The Kevin Miller Podcast

Daunting and empowering, to realize your reality is in your control. In this show we hear a message from Zig Ziglar about our ability to choose. To choose how we’ll make our day, our life...better or worse. We can’t control everything, but we can control what is most important...ourselves. Our actions and responses and perspectives. It’s powerful medicine and it radically affects our circumstances and reality. From the message and with the New Year in mind, I asked listeners this question,  “What is a new decision that will make your life better...you are (or considering) making for the New Year?” We got a near record number of responses. Tom Ziglar joined me and we talked through a number of them. So, so inspiring.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. James Kelley’s Habits! In  show 339 we talked with Dr James Kelley, author of The Crucible’s Gift, about how our personal crucibles can and should be what empower us...and how this holds true for nearly all the leaders and influences and achievers of our time. This is our Habits show and here we walk with Dr Kelley through the 7 spokes of the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could a brief testimony radically change your perspective of yourself?? We hear a message from Zig Ziglar on how our paradigm might shift if we got a...special call...to begin our day. A call from someone we respected that testified to our value and worth. From the message I posted this question, "If 1) God undeniably appeared to you and simply informed you...you were currently functioning at about 1/4 the capacity and ability He had placed within you, then 2) you took an IQ test and it scored you beyond genius level, and then 3) three different people you highly respected asked you to join a high level mastermind with them (at no cost, they just wanted you to be involved with them...would you feel any different about yourself? How?" So many different responses we got, not all what you would expect. Tom Ziglar joined me to talk through the comments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your crucible? The definition of a crucible is this - “a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.” But think of it as...the things that have happened in your life that have shaped you...for better and worse. Wouldn’t you like to take all the things in your life and have them support and propel you instead of handicap and weight you down? Dr. James Kelley is my guest, he’s the author of “The Crucible’s Gift” and host of the podcast, “Executives After Hours”. It’s ultimately talking about many, many people who rose from adversity...in spite of or maybe because of, the crucibles in their lives. It’s a life altering topic folks. So many of the big movies today focus on people with superpowers. Regular people who had a mishap that gave them a superpower. They were bitten by a spider or electrocuted or fell in a vat of chemicals. In the movies, they get some cool superpower. In real life when bad things happen to us like that, we just expect we’ll just...die. Or be critically handicapped. But this concept is so, very real. Tragedy or at least hardship and disappointment is going to happen to everyone! From childhood on. How you deal with it is...everything. So will the crucible in your life make or break you? Help or handicap you? Overcome you or will you overcome it? And you may need to look into your past and consider what crucibles in your past have done to you. How do you perceive them? What is the story you tell about them? Were you equipped and empowered, or just...hurt? We also get into the crippling effect of blame.  It gets to the root of our very real...handicaps or strengths. And it may not be black and white for you. Maybe things happened that gave you some strengths, AND weaknesses. We’ll flesh it out with Dr Kelley. Hey, Dr Kelley agreed to give Ziglar listeners the first chapter in his book for free. Get it and connect with him at https://www.drjameskelley.com/ziglarshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What gives you energy?! In this show, that’s what I wanted to know! We’ve heard a lot from Abel James about energy and I wanted to hear from the audience, what you have found works for you, so I asked on my Facebook page,  “What is something you have done, or want to do, to help increase your overall energy?” Examples are areas such as (but not limited to!)  1) Nutrition, 2) Exercise, 3) Sleep, 4) Stress, 5) Hope/Inspiration, 6) Other. I had Michelle Prince join me to talk through the comments, and we hit a wide range of things folks do, it expanded on my own list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Define your own success and nurture relationships like a garden!” We are back with Abel James, the fat burning man himself, and he has some great insight for us. Abel was our guest in show 635 where we gave a lot of focus to...our energy. Getting fit and trim and well is great, but the main value is increased energy, and who wouldn’t appreciate that? So do yourself a favor and check that show out. In this show we go through the 7 spokes of the ziglar wheel of life and audit Abel’s habits. And yes, the first 15 minutes were spent on the first spoke alone...physical and nutrition. He went through his daily regimine in detail, which you'll gain much from. He’s so casual and gracious with his methodology, I think it will give you much comfort with what you can truly do to to help yourself….increase your energy. Which helps everything! One thing of interest from his habits, he and his wife took a year off the internet. Not something you’d expect from a celebrity who uses the online world as the chief location of their business. You’ll be interested to hear  it all. Connect with Abel at http://FatBurningMan.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When should you quit? When is continuing actually harming you? In this show we hear from Zig Ziglar about a guy pursuing what he deemed as...success. But once unpacked...realized the direction he was going was not at all going to produce was he wanted. I think aspects of the message speak to...all of us. Truly. From the message I asked this question on Facebook,  “What is a pursuit you have given up...for the better? Something you quit going after, and are grateful you did!” We got responses from career and business pursuits, to schooling, to personal relationship issues. Michelle Prince joined me to talk through all the comments, it was pretty amazing. You can of course join these weekly discussions by finding and friending me on Facebook at agentkmiller, I’d be honored to hear from your perspective and experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have a New Year’s gift for you. I’m going to give you your energy back! How does that sound? I really want you to listen here...do you have the energy and vibrancy you once had? If not, are you ok with this reality?  Have you bought into the norm of...that is aging? Are you 30 or 40 or 50 and talking about the things you “used to be able to do” but can’t? Hey, many people are fine with accepting this. I for one, am not. I just turned 48, I have 9 kids and one grandchild already. I run three businesses. One, I feel responsible to my family to be able to help and be there for them...for a long time. You are here because you are not the norm, so I know you will want to hear this message. I’m bringing you Abel James. Author of “The Wild Diet” and host of the wildly popular “Fat Burning Man” podcast. Abel James is a New York Times best-selling author, musician, and virtual outdoor adventure guide. He’s the host of the award-winning Fat-Burning Man Show, which has ranked as the #1 Health Podcast in 8+ countries around the world with more than 25+ million downloads. Abel has starred as a coach on ABC television and has been featured in WIRED, Entertainment Tonight, People Magazine, and many more.Connect with Abel at http://FatBurningMan.com  But folks, healthy eating, losing weight...I didn’t bring Abel to us to talk about these things specifically. As you’ll year from Abel, they are just vehicles for...energy. Getting you more energy. The energy of your youth. Why? So you can do and experience and enjoy and create...more. So you don’t have to accept the “normal” and inevitable decline. 50 years old is when most people begin establishing their life’s work, but we’ve gotten to the point where 50 is when we start winding down. I have something better for you, and as you’ll hear from Abel, it’s not complex. It’s simple. And inspiring.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are your limiting beliefs? In show 631 I talked with Mastin Kipp, author of “Claim Your Power” where his primary focus is finding your purpose...and the vehicle is understanding and overcoming...past trauma. Don’t just think tragedy, but any event in your life that helped create limiting beliefs, which we ALL, have. Powerful show, again, #631. I’ve been enamored with the message and have been working through the book in detail. But I wanted to hear more...and hear from you regarding Mastin’s message of hope and turning your trauma and limiting beliefs...into power. So I asked on Facebook, "What is a limiting belief you work to overcome?" I asked it in that way because, you may never totally get rid of it, even if you are able to succeed anyway. A big deal question…of course...we got great responses. Tom Ziglar joined me to read through the comments...you’ll greatly appreciate hearing real people dealing with real issues...and striving to overcome.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mastin Kipp was our guest in show 631 where we focused on dealing with past traumatic events to help get us unstuck and progressing forward. Mastin is the best selling author of “Claim Your Power.” In this show, we walk through his personal habits for success, following of course the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life that we hit on much in this show. It was interesting to hear that Mastin, a guy who is influencing a sea of people regarding personal and relational health, he cites that he is not naturally...a relational person. I have to say I could relate, I wonder if many of you will also. You can connect with Mastin and what he has to offer you, including his book, at mastinkipp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices