The Today Counts Show

Send us Fan Mail Why have goals?  How many goals should you have?  How do you determine what your goals are?  What does faith have to do with your goals?  In this short coaching session,  Jim will walk you through techniques that will help you answer these questions in a way that fits your life.  These concepts will work regardless of where you are in your life's journey.   It's not rock...

Send us Fan Mail It seems unlikely that most of us have a family friend who is a decorated General with decades of experience in the military, who worked his way through the most elite special forces teams, who commanded the Delta Force, who worked in the CIA and who served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense in the Bush administration.  Luckily, Jim Piper is friends with such a person.  Today Ji...

Send us Fan Mail Don't be stuck in neutral! Take the next 16 minutes to listen and learn some proven strategies for executing results.  Jim Piper passes along four key principles that leaders should use to create a playbook for achieving important goals.  These are proven, real-world methods used in businesses and organizations around the world.  Here's a hint ... don't have a laund...

Send us Fan Mail What is faith and how can it affect your everyday life?  Jim talks us through a thoughtful progression of how a foundation of faith in God can lead to faith in yourself and your abilities.  Your thoughts and beliefs will eventually become actions so make them positive!  Have faith that you can move forward, overcome obstacles, learn the new skills you need to reach your goals.  Ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this short coaching podcast, Jim Piper walks us through the keys points of what makes a decision actually become an actionable directive.  Regardless of how the decision was made, it will affect and it will likely involve the cooperation of other people.  That is what links decision making to communication.  Listen and learn the most effective principles to communicate your dec...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper welcomes Beau and Johnny Sirpilla to the show to talk about adoption.  You might remember Johnny Sirpilla from Episode 30 of The Today Counts Show where he talked about his book " Life Is Hard But I'll Be OK " and shares his family's amazing journey.  Today, Johnny and his adopted son, Beau, share their personal stories of a family with an adopted chi...

Send us Fan Mail Jim welcomes back Erin Porteous to continue the discussion about leadership.  Erin is the CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.  Since Erin led the Boys & Girls club through the pandemic and is now able to look back from the other side, the talk soon turns to new challenges faced by leaders in the post-pandemic world.  A strong leader has to determine what needs t...

Send us Fan Mail Erin Kunkle is back on the show to discuss one of, if not the most, serious issues in our society.  Abortion is a heavily debated, divisive subject in today's culture.  Jim Piper talks with Erin about Christian beliefs, biblical principles and the increasing lack of personal responsibility in our country.  It is serious talk about life and death.  Erin boils the whole debate...

Send us Fan Mail John Ramsey is Jim Piper's guest on the show today.  John is the founder and director of Tarrant County Hands of Hope.  Hands of Hope is a homeless outreach ministry that is focused on those living in locations unsuitable for human habitation, whether that be in a vacant structure, a vehicle, or a tent in a remote wooded area. They search for those who are often forgotten and...

Send us Fan Mail Becoming The Leaders We Need To Be Jim presents another coaching session for leaders who want to learn and grow.  Specifically, this show is all about becoming the leaders we need to be.  Jim walks you through six important areas to consider in order to grow and become a better leader.  One of the things that stands out is Jim's passionate belief that leaders READ!  Leaders a...

Send us Fan Mail Overcoming Perfectionism with Bella Sirpilla Today Jim Piper not only welcomes his guest Bella Sirpilla to the show but also his guest co-host Erin Porteous! Bella shares how her drive and obsession to be perfect eventually became too much to handle.  Ultimately leading to struggles with depression and self doubt.  Her struggles with mental health eventually led her to a better un...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper talks about the importance of presence in leadership.  He teaches the importance of being "all in" and totally present in the situation at hand, simplifying your focus to be more effect in all areas of life and tracking your own effectiveness to be more productive.  Effective leaders plan, evaluate and learn, all of which take presence and focus.   Jim referenc...

Send us Fan Mail With recent school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas still fresh in our minds, it's hard to believe that it's been more than 20 years since the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado in 1999.  Jim's guest today is Kacey Johnson.  Kacey is a survivor of the Columbine shooting and author of the book, Over My Shoulder .  She wrote the book to &q...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim Piper talks with Andy Herod , the CEO of San Marcos Treatment Center .  San Marcos Treatment Center is a psychiatric residential treatment facility specializing in treatment programs for children and adolescents.  Mental health issues are difficult for anyone of any age but especially for children and adolescents.  Andy tells Jim about the need to teach some patients the...

Send us Fan Mail Successful business leader, entrepreneur, public speaker, teacher, author, board member for several non-profit and for profit companies and, most importantly, Dad... all of these titles describe Johnny Sirpilla but none of them come close to describing his life's journey.  The more you hear about events in the life of Johnny Sirpilla, the more understated the title of his boo...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim Piper talks with his long time friend, Brett Kunkle.  Brett is the founder and leader of MAVEN.   The first thing you see when you visit the MAVEN website are three words;  TRUTH + GOODNESS + BEAUTY.  Their stated mission is "to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ, and to equip those who teach and train...

Send us Fan Mail Would you make a commitment that involved moving your family to the worst neighborhood in the inner city to serve your community and start a new ministry?  If you are Jude and Cindy Del Hierro of Denver, Colorado... the answer is yes!  On the home page of ConfluenceMinistries.org it says, in big bold letters, "Confluence Ministries exists to bring positive change through mean...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper's guest today is Kenny Alonzo, the Executive Director of Rocketown.  Rocketown is a ministry founded by contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith and located in Nashville Tennessee.  The ministry engages youth through attraction-based facilities and programs like the Sixth Avenue Skatepark, live music and event venue, dance classes, recording studios and...

Send us Fan Mail This short coaching episode is a goldmine of information for young people starting their careers in the real world.  For that matter, it's applicable to anyone of any age!  Sometimes we all need to realign our thinking and perspective.  Jim Piper shares his advice and personal experiences to help you grow as an employee and a leader.  Don't just show up for work and do y...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim talks with Chris Dobkins founder of Njevity.  Njevity provides Cloud and On Premises Accounting and Customer Relationship Management solutions to mid-market customers all over the world.  Chris started the company as a one man operation in 2001 and has grown the company to a team of over 40 employees with 10 million dollars in revenue.  He shares his thoughts a...

Send us Fan Mail Patrice Light-Mabary shares her incredible near death experience.  Surviving eight cardiac arrests!  What it was like to not be able to communicate while still knowing what was going on around her.  How her family and her faith helped her survive and have the will to live.  Why she's thankful and lives life with a positive outlook even after losing both hands, half of one foo...

Send us Fan Mail Jim's guest today is coach Mandy Martinez.  Mandy is a highly successful cheer coach whose teams have won multiple state and regional championships.  Mandy has been named the Continental Cheer Coach of the Year, Colorado High School Sports and Activities Cheer Coach of the Year and National Federation of High School Sports Cheer Coach of the Year, just to name a few of her ac...

Send us Fan Mail What is "The God Factor"?  It sounds like the title to some new thriller, action movie or the final level of a virtual reality game doesn't it?  But... in reality, it is something much more attainable than saving the world in a blaze of explosions!  Jim Piper talks about real world examples and the choices we make that can lead us away from or closer to God. Join th...

Send us Fan Mail Bad things do happen.  They happen in our daily lives, our families, our communities and around the world.  Jim Piper shares his biblical views on this age old question.  Why does God let bad things happen? Join the Lead Today Community and get your FREE LEADERSHIP KIT ! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jim's special guests today are Sarah Stonestreet and Erin Kunkle hosts of the Strong Women podcast.  Together they discuss feminism, gender confusion, the need for leaders to speak the truth and more!  And guys... whatever you're thinking this podcast is about, you're probably wrong.  Listen! Join the Lead Today Community and get your FREE LEADERSHIP KIT ! Support t...