The Kevin Miller Podcast

We are back with Patrick Lencioni after our main interview in show 549 on being the ideal team player. In this show, we go behind the scenes with Patrick and follow his struggles and healthy habits following the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights: He’s a lifetime athlete but struggles with hip and knee issues. He’s cut way back on sugar, especially habits like downing a whole bag of red vines! His biggest family challenge is just too many activities. His mental regimen has three components, exercise, sleep, and silence. He attends mass every day for half an hour and feels it’s the best thing he does all day. In his career, he always wants to be taking some risks and not be found overprotecting the last, best thing. On the personal front, he’s terrible at taking time to do things he just enjoys and doesn’t nurture friendships enough. And he loves going to the movies. connect with Patrick at tablegroup.com/hub and find his new book “The Ideal Team Player” wherever you buy your books! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Lencioni is one of the most sought-after corporate speakers and influences on the planet. He has 11 best-selling books and his latest is just tremendous. It’s titled “The Ideal Team Player” - How to recognize and cultivate the three essential virtues. Now folks, either we want to hire the ideal team player, or we want to know how to BE the ideal, most desired team player. I’ll give it away - the three essential virtues are humility, hunger, and smarts. But that doesn’t truly give it away, as you need to understand the specific dynamics. Patrick is an authority on human dynamics, especially in the workplace. It was an incredible conversation, as he has an amazing story that sets him up to be the innovator he is in this space.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is a message from Zig Ziglar on dealing with hardships in our past, overcoming them, and progressing on to success. From the clip we posted on Kevin Miller’s Facebook page - agentkmiller - this question, “What is something bad or challenging from your past that handicapped you, but you have finally overcome? And if you have something that is still handicapping you and you are struggling to overcome it, please share as well.” As always, we received tremendous comments that Michelle Prince and Kevin talked through. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with Chris Ducker. Don’t miss the main interview in show 546 where we talked about his journey and his just-released book, “Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. Get it at Youpreneur.com/book. Today we go behind the scenes with Chris and follow the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. We find out what Chris struggles with, and the healthy habits he employs to overcome them. Some highlights - He’s one of the few Brits who doesn’t like football, he’s an NBA fan! Boston Celtics specifically. He does not like exercise but does it to be around a long time for his kids. He reads to his kids every night and makes pancakes and bacon for them every Saturday. He believes in creating recurring moments and lessons for his kids. His best mental exercise is getting enough sleep, and a great tip I got from him is, he does not look at email till noon and saves the morning for creative work. His best career advice is understanding the importance of relationships - people should be treasured, not used. Thanks to Health IQ for supporting this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is truly a message that fits almost every listener. The entrepreneurs and all who would like to be. Chris Ducker is our guest and he does not bring yet another how to DO entrepreneurship as much as how to BE entrepreneurship. His new book is called Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. But we spend a lot of our time on Chris’ personal story. How did he go from zero to hero...how did he, inspire his true performance, and how is he continuing to do so? And from that...how can we do it better! A quick bit on Chris if you don’t know him; He is a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestsellers, “Virtual Freedom”, and more recently, “Rise of the Youpreneur” - The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business. Based in Cambridge, England, he owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 450 full-time employees internationally. He’s also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com - the leading personal brand business education company in the world. Chris hosts the annual Youpreneur Summit, which is held in London, U.K. each November and is the self-proclaimed ‘Proudest Brit’ doing business online! Connect with him at Youpreneur.com/book, and do yourself a favor and go get his book now! Rise of the Youpreneur. Two great packages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A two-minute clip from the man, Zig Ziglar on the motivation to do a better job than average. He tells a very personal story from his youth that helped chart his course to success. From the message I asked on my agentkmiller facebook page, “What has inspired you, now and/or in the past, to do a better than average job?” As always, incredible responses that you will resonate with and be inspired by and a really eye-opening conversation with my co-host Michelle Prince as we talk through the comments. I again compiled them into categories, 7 actually, and we talk through to the most popular answer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go behind the scenes with Mandy Harvey to hear her daily habits for success, following the 7 spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Please don’t miss our main interview with her in the last show, # 543. Some highlights coming up: To battle her connective tissue disorder and resulting bad joints and ligaments, she must work out 60 minutes per day to gain muscle. She travels so much right now she’s often only home 4 days a month, so she has to be ultra intentional in scheduling time with friends and family. She works on her music 40-70 hours per week. Her faith is the most important thing in her life but with her schedule and pace, she struggles to spend time in her bible and at church. The pace has often had her only sleeping 4 hours per night so she’s really had to dig into time management. Personally, she loves fishing and calls her family “grocery fishermen” because they fish to eat. Again, just super, super interesting and inspiring. Connect with Mandy at mandyharveymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is a special treat - chances are you’ve seen the blockbuster show, America’s Got Talent. And if so, you may have seen Mandy Harvey, the incredible singer who is, deaf. Talk about an overcoming, inspiring story! She was in college pursuing a vocal music education degree, then lost her hearing. She left the program to pursue other career options, but later returned to music. There is a great story on what led to that. Fast forward to America’s Got Talent where she reached the finals and was Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer Winner, and in addition, CNN’s Great Big Story captured over 10 million hits on social media, Burt’s Bees signed her up for their “Remarkable Women” campaign, NBC Nightly News profiled her, and she has started performing at the world’s most prestigious clubs, concert stages and festivals.Now in addition to her recording career, live performances, and inspirational speaking, Mandy has just released her first book title; Sensing The Rhythm, Finding My Voice In a World Without Sound and it’s a message of helping others to realize their dreams and pursue their hopes. As an Ambassador for No Barriers USA, she travels the country to heighten awareness, break down blocks, challenge stereotypes, and lead the charge toward a brighter future for all.In this show we talk about her, her story and her message.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A two-minute clip from Zig Ziglar on the power of good relationships. He states that Relationships more important than anything else for your health, and of course vital for your success in life overall. From the clip, I asked this question on Facebook, “In your experience, what things hurt relationships most? We received over 70 comments, and this is just at my personal page at agentkmiller, not the Ziglar facebook page of 4.5 million. I categorized the responses into 11 headlines and Michelle Prince and I talked through them counting down to the number one thing people cited most. It was incredibly revealing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go behind the scenes with Skip Prichard after our main interview with him in show 540. We follow the spokes in the Ziglar Wheel of Life. Some highlights - Lifting weights makes Skip happy, he could do it all day long. But he also loves to eat, it’s his weakness. He’s a passionate believer in dark chocolate. He and his family all sing together and feel it’s a great stress reliever. Skip reads a book a day, but struggles to get adequate sleep. He likes Jim Rohr’s statement of working harder on self than the job, and admits making time for just himself is difficult. You will get much from this talk. Connect with Skip at skipprichard.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices