The Missing Secret Podcast

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss is the idea that you have to create yourself from the inside out not the outside in. This comes from a great book called Inner Excellence. And here’s the reality. Most people are creating themselves from the outside in. Driven by social media and what other people think. So who they are is primarily influenced by those factors. Exactly the opposite of how you want to be. You want to be created from the inside out. At the end the day, all we want is inner pe...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly dig deeper into the idea that 95% of your daily actions are unconscious. The classic way we explain it is as follows. Your actions determine your success in each area of your life. It is well documented that 95% of your daily actions are unconscious. Accordingly just connect the dots. Your subconscious mind controls your life. And if you want a higher level of success, you have to gain control over those unconscious daily actions. But one thing that John finds interesting from appearing on various podcast is often times...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the power of knowing your own story. John talks about how he has a weekly personal growth program for the 18 head coaches at the University of Texas. As well as for the 75 people in the athletic department. And this week he provided the coaches with an interview of both Kobe Bryan and Michael Jordan’s mental coach. George Munford. He talks about how he was able to help them reach their full potential by understanding their unique story. A powerful lesson.

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In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the process of getting more enlightened. Exactly how it happens. They take a stroll down memory lane in each area of their lives and look at how they have become more enlightened. They start with career. John talks about launching into becoming an entrepreneur when he was 30. The lesson he got is always be in the control position. He then talks about learning in his 50s the six components of doing his best. John points out that in his 40s but he was delusional as to...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John interviews a special guest . Rob Dube. Who is truly an enlightened soul. He wrote an amazing book called Shine. He co-authored this book with Gino Whitman, the founder of the wildly popular EOS operating system for businesses. 

In this book he talks about how looking inward is the key to unlocking true entrepreneurial freedom. Does that sound familiar? And he discusses 10 disciplines for maximizing your energy, impact and inner peace. As you will see in our conversation, Rob is just a very enlightened cool guy. In the conversation Joh...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly play a short clip from the legendary Jim Rohn, one of the founders of the personal growth industry. He talks about four powerful emotions that will instantly change your life. John then plays the clip. After the clip, John and Kelly talk about it. One of the emotions discussed is getting to the point where you say “I’ve had it”. John notes two times in his life when he had reached this point. Another one of the emotions is the attitude of get it done – rather than continui...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that your identity determines your actions. Kelly is a big believer in this. As an example, if you see yourself as being on top of your health then it’s reflected in your exercise routine and your plan for eating. You make sure that you exercise and eat in accordance with being someone who is on top of their health. Kelly points out that she is blessed to net seven figures a year. So she has that image of herself and tuned into what would a...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the struggle of life, then the solution. So little back story on this topic. Recently John met a brilliant guy that is in the field of maximizing brain health. He read John’s book and had a candid suggestion for John on how to improve the book. He said there w was not enough explanation of the struggle that people go through in life. He said that before we give them the solution, we have to get them to buy in that I understand their struggle. That’s a...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the power of using questions to influence people. Kelly has built her business career around asking great questions. It plays out throughout her life. John talks about using questions to influence people regarding embracing think it be it. As an example, sometimes he will ask a person how do you create success in your life. That’s a question they probably haven’t been asked before. And so after a minute or two of stumbling around looking for the right answer, it becomes apparent to both John...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, Kelly explains what she would tell the 20 year old version of herself regarding how to be successful. She starts out talking about the immense power of being a grower and a learner from a young age. Her dad turned her on to reading when she was 13 years old. And that’s where she got it. And it played a significant factor in her life. Approaching life from a curiosity standpoint and learning whatever she could. In seeking people with wisdom beyond her own wisdom. That has been the hallmark trait of Ke...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that no one is going to save you. This is a famous Mel Robbins quote. You have to save yourself. John talks about when he was 50 he fully embraced the idea that he had to figure out his life. To own creating the exceptional life rather than just, at some level, assuming it would just happen. At 50, John realized he had to make it happen by his actions. He also realize it what he was getting was exactly what he deserved. His actions were producing...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of Letting Go. This is based on a book from David Hawkings. Truly life-changing book. It’s very similar to Mel Robbins' recent book called The let them theory. The essence of Mel Robbins' book is that you do you and you let other people do them. Don’t worry about the things you don’t control. In this book Mel Robbins says that the problem is the power you give other people. Two simple words – let them – will set you free. From the opinions, drama and...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that you don’t really get more enlightened until you become 50. John says that there is something magical about turning 50. Before you turn 50, your attitude is generally what don’t I know? I pretty much know everything. But when you turned 50, you understand life at a deeper and deeper level. And you also decide to do life on your terms rather than everybody else’s terms. John talks about the things he learned in his 50s that he didn’t know when he was in his 30s...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the most significant things they’ve learned this year. For Kelly, it was reaffirming her resilience. For John, it was learning the disc profile. Understanding that he is a D. He’s an action taker and does things fast and is focused on tasks. Whereas John’s precious wife Ginger is a C. She does things slow and is a perfectionist. Also focused on tasks. This has been powerful in John’s life to understand this because we all have a natural tendency to think that people w...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that 95% your daily actions are unconscious. The significance of that is your daily actions determine your success in each area of your life. So we will go deep on this topic today. And here’s what we see. Lots of people think that all of their daily actions are conscious. The reason they feel that way is they are aware of all their daily actions. Accordingly, they think they are consciously made. But they are NOT consciously made. What actually happens, and this is scientifically pro...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that 95% your daily actions are unconscious. The significance of that is your daily actions determine your success in each area of your life. So we will go deep on this topic today. And here’s what we see. Lots of people think that all of their daily actions are conscious. The reason they feel that way is they are aware of all their daily actions. Accordingly, they think they are consciously made. But they are NOT consciously made. What actually happens, and this is scientifically pr...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of measuring the key behaviors on your goals. During this podcast at the start John mentions that by using the TIBI methodology, you’re living your life quarter by quarter. Which means that you have a new goal for your career, a new goal for your romantic relationship, and a new goal for your health every quarter. Accordingly, you define the goal, define the why behind the goal, then list the three or four key behaviors associated with the goal. Then how are you going to...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John explained the topic of today’s episode. The creation of your thoughts – you can influence it. And John presented an interesting concept. The thoughts that are going on in your head on an ongoing basis determine both your level of success as well as your enjoyment of life. No one denies that. But what’s interesting is you can influence your thoughts when they are created. Let me restate that. When they are created.

And here’s the opportunity. 95% of your daily thoughts and actions are unconscious. The fact tha...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of getting more enlightened over time. It’s not a linear process. In this episode John goes into eight moments in his life where something happened and he got materially more enlightened. The first time was when he read the book psycho cybernetics at 19. Then it 27 he discovered what his special talent was. The ability to make the complex simple. Then at 30 he saw the power of being an entrepreneur. Then when he was 48 he read the book younger next year. Changed his perspective on ex...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the idea that you are both the problem and the solution. And to illustrate this idea, Kelly shares something interesting going on in her recruitment business. Her company wants to go to eight figures a year in revenues. But they can’t seem to get past seven figures a year in revenues. When you step back, Kelly is both the problem and the solution. Her company is a reflection of her. And while they are very successful, the company isn’t as successful as Kelly would like it t...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the idea of making the audience appreciate individually how precious their life is. Coming to grips with that. John talks about when this really came home in his life. It was when his mom was dying of pancreatic cancer when he was 50 years old. At the same time John was engrossed in reading think and grow Rich probably 20 times to figure out the full secret of that legendary book. And as he would go to the hospital every night to see his mom, after he saw her...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about as we get older, we tend to become more enlightened. John gives two examples. A few years ago he noticed that the only time he ever really lost his temper was at technology. And he would get angry out loud. Then he stepped back from that and realized – what good does that do. It only made him more stressed. So he decided to change that. And he put that enlightenment in his daily visualization. Well immediately, that stopped. Because he trained his subconscious mind to not ge...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the art of living as it relates to your romantic relationship. John points out that the fact that your partner has either estrogen or testosterone coursing through their veins. And that’s radically different than what you have coursing through your veins. John points out that people are who they are based on their genetics and what is come into their consciousness to this point.

But the third factor is do they have estrogen or testosterone coursing through their veins. The net effect is that ot...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss what people will experience in the first 30 days of doing this 12 minute a day technique. John mentions that the first 15 days is just creating the habit of doing it consistently every day. And not worrying about doing all the things you say you’re going to do in the visualization. Rather, in the first 15 days, just create the habit of reading it every day. Then about 15 days in, the second phase kicks in. Now you’re embracing taking the actions you’re articulating in your life GPS templa...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of working smarter not harder. Kelly is a great example of doing this. Recently she went to one of her competitors in the recruiting space. That is more successful than she is. Visited their offices with a couple of her team members. They learned so much. Now they’re in the process of implementing what they learned in their own business. Now that is working smarter not harder.

John then talks about the difference in his life of working smarter in his 50s ve...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of the power of personal growth. Kelly had the benefit of growing up with a father who was big into personal growth. Accordingly, ongoing personal growth is who Kelly is. John didn’t have the same good fortune. When he turned 50 and he wasn’t as successful as he thought he should be, he saw that in his 30s and 40s he was too busy for personal growth. Big mistake. And when he got into his 50s, he rectified that. By creating a system for pers...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the newly created quarterly “2% mastermind” that is free to all listeners of The Missing Secret Podcast. For those listeners who are doing our 12 minute a day methodology, you’re living your life quarter by quarter. Accordingly, you have a new goal each quarter for your career, a new goal for your marriage, and a new goal for your health. In the 2% mastermind we answer questions as you tweak up your visualization. We also give you examples of how we’re changing our own various goals.

During t...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of why people don’t always see things like we do. And they discuss what is the effect on both of us and them. During this podcast John points out that sometimes the difference of opinion has no real impact. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And everybody processes information differently. That’s why there is a difference of opinion. But sometimes there is more at stake. It’s more than that a difference of opinion. It’s right or wrong. The opinion that is right is...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly explain what the full secret of the legendary book Think and Grow Rich actually is. As you may know, this legendary book that has been read by 150 million people, says there’s a secret for success. But the author only reveals half the secret. John was blessed to figure out the full secret and a 12 minute a day technique to apply it. It caused his income to go up by 25 times over the $200,000 – $300,000 a year he was making the prior 20 years. Also met his wife from doing this. The...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of being highly organized. Because the mind thrives on order. The subject came up because John is now teaching his simple organizational system to his class at the University of Texas. Where you plan your day the night before, where you time block your day, and you identify your top three priorities each day. In John’s new book, he provides this to do system to purchasers of the book. John says that the starting point for being highly successful is being highly organized. Like a...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of how your intelligence changes as you get older. As some of you know, John is really into his health. And in addition to his regular doctor, he has a relationship with a health organization called humanaugt health. Where he pays $350 a month and gets his blood tested four times a year. Meets with his doctor once quarter. And the doctor prescribes different peptides or supplements as appropriate. As part of this, John took a mental dexterity test. It involved connecting a hodgepodge of letters...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of creating a nest egg so you can retire. In discussing this, Kelly notes that she was a saver from a young age. Literally putting aside 20% a year. She was taught this by her dad who made her read the classic book Richest Man in Babylon. It truly is a fabulous book that really explains the concept of saving and compounding interest. John points out that he wasn’t that enlightened when he was younger. He didn’t really save in his 30s and 40s beca...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept that lots of people feel. I thought I’d be further along by now. Both Kelly and John have experienced this. Kelly experienced it when she was about 35 and finally making the leap to entrepreneurship. She always envisioned that she would be an entrepreneur from a very young age. But at 35 she’d never made the leap. John experienced this when he was both 40 and 50.

One of the things to do to overcome this is you must establish a personal mission statement. Something that...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the concept of mindset. A concept we hear a lot about today. But what is mindset. John and Kelly discuss this at length. And John has a very simple explanation of mindset. It’s controlling your thoughts. And here’s the significance of controlling your thoughts. Your daily actions determine your success in life. Every action must first be preceded by I thought. Accordingly, when you control your thoughts, you control your actions.

Then John points out the most significant thing he ever learned in his...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly discuss the newly created quarterly “2% mastermind” that is free to all listeners of The Missing Secret Podcast. For those listeners who are doing our 12 minute a day methodology, you’re living your life quarter by quarter. Accordingly, you have a new goal each quarter for your career, a new goal for your marriage, and a new goal for your health. In the 2% mastermind we answer questions as you tweak up your visualization. We also give you examples of how we’re changing our own various goals.

During t...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly explained that as human beings, we are all innately wired for survival. That’s not a good thing. Because it causes 75% of our thoughts to be fear-based, we’re reactive rather than proactive on our important agenda, and we’re profoundly resistant to change. Now those things were actually what kept us alive 50,000 years ago, but it’s exactly the opposite of how we need to be in order to be productive, creative and happy in the modern world. So you have to overcome being wired for survival.

But...

In this encore episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John explains the topic of today’s episode. Do you ever have the feeling that you’re “not good enough”? This question comes up from a speaker that presented to John’s class at the University of Texas. Many students came up afterwards to discuss the feeling of not good enough. And John realizes that’s a feeling many people probably have. The source of this is that we are all wired for survival. It causes 75% of our thoughts to be fear-based. And we’re reactive rather than proactive on our important...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John explains the topic of today’s episode. Your spirituality – you can re-create who you are. John talks about his class at the University of Texas that he is currently teaching. He’s re-creating 36 lies with intention. As he pointed out to his class, who you are today is a function of good influences and bad influences. That’s created good attributes in yourself and some negative characteristics that you would want to change. But all that happened by happenstance. Very little of who you are today was created with intention and clar...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the power of using questions to influence people. Kelly has built her business career around asking great questions. It plays out throughout her life. John talks about using questions to influence people regarding embracing think it be it. As an example, sometimes he will ask a person how do you create success in your life. That’s a question they probably haven’t been asked before. And so after a minute or two of stumbling around looking for the right answer, it becomes apparent to both John...

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast, John and Kelly talk about the most significant things they’ve learned this year. For Kelly, it was reaffirming her resilience. For John, it was learning the disc profile. Understanding that he is a D. He’s an action taker and does things fast and is focused on tasks. Whereas John’s precious wife Ginger is a C. She does things slow and is a perfectionist. Also focused on tasks. This has been powerful in John’s life to understand this because we all have a natural tendency to think that people w...