The Daily Wake Up Micro-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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...

The Daily Wake Up Micro-PodcastEpisode 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...

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...

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. ...