Unlocking Greatness with Ryan James Miller

Over the last few weeks, I have been getting a lot of questions from colleagues, clients, friends, and even strangers in regards to how I am doing during the quarantine. I felt like now was a good time to share my answers, and help other people answer these wonderful questions for themselves. After answering them last week on a live webinar, I decided to share the audio with you here. Here were th...

Mark Metry is the bestselling author of Screw Being Shy, the host of the Global Top 100 Humans 2.0 Podcast, a sought-after speaker, a Forbes contributor, and has been featured on Amazon Prime’s The Social Movement. I had the pleasure of hosting Mark on the podcast and we dug deep into the reason for his book, and more importantly, why he is so passionate about helping others with social anxi...

I was fortunate to be invited onto a yet-to-be-named, soon-to-be-launched podcast with my close friends and CrossFit coaches, Collin Meeves and Kody Fairfield. We set out to talk about stress and as we got going, we uncovered holes in our self-awareness and realized the necessity of being vulnerable. While this conversation was set for their podcast, they were gracious enough to allow me to share...

Bob Burg is a speaker and author, most known for co-authoring The Go-Giver. The Go-Giver, a Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller, has sold over 950,000 copies and was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written.  Early in 2019, I read The Go-Giver for the first time and it changed my life, both professionally and personally. I had the pleasure of speaki...

Kyle Elliott is a Career and Life Coach focused on helping people to find their fabulousness. He has served over 1,000 clients to date, been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The Ladders, and The Muse, is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and an annual Disneyland Annual Passholder (this is important to him!). Kyle and I had a fantastic conversation. We have been connected for some ti...

Alison Brown is a 20-year award-winning fitness and nutrition expert, founder of The Switch Project, Co-Owner of New U Personal Training Studio, and a best-selling author of Making the Switch. Alison and I had an opportunity to talk about the need to focus on the internal in order to affect the external, the importance of investing in yourself, why mom’s need to put themselves first, and how to ma...

I reached out to my network to share questions they wanted me to answer. Here were the 4 I addressed. How do we continue to use the language of optimism in business, particular as consultants, to gain new clients when it has been co-opted by scammers and fake gurus? How do you define success? With your experiences, what are you surprised that you didn’t know early on? Meaning, what’s s...

Ryan Sprance is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Kaihatsu Media, a digital media agency focused on developing brand awareness and sales growth through social media, optimizing digital marketing spend and developing Influencer Marketing programs. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Awestruck, a digital media agency focused on the travel, tourism, hospitality, and entertainment ver...

Chantel Soumis is a Brand Sorcerous, a Motivational Keynote Speaker, and an Advocate for the Differently Abled. She’s showing up on a regular basis in major publications, large live events, and all over social media. Chantel’s life has been one of significant challenge and while those challenges would have shut most people down, it fired Chantel up. She has learned to work through a diagnosis of M...

Fear. Is it good, bad, or something else altogether? We decided to have a conversation on this topic after a Linked post that John made a few weeks (here – https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwelch… ). We talk about the good things fear produces, the bad things, and ways to work through both sides of it. John Welches is a close friend and colleague. He is also the Founder of Red Mallard, a...

Jennifer Bashant is the CEO of Building Better Futures, LLC. She is a trainer, coach, and speaker with the mission to empower people to live their best lives. Her work takes her into the corporate world as well as into the education system. Jennifer and I got right into a few wonderful topics, including: The importance of learning and understanding people’s gifts and talents in order to showcase t...

In this first episode of 2020, I couldn’t help but take some time to reflect on how amazing 2019 was. Now that doesn’t mean that 2019 was all rainbows and unicorns because I was presented with some significant challenges, but what it means was that even through all of that, I am more fulfilled then I’ve ever been. In this episode, I take some time to share my practices of reflect...

Mikhail Alfon is the Founder and President of Blue Light Media, a digital marketing and advertising agency located in Costa Mesa, CA. He and his team at Blue Light have developed an industry-leading content planning, production, and distribution process and teamed up with some of the best technologies in the industry to create results that matter.   Apart from what you read in a traditional bio, M...

I deeply believe that I have been called to do the work I do. And that through the work I do, I have the amazing opportunity to glorify God. Recently, I was able to preach a sermon entitled “Work to the Glory of God”. After listening back, I thought that this would be great to share with you. Whether you believe in God or not, I am confident you will find encouragement in what you are doing and ma...

Natasha Hazlett is an inspirational speaker, business marketing consultant and best-selling author of “Unstoppable Influence: Be You. Be Fearless. Transform Lives.” She empowers entrepreneurs around the world with the clarity, confidence, and strategies they need to boost their income and influence while working less. Natasha came out hot, giving insight into what she did to scale her own business...

Every so often, I am blessed with an opportunity to be on the other side of the microphone as a guest on someone else’s podcast. And recently, Ryan Sullivan invited me to do just that on his podcast, Fatherhood on Fire. Here’s what he had to say to describe our conversation together. Ryan brings the heat! We talk about Servant Leadership at home. The challenges he had to overcome to be the leader...

As crazy as it sounds, Tim Lomakin has been flying airplanes since he was 8 years old. A deep passion for flying coupled with hard work and commitment has earned him the role of President at Wing Aviation Group.  Tim has been a close friend to me for many years so I enjoyed digging into his story of growing up as a pilot, working for his dad’s charter jet company, and having to make the difficult...

In this week’s episode, Michelle is back so we can discuss a near-awful moment I had, having difficult conversations in marriage, and much more. I also got an email last week from a married couple that we discussed. Plus, it’s Thanksgiving week and we talk about being thankful (duh, right?). Connect with Michelle: Instagram – @ocontrend Direct links to podcast: Spotify – http://b...

I was sitting with a friend that shared this crazy story of one of his clients climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The more he shared, the more I realized how much I wanted to hear the story from her. And doing so on this podcast seemed like a fitting context Heather Falcone is the CEO of Thermal-Vac Technology, Southern California’s premier brazing, heat-treating, and finishing facility. They work with s...

Rachel Druckenmiller is the Founder & CEO of UNMUTED. She is a Keynote Speaker and passionate about Humanizing the Workplace and Beating Burnout. During this conversation, we covered so many different topics including a need to gain approval from those around us including family, friends, and co-workers, bringing hope to others by sharing our story and helping them to share theirs, beating bur...

In this episode of the Sunday Download, Michelle and I chat about dealing with anger (how we deal with it, why we lash out more at people we love, and how to grow), my doubt to do well when speaking (whether in business or church), Michelle’s peeve with a dirty froyo shop, and my tendency to cry. Check out this episode and give us some feedback! Connect with Michelle: Instagram –  @ocontrend...

TK Kader is an international best-selling author, angel investor and life and business strategist. TK is the Founder of the organization, Unstoppable Life Accelerator, an organization that helps people reduce Sunday anxiety and create a life plan to lead more proactive lives. He is also the author of How to Punch the Sunday Jitters in THE FACE, an international best- selling book. TK and I had a g...

In this Sunday download, I introduce my wife to the podcast. We discuss structure and goals, parenting, dating in marriage, and why you never tell your wife not to eat cracker jacks. My hope is to continue to share the Sunday Download hosting responsibilities with my wife as it brings a fresh voice and new perspective. Connect with Michelle: Instagram – @ocontrend Direct links to podcast: Sp...

Nate Randall is the Founder and President of Ursa Major Consulting as well as the host of the Illuminate HR Podcast. Previous to that, he led HR and benefits roles with Washington Mutual, Safeway, and Tesla. Nate and I dug deep into the ways in which the HR role needs to change and why that will be an enormous benefit to organizations everywhere. He shared a couple really cool stories from the cra...

I’m kicking off a new weekly podcast episode called Sunday Download. My goal is to do my best to download what happened during the previous week and share what I’ve learned. This week, I am talking about underforming in the gym, mindgames, and servant leadership. I would love your feedback as I try this new format and add a second podcast episode each week. Connect with me: LinkedIn &#...