The Kevin Miller Podcast

How does simply tracking your daily activities affect your overall success? It’s massive. As with most positive improvement, actually, all...the point is brain training. Trying to get our brains to make the right decisions, do what we truly want to do...so we’re all looking for ways to manage ourselves. So here with daily tracking, We’re not talking massive goals planning here, we’re dumbing it down to the ridiculously simple, that none of us can deny is easily possible. Anything in your life where you want health and success, if you will just make a daily note of what you did in that area, you will improve. Why? As you’ll hear in the show, it increases your awareness, accountability and motivation. Again, just simply...noting down what you did. Even if it’s...nothing. You’ll see it and it will give you conscious and subconscious fuel to do something, the next day. So I kick this discussion off with a clip from Zig Ziglar on this issue. The clip is not even a minute and a half and me quickly mentions how to increase your sales and weight loss! From the message I posted this question on my Facebook page - “In your goals and pursuits and growth, how are you measuring or tracking your progress and results?” Zig Ziglar’s son, CEO of Ziglar and my dear friend Tom Ziglar joined me to talk through all your comments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is being mentally tough a healthy habit for success? This is our Habits show where we walk through the seven spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of life and hear the healthy habit of our guests. This time we’re with Alan Stein, high performance coach known for his work with  pro basketball players and author of “Raise Your Game”. In show 655 we dug into his message and primarily focused on the massive value and necessity of...self-awareness. On that note, reviewing his healthy habits was profound. I was intrigued with his commentary on mental toughness and the reality that all we can control is our attitude and effort, and that goes even for NBA pro athletes. You can get the book and connect with Alan at raiseyourgamebook.com/ or wherever you buy books. Though at his site you can get a free preview right away.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Ziglar Show, I’m your host, Kevin Miller. Do you really know how to listen? I asked this question on Facebook,” What have you been taught regarding...listening? Being a good listener? Do you think you are a good listener?” We received about 50 responses, but while a lot of people shared things they had heard in regards to being a good listener,  most also admitted...they weren’t so good. This comes from my recent series on listening, brought to us by Oscar Trimboli, don’t miss his show #651. And for this Q&A session, I asked Oscar to join us! I think I learned more from hearing his responses to your real life questions that I did in my main interview with him. And as you’ll hear, he was listening. To me. Watching me. And you’ll hear first hand how he employs deep listening skills in the moment. I’ve had so many people say they went to his website at oscartrimboli.com and purchased his book. I’d highly recommend it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your key to success? Well first, there isn’t one, there will be a bunch of keys. The best way to find them? Discover the keys that successful people use in their lives! Which I bet is a main reason you listen to The Ziglar Show. But we can’t listen to any one person’s success keys and adopt them for our lives. We are unique and will need a unique batch of keys to unlock our own potential. SO...the tagline for this show is “Inspiring Your True Performance”. I received a book titled “Raise Your Game - High performance secrets from the best of the best.” I was intrigued initially, then much more when I began reviewing the book. Alan Stein, Jr. is the author and our guest today. Here’s what I think is of such great value though. Alan didn’t just survey successful people, he worked directly alongside them. Long term and intimately. Specifically, NBA superstars. Alan is a world-renowned performance coach who spent most of his career working with pro basketball players. Now he’s a sought after speaker, podcast host and author. But before you get visions of his guidance being how to high jump and dribble, the first chapter of his book, the anchor in my opinion, is based on my current, favorite word: AWARE. Chapter one in his book is Self-Awareness. Do you get that? The testimony is that the first key ingredient they are looking for in a world-dominating basketball player is not height, reach, endurance, physical strength or even mental grit. It’s self-awareness. In my years of working as a professional in the personal development industry, after 362 Ziglar Show episodes and over 100 interviews with highly successful and influential people, I wholly agree. Chapter two of the book? Passion. Like self-awareness, passion is something anyone can have folks, that’s available to all of us! So you can see why I’m excited about this message!You can get the book and connect with Alan at raiseyourgamebook.com/ or wherever you buy books. Though at his site you can get a free preview right away. You’ll see a rave review from bestselling author Daniel Pink, our guest in show #575 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got labels? In this show, we’re going to talk about labels. The ones we want and don’t want. There are labels, positive and negative, we are given. That we often believe. There are many leaders who say “Deny any negative labels, reject them!” However, we sometimes get labels that we know...have some truth to them. And we just accept them. Even...when we change. Then what about the labels we want? Can we not become those? I have a message about this from...Zig Ziglar. He tells what is actually a fairly disheartening story of testimonies of how negative labels dramatically affected people’s live, of course, primarily for the worse. As you know, he doesn’t often spend time communicating anything negative. But to drive home his point, he did in this clip. But as always, he uses it to empower us. From the clip I posted this message to the Ziglar audience: QUESTION: 1. What negative label (from others or yourself) do you strive to reject? 2. What positive label do you strive to be? I asked Michelle Prince to join me to talk through your comments, we got through as many as we could. This is a very tangible and often sore issue in our lives, but getting it out on the table to deal with is really, really significant. We ultimately got far more comments about the positive labels people are striving for, embracing and becoming. Very inspiring discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the healthy habits of a professional listener? Though Oscar Trimboli actually says he’s not, he’s striving like we all are. But he’s a professional listening teacher at the least! This is our Habits show where we walk through the 7 spokes on the Ziglar Wheel of Life, this time with...Oscar Trimboli, our guest in show 651 where are topic was Deep Listening. I just received a requested case of his little book, Deep Listening, to give to those closest to me. I’d really, really encourage you to get yours, go to oscartrimboli.com. Of interest to me, in discussing Oscar’s personal habits, as you heard in the intro clip, he realizes that a person he often needs to listen to, is...himself. He also talks about his interest in photography, which he perceives as another form of...listening. You’ll be intrigued to hear all the habits of this deep thinker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the primary enemy of your ongoing peace? This is the question I posed to our listeners. I’m referring back to my interview with Rick Hanson in show #647 where we talked about being Resilience. And I wanted to hear from you. And asked that question on Facebook, “What is the primary enemy of your ongoing peace?” I feel like I keep saying this, but it was a near record number of incredibly candid responses. Most people seemed well aware of what the consistent culprits are that can easily derail them if they are not diligent and aware, which is excellent, because getting them out on the table is half the battle. Tom Ziglar joined me to talk through them and it was convicting for us all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you hear me? Do you hear anyone? In this show I give focus to a skill that can increase your social stature, influence and overall opportunity...exponentially. A skill that, according to our guest, only 2% of the world is ever, ever taught. A skill few of us ever even think about...though we direly desire this skill in others and adore those who happen to have it. What is the skill? Listening. Why do you care? Wouldn’t you...like to be adored by others? Have influence with them? Have better relationships, with everyone? Your spouse or significant other, your children, you co-workers or employees or business partners and associates...your friends...again, everyone? Please don’t miss this show and this message. It’s not sexy. But neither is saving money. Being debt free forever...everyone wants it. Listening is doing the work, for massive social capital. It’s so easy to stand out and be a hero, because as you’ll hear in this show, few people effectively listen. As you’ll hear, me included. My guest is Oscar Trimboli. He’s an expert in this field and wrote a small, coffee table book titled “Deep Listening” - Impact beyond words. After a short review...I knew I needed to bring him and his message, to you...the Ziglar audience. Oscar is a consultant to organizations such as Cisco, Google, HSBC, News Corp, PayPal, Qantas, and TripAdvisor helping executives and their teams listen to what’s unsaid by the customers and employees. As you will hear in the show, while Oscar began this research on listening in the business world, he is not focused on each of us individually and has the goal of bringing deep listening to 100 million people. Be sure to check Oscar out: https://www.facebook.com/oscartr https://twitter.com/oscartrimboli https://www.instagram.com/oscartrimboli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The answer is more important than you’d think. I’m bringing you a two minute clip from Zig Ziglar today on, retirement. I’ll preface by admitting what he says is somewhat controversial. But the point massively valid regarding retirement, if that is your goal and expectation. So I simply asked this question on my personal Facebook page, “Do you look forward to retiring? Why or why not?” Quickly there were over 60 comments, and two distinct sides. The comments were all valuable enough that I changed my format and instead of having one of my regular co-hosts with me, I’m going to read through a majority of the comments, then simply pose some questions to you...and leave you to ponder your own perspective and desire. This will be an interesting show. And as it’s relevant to so many, I’d ask you to share it with others who you feel it would be of value to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you feel you are enough? This is our Habits show, where we walk through the seven spokes of the Ziglar Wheel of Life, and this time we get to do it with Rick Hanson, our guest in show 647, where we talked about Resilience and Hardwiring Happiness. In walking through Rick’s habits, I was intrigued by his exercise of dwelling on...being enough. That he, at any moment, is enough. It struck me how often I don’t, feel enough, and I know that perspective handicaps so many, amazing people. And with Rick, I’d really encourage you to check out his www.thefoundationsofwellbeing.com offering. It’s a Yearlong Program for Lasting Happiness, Confidence, and Peace of Mind and it is really significant. Small changes can make a big difference to your business – like the way you pay your bills • I really like the focus of Bill.com, the digital business payments leader trusted by more than 3 million members • Many businesses still process checks manually, which means so much wasted time and paper AND no clear audit trail. Seriously folks, this is what sold me on Bill.com, I’m guilty of still doing some paper checks • Bill.com is just a better way • Email or upload bills, and then Bill.com automatically routes for approvals and reminds you when it’s time to pay • Pay domestic or international vendors with just a click – anytime, anywhere • Bill.com automatically syncs with leading accounting software, so you won’t have to enter data twice! • You can go digital and simplify things with Bill.com • Now is the perfect time for you to check out Bill.com with this great offer • Get a 30-day risk-free trial with no obligation and no credit card required • And, when you continue after the 30 days, you’ll get a $50 Amazon Gift Card! • Anyone can get the free trial, but the $50 gift card  is just for you Ziglar listeners! Learn more and get access to this great offer  at Bill.com – slash - ZIGLAR • For full details and to sign up go to Bill – dot - com –slash – ZIGLAR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices