The Kevin Miller Podcast

What you do to get your spirits up? The question comes from a Zig Ziglar story of a seminar he did, where they had a doctor take blood from participants before and after his two hour talk. The results after showed a big increase in endorphins and dopamine. Now the point wasn't simply HIS talks, but what positive-input does to our physical bodies. I play the two minute story from Zig, and then I posted this question on Facebook, “What activities do you proactively engage in or with to energize yourself mentally?” In a sense, what do you frequently do to “lift your spirits?” The responses were really varied, it was incredibly interesting to read through...which Tom Ziglar and I did together. You'll get much from this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about...quitting. Quitting In order to really get started. We go on a journey with a guy who did just that. Ben Feder climbed the corporate ladder to a big career, big income and in many ways, big success. But it had a cost...his family, relationships, health...the normal stuff we reference a lot but few people do anything about it. Ben  was CEO of Take Two interactive, the publisher of the smash video game hits Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto, and NBA 2K. At the top of his career. And...he walked away. Took his four kids out of school and moved his family to Bali for a year. He found himself, his family and a message he’s now sharing with the world in his new book,  Take Off Your Shoes: One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back. But it’s interesting. Today he is President of International Partnerships for the U.S. at Tencent Games, a massive chinese conglomerate that publishes video games. You’d think he would have come back and started a farm or something, but he went back to what he knows...big corporate business. But he went back...differently. Which you’ll hear in the show. The big takeaway is the power of living deliberately. And we cover the issue of...not everyone can up and move to another country and not work for a year. But you can take a “sabbatical of the mind” and much more. You can see more from Ben at https://benfederauthor.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We ask a big question..."What do you want people to think of when they hear your name?" The question came from  show 607 with Lisa Grimes, in the section where we discussed creating your personal brand.  I was so enamored with the question, I decided to use it for this weekly facebook question, and asked Lisa to come back and talk through the comments with me. But I took the question further and split it into a two part question, because I think we all may have two truthful answers. 1) how does your base ego want people to think of you, and 2) how does your more mature, altruistic and I'll say "righteous-self" want people to think of you? I actually did a little video on Facebook to pose the question, and gave my own answers. Over 500 people watched the video and we got a lot of interesting comments that took us down some amazing roads, including some of the unique challenges men and women face regarding...how they are perceived. It’s a powerful exercise we really challenged everyone to do. You won’t want to miss our discussion and all the comments submitted. You can join these weekly discussions and submit your own comments and feedback by finding and friending me on Facebook at agentkmiller, I’d be delighted to connect with you there and get your perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The habits of Lisa Grimes, my guest in show 607. Lisa has a new book she co-authored with Paula Brown Stafford titled…”Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success. Create Balance. Experience Fulfillment. As a refresher, Lisa’s focus is living life meaningfully and on purpose, and being connected to other people. She’s spent 33 years in corporate America with roles in management, sales and business development and multiple stints as CEO of large companies. She’s also been an  entrepreneur,  spent a decade as a decorator, and…adopted a child who was deaf and mute after being told she couldn’t have children. She’s been a busy woman and it’s enlightening to hear the habitual things she does to keep herself well. Check this out, she suffers from osteoarthritis and had her stem cells injected into her joints, making her the first person in the world do have ever done so in her hands! She's also done it in both knees. She also has the gift of hospitality, which lends itself to her belief in the high value of connecting with others, in personal life and in business. I’ve probably spent over 3 hours on the phone with Lisa in the past week, she is just an intriguing person who has experienced so much Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look at the concept of how we stay up and positive instead of low and negative.  Zig Ziglar gives us a short message, telling us of how often people told him, “Zig, I was feeling so down, I was so low, then I read your books or listened to your messages again and got back up!” While that is great, Zig asks, “Wouldn't it be better to be continually working to stay up and not get so low to begin with? He states, “It’s easier to stay up, than to get up!” Before you question whether this is realistic, have you heard this quote from Zig? “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”Truly, think about it. Do you take a shower and then wait multiple days until your hair is greasy and you have really rank b.o. Before you shower again? Or do you kind of...keep on top of it? If you go to a place of employment everyday, or...if you’re married, I’ll bet you tend to personal hygiene daily. Well, Zig is calling us to tend to our motivational hygiene, daily. Before our attitude gets greasy and rank. So...from his message I asked this question,  “What do you do, consistently, to strengthen and prepare yourself 1) Physically, 2) Mentally and 3) Emotionally to be well and better withstand life’s challenges? Then, if you’d also state 4) Which area you struggle with most.” We got loads of responses and Tom Ziglar and i talked through them. You’ll be very interested to hear what all was shared...got us both inspired.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this show we are talking about you. And charging you with remembering, who...you...are. And if you don’t know, figuring it out. My guest is Lisa Grimes and the title of the book she coauthored with Paula Brown Stafford is...Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success. Create Balance. Experience Fulfillment. Lisa and Paula co-authored the book and jointy run a consulting firm called Habergeon which you can find at habergeon.com/ Lisa’s focus is living life meaningfully and on purpose, and being connected to other people. She’s spent 33 years in corporate America with roles in management, sales and business development and multiple stints as CEO of large companies. She’s also been an  entrepreneur,  spent a decade as a decorator, and…adopted a child who is deaf and mute after being told she couldn’t have children. We cover a lot of ground, and give direct and candid focus to some of the challenges women in the workplace face. We dig into some of the big and volatile issues between men and women in the workplace. Tons of value for all, but you ladies especially will want to hear this...and guys, share with your wives or women you care about! I think many women will get significant comfort and freedom from what Lisa shares. And...I make some callouts to us Dads to...step up our game. Connect with Lisa at habergeon.com, you can buy the book, “Remember Who You Are” there, or wherever you buy books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look at a dramatic exercise...writing your eulogy. Which in essence is...not merely writing out a goal or goals, but the goal you have for your life! That...is daunting, as you’ll hear. So I got the idea from Jesse Cole, who was my guest in show 603. Jesse is the author of “Find Your Yellow Tux” and the guy who is reinventing baseball. But most importantly, he is giving joy to so, so many people. But as you’ll hear, or you already heard, in show 603, I started off citing what Jesse starts his book off with, his eulogy. And it just impacted me. So...I wrote my own. It wasn’t easy. Then I asked our Facebook group to write their and post it. And I asked Jesse to come back and join me to talk through them. We got a lot of responses, but they weren’t all eulogies. Many just commented on the concept, positively and negatively. What I came to from it all, was I believe...profound. You can listen and decide for yourself.  I want to give a premise though...Check this out: in business, we give great focus to our brand, as we should. It’s the image people have of our companies. We go to great lengths to say what our brand is, but ultimately we can’t claim what our brand truly is, the marketplace will say what our brand is, in truth. We work to influence them, but they have the final say. Same with our eulogy. One day one will be given for us, at our funeral. What will people say? The deal is…we have between now and then to influence…what will be said. And just like a goal, the best way to hit our target is to decide what we want it to be...then to write it down and keep it before us. As of this recording, US Senator John McCain died just days ago, and before his death he requested that former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush deliver eulogies at his funeral. They will testify to who they viewed him to be. It’s a big deal folks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with the yellow tux man himself, Jesse Cole, who keeps his baseball team and stadium sold out over a year out and is out to change the face of baseball. How? By not making it about baseball, but about entertainment, experience, relationships and memories. Our main interview with him was in show #603 on how to stand out and be different...and how placing your relationships first...are such massive opportunities for success. In this show we follow the seven spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life and find out Jesse’s habits for success. He runs everyday but struggles with his nutrition, which I would too if my life was in a baseball stadium surrounded by hotdogs and nachos! He writes 10 ideas per day to further grow that muscle in his brain, and if you listen to show 603 you will realize the guy is an idea factory! You’ll also hear he and his wife weathered going from zero debt and living in their dream house to $1.8 million in debt. But have now come out on top. It’s a great conversation folks. Get Jesse’s book, “Find Your Yellow Tux” at http://findyouryellowtux.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have an important question for you to consider in regards to...what do you most need now to help your personal progress? we listen to a clip from Zig Ziglar on having a positive mental attitude. And he brings up the issue of increasing performance...regardless of increasing knowledge. Which begged a great question that I posted on Facebook, "For your current, personal progress, do you feel you need to 1) Learn new information to increase your skills and abilities, or need to 2) Improve your confidence/attitude/faith/motivation in order to increase your skills and abilities?" We had a tremendous response and Tom Ziglar and I talked through the comments. Really intriguing, you’ll want to join us for sure. If you haven’t yet done so, find me on Facebook and friend me...at agentkmiller so you can give your great feedback for these weekly questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are about to get convicted on the need to...stand out from the crowd. There are very few things where you can honestly say you are the best. But you can always find a way to be different. You must. So I have a treat for you. A guy who did it in an amazing way...with a low level baseball team. It’s a movie worthy story. I attended Social Media Marketing World in San Diego in early 2018 and saw this guy walking by in...a bright yellow tux. I think you could have seen him from outer space. And my mom says, “Oh, I’ve got to introduce you to Jesse! We walk over and get an introduction to...Jesse Cole. Later I get the story from my Dad. Jesse took a college league baseball team in Savannah Georgia that was having maybe a couple hundred people attend a given game, and...he went nuts. He decided to make the event about family and entertainment, with a little baseball thrown in. A couple short years later, they pack out EVERY game with over 4,000 people and are sold out a year ahead! He has two teams now and much more coming in the future. It’s just an amazing, and true story. Kind of where the truth is stranger and more glorious than fiction. Going from a nice living to going a million in debt and living on ramen noodles, literally, to now being poised to change baseball as we know it. Really, you’ve got to hear what is happening. But what’s best is, you’ll smile and be massively inspired. Jesse has inspired me...to do some things differently. Better. Invest in relationships more. You’ll want to hear this. I’d encourage you to get his book, “Find Your Yellow Tux” How To Be Successful by Standing Out” - get it at findyouryellowtux.com or wherever you buy books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices