The Daily Wake Up Micro Podcast

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 1000 of the Final Season: What If You Were . . .  #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #mindset This is the final episode of the final season of The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast.  In this final episode, I'd like for you to consider these questions:  What if you were attractive?  What if you were funny? What if you were rich?  What if you were physically fit/healthy? What if you were positive?  How would your actions change? 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 999 of the Final Season: The Most Common Career Mistakes #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #career Yesterday we talked about the benefits of fear from the book, No Fear, No Excuses by Larry Smith.  Today, I would like to share more from this book, the last book referenced in the Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast, with The Most Common Career Mistakes.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 998 of the Final Season: The Benefits of Fear #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #fear We know and often hear about the disadvantages of fear.  What about the benefits of fear?  In the book, No Fear, No Excuses, author Larry Smith included why fear is good and why it needs to be treated with respect.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 997 of the Final Season: What Seeds Are You Planting? #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #plantingseeds #karma Sometimes people can be upset the later they are in life.  My Christian friends sometimes don’t understand why God isn’t answering their prayers.  What I’ve found in the first fifty-one years of my life is that you reap the benefits of the seeds you plant. There are those who have hijacked that concept and called it karma- the same foundation though. What our life brings us is often from the seeds we’ve planted.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 996 of the Final Season: TST – Live Like You’re In Love #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #basketball When I was a senior in high school, I finally earned the respect of my fellow basketball teammates as I was voted team captain.  I had only been playing basketball for two years and I considered working on my game after my senior year to try and play college ball for a small college.  I was committed to playing basketball! Until I fell in love of course.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 995 of the Final Season: A Humble Ego #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #words #mindset Hear how living a life with a humble ego can benefit you and those around you.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 994 of the Final Season: SPARK Series – Four Ways to Build Confidence #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership What I loved reading in this book was what the authors wrote about the value of confidence.  They wrote that confidence is greater than experience, education, talent, and skills.  Let me repeat that:  Confidence is greater than experience, education, talent, and skills.  As a leader, how confident are you? The authors share four ways to build confidence:  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 993 of the Final Season: SPARK Series – Things that Prevent Service-Based Leadership #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership   Here are three things that prevent service-based leadership:   Lack of Awareness  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 992 of the Final Season: SPARK Series – Four Keys to Being a Credible Leader #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership Credibility grows as a leader by the manner in which you achieve results.  The four keys to credibility result in a high level of performance: Where you understand and meet the standard of others    

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 991 of the Final Season: SPARK Series – The ROI of an Effective Leader #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership How badly do you want to be a better leader? ROI means “Return On Investment.” Notice it’s a return on INVESTMENT. How are you investing in yourself to become a better leader because if you do, as we read about in the book, SPARK, you’ll have this type of ROI:  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 990 of the Final Season: SPARK Series – Stop, Drop, and Roll    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  #leadership All week in the final season of the DWU Micro-Podcast we are discussing leadership qualities from the book, SPARK, by Angie Morgan, and Courtney and Sean Lynch. A SPARK is a moment of change. It’s when you recognize you don’t have to accept what’s going on. It’s a realization that you can be a part of the solution.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 989 of the Final Season: Those Who Play Workplace Politics   Just finished a book titled, The Art of Being Indispensable, by Bruce Tulgan. In it, he shared the roles of those who play workplace politics.  Find out more about the Blamer, Lobbyist, Mr/Ms Personality, and The Best Friend.    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #team #leadership 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 988 of the Final Season: Roles Within Disagreement   In the book, Great Teams, by Don Yaegar, we learn the roles within a disagreement.  They are victims, persecutors, and rescuers.    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  #team #leadership

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 987 of the Final Season: Even If You’re Not Religious   Even if you're not religious, there is a lot you can learn from the teaching and examples of Jesus Christ.  His examples include:  1) Being people-focused and God-centered 2) Allow for in-process conversations 3) Obsess over giving keys   #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  #serve #leadership

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 986 of the Final Season: TST - Before Zoom Was a Verb #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #sales #truestorytuesday Have you ever found out that if you did something uncomfortable, you would improve your chance of success?  Would you do it?  Hear my True Story Tuesday about not wanting to do something because it made me uncomfortable. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 985 of the Final Season: Personal Problems #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #problems #leadership How often do you find yourself in the midst of personal problems that impact the work you were hired to do? Or the work you want to get done? 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast  Episode 984 of the Final Season: How to Proactively Change Your Identity    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personalitytest  From the book, Personality isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy.  Your personality is not the most fundamental aspect of who you are. Your personality is surface-level transitory and a by-product of something much deeper.   You CAN proactively change your identity to match your decision:  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast  Episode 983 of the Final Season: Focus on Gains, not Gaps    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #focus #growth   From the book, Personality isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy.  Your personality is not the most fundamental aspect of who you are. Your personality is surface-level transitory and a by-product of something much deeper.   Positive and negative aren’t “facts,” they are meanings.  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast  Episode 982 of the Final Season: The Biggest Shift in Life    #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment #selfefficacy   Reading notes from the book, Clarity, and Connection by Yung Pueblo.   The biggest shift in your life happens when you go inward.  You step in and observe all that you find with acceptance. The love you bring lights up your self-awareness; you start seeing how the past is packed into your mind and heart – patience, honesty, and observation start the healing process.  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast  Episode 981 of the Final Season: The Law of Payment & Conscious Suffering  #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #mindfulness   I read a book the other day that completely changed my life. The book, titled Don’t Just Sit There, by Bier Simkin, was suggested to me by a coworker.   Here are two laws out of the forty-four revealed by author Bier Simkin that impacted me the most:  The Law of Payment & The Law of Conscious Suffering. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast  Episode 980 of the Final Season: Why I LOVE Mondays   #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  #mindset  I love Mondays because it’s the start of the first weekday  It’s like the first day of the month  It’s like the first day of the quarter  It’s like the first day of the year  It’s a new beginning.  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 979 of the Final Season: No Limits Micro Series – How to Be a Great Partner #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership All week we are discussing leadership development from the book, No Limits, by John C. Maxwell.  When you are a leader, don’t try to go at it alone. You must find people in your life that can be your partner. John C. Maxwell gives us tips on how to be a great partner:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 978 of the Final Season: No Limits Micro Series – Five Everyday Essentials #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership All week we are discussing leadership development from the book, No Limits, by John C. Maxwell. Here are five everyday essentials for adding value to people:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 977 of the Final Season: No Limits Micro Series – Increase Your Self-Discipline #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership All week we are discussing leadership development from the book, No Limits, by John C. Maxwell. Self-discipline is defined as: the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses; the ability to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it. Having self-discipline is extremely important as a leader.  John C. Maxwell shares ways to increase your self-discipline. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 976 of the Final Season: No Limits Micro Series – Take Responsibility #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership All week we are discussing leadership development from the book, No Limits, by John C. Maxwell. Leaders need to take responsibility for how they lead their followers. When you take responsibility for your actions it adds to your character. And as the great coach, John Wooden said, “be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 975 of the Final Season: No Limits Micro Series – Leadership Traits that Diminish Others #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #leadership All week we are discussing leadership development from the book, No Limits, by John C. Maxwell. As a leader, we are tasked at inspiring others to follow us. A leader without followers isn’t a leader.  John C. Maxwell shares leadership traits that do the opposite of inspire; these traits diminish other people.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 974 of the Final Season: One Perfect Pitch – The Transformation #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #sales #presentation All week we are going through the gems in the book, One Perfect Pitch, by Marie Perruchet. This doesn’t conflict with my most recent book, a sales “e-book” titled, Don’t Be a Son of a Pitch: How to Increase Sales Without a Sales Pitch. The final act after, Act 1 - Set the Stage and Act 2 – The Demo, is Act 3 – The Transformation

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 973 of the Final Season: One Perfect Pitch – The Demo #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #sales #presentation All week we are going through the gems in the book, One Perfect Pitch, by Marie Perruchet. This doesn’t conflict with my most recent book, a sales “e-book” titled, Don’t Be a Son of a Pitch: How to Increase Sales Without a Sales Pitch. Yesterday we learned about the importance of a three-act structure in your storytelling methods for business.  The first act: Set the Stage. Today we are going to look at the second act, The Demo (show me).

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 972 of the Final Season: One Perfect Pitch – Set the Stage #knowTroy #DWUpodcast All week we are going through the gems in the book, One Perfect Pitch, by Marie Perruchet. This doesn’t conflict with my most recent book, a sales “e-book” titled, Don’t Be a Son of a Pitch: How to Increase Sales Without a Sales Pitch. When telling your story in a business setting, use the Three Act Structure: Act 1 – Set the Stage (tell me) Act 2 – Demo (show me) Act 3 – The Transformation (sign me up)

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 971 of the Final Season: One Perfect Pitch – Three Approaches to Tell Your Story #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #storytelling #sales All week we are going through the gems in the book, One Perfect Pitch, by Marie Perruchet. This doesn’t conflict with my most recent book, a sales “e-book” titled, Don’t Be a Son of a Pitch: How to Increase Sales Without a Sales Pitch.  

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 970 of the Final Season: One Perfect Pitch – The Power of Story #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #sales #presentation All week we are going through the gems in the book, One Perfect Pitch, by Marie Perruchet. This book doesn’t conflict with my latest book, a sales “e-book,” titled Don’t Be a Son of a Pitch: How to Increase Sales Without a Sales Pitch.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 969 of the Final Season: Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series – Start Small #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series comes from the book, The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity are:  Set Limitations Choose Essentials Simplify Focus Create Habits Start Small 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 968 of the Final Season: Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series – Create Habits #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #habits The Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series comes from the book, The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity are:  Set Limitations Choose Essentials Simplify Focus Create Habits Start Small 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 967 of the Final Season: Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series – Focus #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #focus The Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series comes from the book, The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity are:  Set Limitations Choose Essentials Simplify Focus Create Habits Start Small 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 966 of the Final Season: Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series – Choose Essentials & Simplify #knowTroy #DWUpodcast   The Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series comes from the book, The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity are:  1. Set Limitations 2. Choose Essentials 3. Simplify 4. Focus 5. Create Habits 6. Start Small 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 965 of the Final Season: Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series – Set Limitations #knowTroy #DWUpodcast  #limitless The Six Principles of Simple Productivity Series comes from the book, The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.  The Six Principles of Simple Productivity are:  1. Set Limitations 2. Choose Essentials 3. Simplify 4. Focus 5. Create Habits 6. Start Small     

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 964 of the Final Season: Nine Principles of Highly Productive People #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #personaldevelopment In the book No Limits, John C. Maxwell references Paul Martinelli and his Nine Principles of Highly Productive People. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 963 of the Final Season: Four Rules of Business #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #coaching Thinking about being a professional Life Coach? You'll need to know the four rules of business. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 962 of the Final Season: Are You an Accidental Life Coach #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #coaching Are you someone who enjoys helping others create positive change in their livers or careers? You may be a Life Coach. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 961 of the Final Season: Hand Gestures to Use when Speaking #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #speaking More from the book, Pitch to Win by David Beckett; only this time it's on what hand gestures to use when speaking. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 960 of the Final Season:  Hand Gestures to Avoid When Speaking #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #speaking Great insight for you speakers out there on what hand gestures you are to avoid when speaking.  From the book, Pitch to Win by David Beckett. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 959 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Conclusion #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success In the final episode of the Failing Forward Series we learn Steps to Failing Forward from author, John C. Maxwell. 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 958 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Failing Backward vs Failing Forward #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success Today we are going to look at ways to fail backward and fail forward.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 957 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Move Forward   #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success The second word in this series title and book is FORWARD. John C. Maxwell creates an acronym for the word forward.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 956 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Four Point Plan to Achievement #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success The opposite of failing is succeeding or as John C. Maxwell likes to write, “achieving.” Today I’m going to share the four-point plan to approaching achievement:

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 955 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Top Ten Reasons People Fail #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success We begin the second week of the Failing Forward Series where we are look at ways to fail forward from the book, “Failing Forward” written by John C. Maxwell. Today we find out the Top Ten Reasons People Fail

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 954 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Seven Abilities Achievers Use #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success In today’s episode we reveal the seven abilities achievers use to move forward as referenced in the book, Failing Forward.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 953 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Seven Things Failure is Not #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success In today’s episode let’s not talk about what failure is, rather let’s look at the seven things failure is not according to John C. Maxwell: 1) Failure is not avoidable 2) 

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 952 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – Being Content #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success Today’s episode in the Failing Forward Series is about being content. The definition of content is being in a state of peaceful happiness.  Imagine being content after failing at something. Or better yet let me put it this way, imagine being in a state of peaceful happiness after failing.

The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast Episode 951 of the Final Season: Failing Forward Series – The Avoid Risk Trap #knowTroy #DWUpodcast #failure #success For the next two weeks in the final season of The Daily Wake Up Micro-Podcast, we are talking about ways to fail forward from the book, “Failing Forward” written by John C. Maxwell. We’ve talked about the balance of risk before. Like the air we breathe, not enough air is dangerous and too much air is dangerous. The same applies to risk. Not enough risk is just as dangerous as too much risk. In the book, Failing Forward, author John C. Maxwell addresses this and points out the traps that make people back away from risk.