The Kevin Miller Podcast

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 o...

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!...

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...

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 ov...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 st...

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...

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...

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 th...

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 minu...

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 str...

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’...

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 muc...

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...

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 eve...

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 B...

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! T...

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?...

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...

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...

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 spea...

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...