The Kevin Miller Podcast
The big question - what is the meaning of life? The great quest - to find meaning in life. I devoted my life to filling all the roles, pursuing all the achievements, and engaging with all the relationships I thought would provide the greatest meaning to my life. Only to come to the reckoning that the world doesn't give meaning to my life. I do. Join me as I discuss how we make meaning from our lives and how we can satisfy ourselves in every moment, regardless of the circumstances.
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*Over 75 million downloads, 350 expert guests, 1,700 episodes...and the journey continues on the podcast evolution from 'The Ziglar Show' to 'The Self-Helpful Podcast' to 'What Drives You' to 'The Kevin Miller Podcast'...
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445: When should we accept “No”
Zig tells his personal story of being rejected for his first sales position. When he finally got hired, he spent two and a half years…failing. Why did he keep pursuing this sales job when he was told he wasn’t qualified, he didn’t have any affinity
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444: Q&A with Tom Ziglar & Kevin Miller
You sent in questions on specific issues addressed in recent shows…and today we answer. Tom Ziglar and Show host Kevin Miller candidly respond to real questions from real people striving to inspire their true performance!
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443: The beautiful challenge of personal respon...
Zig gives his story and Dan Miller helps us unpack the essence of overcoming vs being overcome. By life. By challenges. We dig into drive, aspiration and the “DNA of desire”. This conversation really gets into the roots of why we do and don’t actual
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442: Determine your habits and why and succeed ...
In this show, we interview…Tom Ziglar. CEO of Ziglar and leader of the legacy! We recently got an iTunes 5-star review that simply said…”More Tom”. So…we aim to deliver, and today, we are! Tom Ziglar has been CEO of Ziglar for a long time, but s
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Success, Goals, Attitude & Christmas!
Tom Ziglar inspires our true performance by delivering some short, stout perspectives on Success, Goals and Attitude. Stand alone value. For those who desire, he wraps up by sharing some amazing Ziglar Christmas gift packages!
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441: Telling the truth in advance
Ziglar does not believe in “fake it until you make it”. But we do believe in “telling the truth in advance”. One of Ziglar’s most popular messages and offerings is his Self-Talk cards. In this show, host Kevin Miller digs in with Tom Ziglar to q
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440: Love your life, not theirs – with Rachel C...
Rachel Cruze inspires our true performance by pointing out a primary reason we spend money we shouldn’t, and become controlled by it. What is it? Social status. In today’s culture there is something causing us to do this more than ever, and I would no
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439: Stop the anger
In this message Zig expounds on the trajectory of anger and the necessity for us to understand it in others for what it so often is. It’s about them, not us. To rise above it however, we must have a level of self-confidence and a self-protecting willin
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438: Being Zig’s kid, the weird and good with J...
What can Zig teach you without speaking from a stage or a book? Let his youngest daughter tell you. He really was mortal, he wasn’t perfect, but the story is compelling. Plus get inspired by Julie’s message on “being the right person” as the key t
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437: Do people like you? Really?
Your capability on the job is maybe half your opportunity. Being liked is the other half. And if you are not well liked, you’ll lose opportunity to those who technically, are inferior to you. Don’t let this happens. Zig talks to us today about the val
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436: Sell with a Story – Paul Smith
Remember. You ARE in sales. If you want people to hear you, frame your message in a story. You don’t have to be or become a “storyteller”, you just simply utilize short (1-2 minute) stories to dramatically increase your success in communicating a me
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435: What you speak defines you
None of us realize the gravity of this reality. What we speak…our statements, our responses, our conversations, define us to others. And thus, garner us respect and attraction, or disdain and distance. To varying degrees. This is BIG medicine folks. Lis
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434: Provide value, get paid – with Jeff Goins
Jeff Goins “stumbled” upon success. Meaning, he had an education, a good job, a family…and a joy in writing. So he wrote. For his work, in blogs and more, till something happened. His wife got pregnant and would lose their second income. Then he got
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433: Who taught you how to communicate?
Chances are 99%...nobody. You are a novice. At best. Even if you’re better than anyone you know. Zig gives us the keys to what effective communication is, and how to do it well. Thanks so Salesforce for their support of this episode.
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432: Fire your boss! But keep your job - with A...
Aaron McHugh takes us on a journey from cultural self-preservation and conforming, to true, epic self-preservation. But it doesn’t mean quitting your job. His message frees you to have the control and joy in your work that you’ve always dreamed of. Or
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431: Pay the price now to avoid the cost later
Classic Zig gives us a 180 in this compelling message about the prices we pay today to avoid the far greater costs tomorrow. He frames it in a sales training message, but as you’ll hear in the show, we bring this incredibly valuable message directly hom
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430: Revisited: Zig’s 15 qualities of a success...
Forget “Keys To Success” and what you should DO. Zig gives us qualities for success and how you should BE, in order to have more success. This is the foundation and possibly what you’ve been missing in your quest!
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429: Young, inspired and on fire
Tom Ziglar brings us a new focus for Ziglar…inspiring today’s youth. He’s empowered two Ziglar leaders to lead an initiative to bring the Ziglar message of inspiration, motivation and massive personal transformation to today’s youth. If you ARE to
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428: Never start over and dance with fear
In show 424 we heard from Zig Ziglar and discussed the health of responding vs reacting. I invited questions. We got some on that topic, but it also just generated a bunch of great questions on the real life issues we cover here on The Ziglar Show regardi
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427: How does your image affect your performance?
And what should we do about it? Zig gives us a 10 minute message on the power of what others negatively say about us…that we agree with. Then what WE say to ourselves, that we agree with. Nobody has permission to minimize who we are, and we don’t have
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426: The Talented-Person Blind Spot – with Roy ...
You have talent, and you’re probably somewhat blind to it. You minimize your talent and yourself. Which makes you…normal, according to Roy H Williams. On September 18, 2016 Roy sent out his weekly “Monday Morning Memo” and within moments of readin
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425: Blame! Who or what?
Who or what is to blame? People and things DO happen to us. We are victims. As Tom Ziglar states in this show, feeling blame us often justified and makes all the sense in the world. We’ve often got every right to feel that way! But do we use the blame a
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424: Do you respond or react to life?
Zig asks us if we respond to life, or if we react to life? He explains the difference. Then he asks who or what do we allow to control our attitude, and therefore our actions? Who do we bequeath power to, or do we retain it for ourselves? Zig cites, “Y
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423: Why am I not changing?!
We as humans often skip over the foundational step. The step of “being”. It comes before “doing” and from that, the end result…having. Zig makes two big points in this show, 1) We must first be (become) the right person, and 2) We must have visi
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422: Zig’s primary lessons to his son
Tom Ziglar answers a question in this Q&A with host Kevin Miller, about the most important lesson’s his Dad, Zig Ziglar, gave him as a child and adult. His answer uncovers possibly four of the most important lesson’s Zig has for us all. Thank you to A
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