will be hard to listen to only once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is overcoming our lack and our excuses easy? Nope. Is it Simple. Well…yes. It is. But truth - black and white - is often simple. But not remotely easy. It’s dramatically hard! Get some classic Zig, then some real life breaking down with Kevin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Miller joins Kevin to cover two big issues. Beverly asks, “I love to do so many different things. How do I decide which one to take the BIG step into?” Then Robin in Mississippi says, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for saying how STUPID the cliché is, “If you do what you love you'll never work another day in your life". I love my work, but I work my backside off. I'm a nurse. I work at hospice. Everyone dies.” Tune in as we deeply unpack these two topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all live under labels that were given to us, and many we gave to ourselves. Some gives us wings and roots! But more often than not, they limit us and hold us tight to far less than the possibility we have within us. It’s not as easy as simply saying, “Hey, I don’t think I’ll accept that label anymore!” When we live in a label for so long, getting rid of it is like learning a foreign language. In this show we get to the push and shove and challenge of really relabeling ourselves, and the massive power it can unleash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you understand the dramatic power you really have, it can be daunting and cause you to shy away from taking action. When you DON’T understand the dramatic power you really have, you become a victim. We break down this concept in the show and flesh it out so we can all take more appropriate action and responsibility in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your live questions! Tom Ziglar and I fielded questions from show listeners, submitted at Ask.ZigShow.com. But Tom aired the show live on Facebook and we took questions straight from the Ziglar fan page! Listen in and relate to others like you seeking to inspire their true performance! And send in your questions to Ask.ZigShow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What story matters most? What story is most relevant for you? For your family? For humanity. Could it be your own? Wait, did you know your life was a story? Do you realize the only way to make sense of and succeed in life is to understand, embrace and fully live out your story? And last, if this is new to you, what do you do today, to tangibly step into this story? Listen in as legendary author, counsel and teacher, John Eldredge, gives us a story, on story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multiply your time and procrastinate on purpose. And as you’ll hear in a 20 second clip right after you hit play for the show, Rory says time management isn’t logical, it’s emotional. And there is the crux for why we seldom do it well! He lays out some heavy paradigm shifters that I vow, will help you finally…not manage your time (Rory stats that you can’t!), but multiply it, once and for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Name the definition of success for you? The specific realities, circumstances, ingredients and outcomes. It can’t be 100% altruistic, it must contain some personal desires. Zig gives us 15-minutes on stage discussing what we all want, how much our work life impacts everything, and the power of…love. Then I, Kevin, dig into the two primary topics. NEW SHOW! > Remember as you listen…when a question, idea, or frustration comes up, let us know! Go to ask.ZigShow.com. You’ll hear an excerpt from a submitted question in this show. Much thanks to Amazon Kindle and Concur for sponsoring the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Systems. Routines. Habits. Proven steps. These are what franchises are made of, and they are foundational to our personal and business success. We discuss this with longtime Ziglar personality, and one of today's foremost experts on franchises, John Hayes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doing a “good enough”job, just enough to get by, leads nowhere. While excellence andhigh standards pay off in massive ways. Zig takes us through somepersonal stories of how he was taught. We all need to tangiblywrite down our own…personal standards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people swim upstream. Somefight against the flow. Some rebel. And some simply opt out andrather peacefully chart a different course. It may even lead toworld domination. Got your interest? Meet ChrisGuillebeau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healthy relationships come hand in hand with true success. Show me a successful person, and you’ll find someone with a bevy of deep, true, meaningful relationships. What is the common thread that is the binding clasp for all winning relationships? This is the topic of today’s show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What you immerse yourself in, will change your life. Kyle immersed himself in the lives and businesses of great leaders and influencers and captains of positive, personal development. It took its toll. Kyle has had massive success. He is the go-to guy for big name authors and speakers and helps others get immersed in those works, much to the detriment of their average lives. Get immersed in greatness and you can’t help but do great things! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Teri, my bride, is back to give commentary with me on a clip from Zig where he’s asking if it’s tougher today, to raise positive kids in a negative world. If you have kids…if you want them to succeed, I implore you to listen in. This is about the roots of their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a “root issue” hack, not a shortcut. Brian Tracy is a legend in personal development. An icon. And he’s still at it hard. No sugar coating, no fluff. He dives right to the heart of personal success. Do yourself a favor and join him… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t like that title, because it’s hard to believe. But when you hear the answer and hear Tom Ziglar and I, Kevin, break it down, I honestly think you’ll agree. I actually don’t know how you CAN’T agree. So…it’s a big deal. Try it on for size. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ramesh Richard walks us through, “We each have an individual calling. It is our responsibility to pursue it. The pursuit will be a hard life, full of striving and some struggle. It will also be the most joyful, glorious and fulfilling life we can imagine.”​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig expounds on one of his primary pillars of success…relationships. He shares studies showcasing the number one cause of physical and emotional unhealth, is relational unhealth. We have to audit our relationships, or they’ll undermine all our other efforts. Listen in as we unearth this vital issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He interviewed 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs and wrote a book that is the culmination of what he found. It’s called “15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management.” We walked through all 15 points. “Time travel” is #4. Follow just a couple and you’ll change your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The phrase “Fear not” occurs in the Bible 365 times. If you think you don’t fear, do you worry? Do you ever have anxiety? Those are forms of fear. Zig takes us through a very scriptural talk about faith. The power of it, and the necessity of faith for your overall success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are not in need of more knowledge in order to go after your goal, destiny, calling, conviction or dream. You have enough and know enough to start. Times today are the same as they were eons ago in relation to progressing forward. Or not. So listen…maybe for the last time. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Miller joins host Kevin Miller in a father-son discussion, using a 5-minute talk from Gary Vaynerchuk as a launching point. The topic…are you to be exactly you? Or become something else in order to achieve success. Is it a balance? Is it adding, subtracting, refining? How is all the pursuit of personal development working for you? Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mutual respect is the core of relational health and wealth. Kevin & Teri Miller break down Zig’s clip where he hits on true success. You can win all the trappings of life and not be happy. But build a successful marriage, and you have it all. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If that title intrigues you…good. It should. It hits to the heart of one of Zig’s foundational messages and foundations of true success. We listen to a seven minute clip from Zig, than my wife Teri joins me in the studio to dig in. If you are married, or ever plan to, please…listen in. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the worlds greatest wells of business wisdom, Roy H Williams, shares a theme I (Kevin) have been hearing a lot about lately. How those who come from hardship, generally outshine those we would normally deem “more fortunate”. But after hearing his testimony, I think you’ll begin to question what truly is a better fortune; trial or ease. But what if you have had it relatively easy? What do you do? Listen in… This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“As a man thinketh, so is he.” “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't…you're right.” Pithy quotes that speak absolute truth. We live and die by what we tell ourselves. We literally write our story every day. Come along with us and write the story you are responsible to write. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are all speakers, whether the stage is in front of thousands, in front of 10, or in front of one. The best strategies for success? Know your material, stop your negative internal voices, and most of all…tell the truth. If you want to truly help anyone, in any way, you need to hear this message. The world truly is a stage. You must master it if you care to influence it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every day the world you live in is created by your attitude. Either you dictate it, someone else does, or your attitude does. This is the first focus of the show. Next we hit on motivation. Which is motive. Which is…your reason. If you aren’t clear on this, you are a race car with an empty fuel tank. But as you’ll hear in the show, we look at what you think you actually want, and find what to cut loose and free you from, in order to hone in what you really, truly want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth gives immense honor to Zig’s dramatic impact in his life, and ends the interview with what he hopes his legacy to be…and how it can be YOU. He also shares how Zig’s message kept him from quitting and why Zig’s message stood out from the rest. Seth cites that the root of sales is removing fear, social network grooming is hiding, and everybody should blog daily. And more. Listen and learn. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would we do if your daily habits and decisions had immediate consequences instead of slow, long term fruition? It would be the most life changing reality we ever encountered. Period. Zig sets the stage and Kevin poses the perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Possibly the most concise, tangible, and relevant concept for literally have an overall direction for your life…ever. Michael Hyatt and co-author Daniel Harkavay will help you understand in six minutes flat, what most people can’t grasp a concept of in a lifetime. Listen and be…changed. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig is king of positive thinking. Few that listen to his message outwardly refute it. But in our personal lives, in our heads…we often do. We want to make a bad situation good, but it’s hard to deny the situation really IS bad. And it hurts. Flat out denying that is not healthy, and it is NOT what Zig is about. Feel it. But…we can’t let it overcome it. There are two types of people. Everyone is going to encounter negative, hurtful realities of life. Some feel it, let it shape, define and defeat them. Some feel it, acknowledge it, but then…decide to rise above it. Which are you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Real people, real efforts, real stories, real trials and overcoming. We hear from 12 people who are working to “change their stars”. We get the good, the glorious…the bad and the ugly. This show is brought to you in part by PIPEDRIVE, the CRM for small teams with big ambitions. Ziglar uses Pipedrive to help coordinate our sales pipeline. Head over to Pipedrive.com/ziglar to start your exclusive 60-day free trial only available to listeners of this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zig charges us with doing the hard work of drilling for our potential, discovering it, bringing it to the surface then presenting it for use. We have greatness in us, but it’s useless and moot unless we commit to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices