The Daily Wake Up Micro Podcast

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 life brings us is often from the seeds we’ve planted.

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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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-PodcastEpisode 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: