What Drives You

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12: Survey - Is Duty, Pain, or Desire Driving You? Dec 15, 2020

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I was pondering a pulse on the culture and did a random survey asking, “What is primarily driving you right now, in all truth. The waking thought that pushes you out of bed in the morning or is on your mind when you go to sleep at night? Duty, Pain, or Desire?" My motive was really to see what people were most cognizant of. I think we’d all like to say we are most driven by desire, and nobody wants to say they are driven by pain, and it’s sobering to realize how much we are driven by mere duty, but again, I wanted to get a feel for how people perceived themselves. We also can differ a good bit in how we defined these terms. Is duty valiant or drudgery? I’m going to talk through some of the comments and the point is awareness of what really is driving us, and what we want driving us. Get show notes and videos at kevinmiller.co

11: Saboteurs Dec 08, 2020

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Let me lead off with an important concept. The world of personal development and self help and even business development is led by what to do to succeed. In all truth, I find most aspiring people like you and me are pretty knowledgeable of what we need to do. What we don't understand is why we so often don’t. This is what I’m covering here in this episode. Now we could write numerous novels on all the reasons why people don’t do what they want to do, so let me define our parameters here. By proxy of you listening to this show in the Education and Self-help category of podcasting, you are what I refer to as an aspiring person. You are seeking to improve and to grow. So these four areas are the primary Saboteurs for you. You who are striving and evolving and growing and mattering to this world.

10: Dan Miller | Motivated For A Different Lifestyle Dec 01, 2020

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A primary motive for this guest was simply but profoundly, a different lifestyle. A different life, even. Dan Miller is the bestselling author of “48 Days To The Work You Love” and renowned as a leading, global expert on careers. Through all he does however the most fitting term is authentically, life coach. Leading people in lives they love. Which is a natural fit, as you will hear in this show, as it’s the main thread of his own story. His parents were born Amish and his lifestyle was similarly remote, conservative, and austere. He was up early milking cows at age five and expected to take over the farm someday. Instead he witnessed the town doctor visiting his home in nice clothes and a nice car who lives such a different lifestyle than he was surrounded by and he began a quest to understand and earn a different way, the threads of which still run true today. Admittedly my conversation with this particular guest runs deeper than most, as Dan is my father. Yet in digging into his motives I uncovered drives even I was unaware of. I trust this journey through a high achievers motives will help you discover and clarify your own, one step more. You can find Dan at 48days.com.

9: Your Relationship With Your Life Nov 24, 2020

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Relationship is a word that depicts the way in which two or more concepts or objects are connected. Aside from people in our lives we will occasionally hear talk about the relationship we have with food or our self-image, for instance, as often people have an unhealthy relationship with themselves in these areas. We in fact have a relationship, good or bad, with everything in our lives. In episode seven I walked us through the seven key areas we all seek and desire fulfillment in. In this show I’ll give insight into the reality we have an established relationship that overrides all our intent, in each category. The point is to reveal it, get it on the table, and deal with it accordingly so we can proceed on.

8: Kara Goldin | Saving Lives With Flavored Water Nov 10, 2020

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This is a story of overcoming obstacles to pursue what you care about because of a strong motive. Kara Goldin was the youngest of five children and at age eight realized both her parents had dreams they didn’t pursue. Then she witnessed an older brother overcome many obstacles to go after what he cared about. This gave Kara the impetus to do the same and she did so with a flourish. In this story you’ll hear her career trajectory and willingness to believe in herself and have faith in overcoming the obstacles that will present themselves with any endeavor of worth. If you’ve ever seen or had Hint water, maybe from Starbucks or Whole Foods or today possibly from any grocery chain, Kara started it out of her home kitchen. She has an incredibly impressive resume working with companies such as AOL and has been cited by Fast Company as one of the “Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s named her as a Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and HuffPost listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. She’s appeared on nearly every news source worth listing. And now she’s written a tremendous book titled, “Undaunted” which we touch on in this show. Matter of fact, check it out at drinkhint.com/Motive and if you buy the book you get a free case of Hint water!. But as this is the Motive podcast, our focus here is not just what Kara has done from childhood to now with a 150 million dollar company that is saving people from the negative effects of sugary drinks. Our focus is very much her motives from childhood to now. Her reasons for what she did it and why she does what she does...today.

7. Where We Find Fulfillment And Why Nov 06, 2020

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Knowing what we actually want is not so simple, so here is the start of how to audit yourself. There are key areas of life where we not only find the most fulfillment, but maybe just as important or more, they are areas where if left unaddressed we are naturally left feeling a significant void. How often do we find the seemingly successful person in the dumps feeling…”something is just missing.” One of these categories in this episode is where you’ll find it. I’m going to lay out seven key areas where we as humans naturally desire, pursue and find fulfillment, and explain why. Why are these areas so valuable to us? From it you will likely find confirmation and even more permission for the areas of your life you are fulfilled, but also insight into why you feel some discontent and possible emptiness in your life. But please hear, this will not just be a call to go address the areas you find lacking. You may not want or need to. This is simply awareness so you can discern where you want to invest yourself and where you don’t, but yes, be aware of where and why you may feel you are out of balance or found...wanting.

6: Valorie Burton | Is Guilt Driving You? Oct 20, 2020

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Of course it is, but to what degree? Guilt is a primary hidden driver that we’ve accepted as a norm. How much of your lives and actions are being driven by this life draining motive? Probably more than you are aware of. But why, is the question. In this episode I bring you Valorie Burton. Valorie is founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute and has written more than a dozen books on personal development. She has a unique combination of research, faith, and personal transparency that inspires people to action and delivers practical tools to find fulfillment and purpose in work and life. She has a large following with almost half a million on Facebook alone. She’s just published a book titled, “Let Go Of The Guilt.” Her research into the reality and nuances of guilt and the hold it has on us is profound, which is why I pursued her to be on the show and shine a light on this very insidious and pervasive driver that is leading so many of us to frustration, exhaustion, burn out and unfulfillment. I begin, of course...getting very personal with Valorie. What were her early motives? What drove her to push and strive and get herself into the Air Force Academy on a presidential appointment, then what drove her to drop out. What drove her to realize how much of her drive was fueled by guilt and what drove her to start a PR firm then abandon it to be an author and speaker? What drove her to marry, then divorce, then to marry again? What drives her today? Type Valorie Burton in any search engine and you’ll find her everywhere, and her coaching business is at cappinstitute.com

5. What You Want Oct 13, 2020

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We are creatures of want. We speak the language of want and the marketplace appeals to us from an economy of want. What we have wanted has shaped our lives and is the result of where we find ourselves today, for better and worse. But two stark realities exist; more and more we aren’t clear on what we truly want and we actually want less and less. Together, as a culture we are just settling for less and less and the less true and meaningful wants we have and pursue the more we sink into numbness, medication and disappointment. So on one hand we have a reality that wanting bigger things leads to more happiness, but we are also afraid to want much for fear we will be disappointed. In this episode I’ll walk you through how your wants have shaped where you are, for better and worse. And why “wanting it more!” is not the solution, but wanting it authentically is.

4: Guy Kawasaki | Avoiding robbery and getting a nice car Sep 27, 2020

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I bring you Silicon Valley legend and all around wise guy, Guy Kawasaki. I’ve read Guys books, had him on my Ziglar Show twice, hung out with him face to face in San Diego at the Social Media Marketing event, and I think our relationship was solidified after he butt dialed my cell phone one afternoon and we talked a while about him starting a podcast, which he did...called Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People. Guy was the original Chief Evangelist of Apple and has many stories about him with Steve Jobs and the early foundations of Apple. Today he’s an evangelist for Canva and Mercedes but much more than that just a big influence and all around fun guy. I brought him here to the Motive podcast to talk about his early and current motives, both personally and professionally. Honestly this is just a fun romp through Guy admitting he never had huge visions, but he did have clear motives and he went forth and accomplished them. This will be a good showcase that you don’t need giant killing, uber altruistic goals to get you going and achieving. Just clear goals you have faith in. You can connect with Guy Kawasaki...everywhere, he’s a social media giant. His website is guykawasaki.com and I really encourage you to check out his podcast, Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People.

3: You Are Driven Sep 27, 2020

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Everybody has drive, and everyone has positive and negative drive. We generally speak of a person who is really “driven” in regards to them being in consistent action toward something positive or worthwhile. While we cite the person who seldom gets off the couch to participate in life as having no drive. My muse here is Motive...the reason for all we do and don’t do. We all have a reason, a drive, for all we do. We are just often not aware of it and we end up somewhere wondering…”How the heck did I end up here!” There is a reason, something driving you. I can show you two people with the same hard circumstance that was the primary ingredient in their drive. One is driven to overcome and achieve and do great things. And the other person from the same circumstances is driven to minimize themselves and hide and possibly engage in self-destructing actions. What I want you to see and understand the relevance is, it’s drive either way. Motive. A reason. In this episode of the Motive show I’ll help you unpack and understand the reality that you are...driven. In all you do. Where you are not getting the results you want, is where your drive is coming from an unhealthy or hidden source.

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