The Kevin Miller Podcast

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

Do you see it coming?! In this show I harken back to show 643 with Carey Nieuwhof where we discussed his message, “Didn’t See It Coming”, Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. We got a lot of great feedback on that show, and realized that half the battle, or more, is simply becoming aware! Thus the title of his message, “Didn’t see it coming.” So I wanted to hear from you, your real life stories. So I asked this question on Facebook:From the list below, which area, that everyone experiences to a degree, do you feel is most challenging for you, and why?And this is the list of the 7 greatest challenges from Carey’s book:CynicismCompromiseDisconnectionIrrelevancePride and NarcissismEmptinessBurnoutThe responses were incredibly candid, and while diverse...overlapping. Michelle Prince joined me to talk through as many of the comments as we could. We were touched and inspired. Abby Connect provides you with a team of U.S. based, professional, courteous receptionists that give your clients the best experience each and every time they call your business. 8-3-3-ABBY-WOW and mention our podcast OR go to abbyconnect.com/ziglar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to be happy, joyful, at peace? I can’t imagine anyone would say no. But as a human we generally look to our circumstances to provide these things. Something else is being...resilient...meaning ‘able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions’? So in this show we get to what I’m tempted to label a root issue of our personal performance, but that doesn’t feel like it does us justice. It’s Our very selves, our joy, our peace, our very lives. Rick Hanson is a psychologist whose focus is neuroscience. He wrote the book “Hardwiring Happiness” that my business partner who is an MD, said I MUST read. I went to buy the book and saw he had a new book, “Resilient” - How To Grow An Unshakable Core Of Calm, Strength, and HappinessNow folks, this isn’t about merely “feeling good”. You can get a temporary feel good from many things, as i mentioned before...circumstances. But We’re talking the foundation of ourselves. Being Calm in any situation, strong overall, and having true, enduring happiness. Those are not easy things to attain, and few truly have. All you strive for, every day, is for an ultimate goal. What is it? To be miserable, or happy and joyful? To be stressed out and worried, or at peace? So this is not theory, it comes from Rick’s research. It is an eye-opening, profound conversation. Quick background on Rick Hanson, he’s a Ph.D., a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 28 languages and include Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture.He’s founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. In 2016 he gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.You can find Rick’s books at.rickhanson.net/ , but if you are as intrigued by what you hear as I believe you will be, I encourage you to go to thefoundationsofwellbeing.com/ where you can literally engage with Rick’s methodology and neuroscience. Thefoundationsofwellbeing.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have lots and lots of knowledge. As a Ziglar Show listener, chances are almost every day you take in new knowledge, in the form of a book, podcast or video. New knowledge inspires us, which is incredibly valuable. But at some point we need to take action in our lives if we want to make any positive progress. In this show we hear a message from Zig Ziglar on Gaining Knowledge, Training Accordingly, Experiencing Growth and Realizing Change. From his message I asked this question to our audience, “What is a recent experience you have had with taking knowledge, and making actual change as a result?” Great comments that Tom Ziglar and I talked through and I believe you will relate to on many levels. This show is brought to you by Abby Connect - At a fraction of the cost of hiring an in-house assistant, Abby Connect provides you with a team of U.S. based, professional, courteous receptionists that give your clients the best experience each and every time they call your business. 8-3-3-ABBY-WOW and mention our podcast OR go to abbyconnect.com/ziglar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know NOT having hobbies or friendships is often a sign of burnout, or that you are heading that way? This is our Habits show where we walk through the seven spokes on the Ziglar Wheel of Life, and today we are back with Carey Nieuwhof. Our main show with Carey was number 643 where we talked through the message in his book  “Didn’t See It Coming”, Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. Carey is a speaker, podcaster and pastor of one of the largest and most influential churches in Canada. You can connect with Carey at didntseeitcomingbook.com. And of course get the book there or wherever you buy books. Carey’s podcast is The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: Lead Like Never Before. In this show Carey shares about his love of cycling, BBQs with friends, how he can so easily get discouraged and what he does to fend it off and his focus on this quote, ““By the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks”.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got pain? Had abuse? Endured some hardships? In this show, I wanted to visit one more time, our crucibles. In show 639 we talked with Dr James Kelley about harnessing our crucible or trials in essence for gain, instead of handicap. Using our adversity as a strength, not a weakness. I wanted to hear from our listeners, real issues. So I posted this question on Facebook: “Because I experienced and endured ___________, I am now able to _____________, that I otherwise would not be so capable of.” The responses were...deep. I had Michelle Prince join me and we struggled a couple times to keep our composure as we read testimonies about people’s adversities. What really became the focus was whether someone becomes bitter as a result of their adversity...or is able to redeem it. And we covered adversity and crucibles, from hard work environments to death and abuse. This I believe is a profound show for all of us. This show is brought to you by Abby Connect - At a fraction of the cost of hiring an in-house assistant, Abby Connect provides you with a team of U.S. based, professional, courteous receptionists that give your clients the best experience each and every time they call your business. 8-3-3-ABBY-WOW and mention our podcast OR go to abbyconnect.com/ziglar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don’t get caught by surprise! My biz partner, a medical doctor, says the most dangerous thing is...we don’t know what we don’t know. I find this to be true. It’s what we are blind to that most often takes us down. In this show we bring you a message titled, “Didn’t See It Coming”, Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. It comes from a book by the same title, authored by my guest Carey Nieuwhof a speaker, podcaster and pastor of one of the largest and most influential churches in Canada. So right off you’re wondering what those 7 challenges are? Here you go:CynicismCompromiseDisconnectionIrrelevancePride and NarcissismEmptinessBurnout Of course I get Carey’s personal story that brought him to this message and what he does today, but we get into these challenges, plus 11 warning signs that we are falling into these issues/ Folks, I was really intrigued by the message and our discussion. Nobody sets out to become any of those things, they happen over time, like gaining weight. Carey does a masterful job of opening our eyes with a breakdown of needed Self awareness, a Burnout quiz and just guidance on an overall Personal audit to clarify where we are and where we need to shore ourselves up. It’s a significant discussion. You can connect with Carey at didntseeitcomingbook.com. And of course get the book there or wherever you buy books. Carey’s podcast is The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: Lead Like Never Before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices