Episode 018  The Real Reason You’re Not as Happy as You Could Be and an Interview with Maura Sweeney, speaker, and author of the Art of Happiness seriesIn this episode:The Real Reason You’re Not as Happy as You Could Be Interview with Maura Sweeney Maura’s story on how she decided to focus on happiness Find out what YOU really want How Maura defines happiness Manage your mindset Some ways to train your mind to be happier Live happy – inside out How to start finding your purpose Four ways to L.E.A.D. How to get a FREE book from Maura Only one type of comparison you should do The happiness surveyBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference   http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg   http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get your free eBook, 5 Steps to Finding Your Purposehttp://gregorybknapp.com/Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast: 904-373-6591Maura’s websitehttp://maura4u.com/How to get one of Maura’s books for free:  Email Maura at maura@4u.com and ask for the book on competition because you heard about it on my show: Find Your Purpose – Live Your Passion, with Gregory Knapp

Find Your Purpose - Live Your Passion with Gregory Knapp

Episode 018 The Real Reason You’re Not as Happy as You Could Be and an Interview with Maura Sweeney, speaker, and author of the Art of Happiness series

Episode 0017 Changing is Hard, Not Changing is Worse and an Interview with Bob Burg on his book The Go-GiverIn this episode: Changing is hard, but it beats not changing Why changing is hard Why changing is worth it Part II – Interview with Bob Burg What does it mean to be a Go-Giver The more you give, the more you get – but you have to truly want to give How this leads to less stress and more profit Will this let people take advantage of me? Why Go-Givers can increase their prices You can be an entrepreneur anywhere The 5 Laws of the Go-GiverBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference   http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg   http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get your free eBook, 5 Steps to Finding Your Purpose http://gregorybknapp.com/Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast: 904-373-6591Get Bob Burg’s bookhttps://burg.com/books/

Episode 0017 Changing is Hard, Not Changing is Worse and an Interview with Bob Burg on his book The Go-Giver

Episode 016 Eight steps for dealing with the haters and interview with Robb Braun on the mindset to supercharge your successEight steps for dealing with the hatersInterview with Robb Braun, Founder and President of The Leadership Source™, Author of Nothing But the Best, Speaker, Coach - over 25 years experience as a personal development professional and as a business owner developing and managing personnel Why Robb considers his hard times and tragedies in his life, gifts Why Robb decided to become a business owner, speaker, and coach How can we use goals to supercharge our success? Convince yourself you HAVE to Thoughts about the mindset you need to succeedBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference  http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg  http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get your free eBook, 5 Steps to Finding Your Purposehttp://gregorybknapp.com/Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast: 904-373-6591Robb Braun https://robbbraun.com/

Episode 016 Eight steps for dealing with the haters and interview with Robb Braun on the mindset to supercharge your success

 How to Get Started on anything in 15 Minutes Or Less – For Real Four steps to do it How to deal with the Haters John Nemo – How he created his own biz and grew it with LinkedIn Should you take a big leap, or ease in? How to prospect on LinkedIn without being salesy and annoying How to make your profile something prospects want to read The riches are in the niches How do you find your niche? The secret to generating more biz with LinkedIn How do you go after prospects without spamming How a 60 second youtube video got John a 10k contractEmail Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast 904-373-6591Book Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free!  http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Get John Nemo’s book for free – LinkedIn Riches https://linkedinriches.com/

Episode 015 How to Get Started on anything in 15 Minutes Or Less AND John Nemo Linkedin Riches: How to Use Linkedin for Business, Sales and Marketing

Episode 014 Is Your Past Holding You Back? Interview with Dan and CB Hoffman on how anyone can publish, market, and sell a book AND 7 Ways to get More Time for What You Want to Do Is Something From Your Past Holding You Back? You Can Choose to Change Your Memories What To Do With Your Next Great Idea The importance of getting all your publishing rights  How to market it once you’ve got it published 7 Steps To Having More Time For What You Want To DoEmail Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast 904-373-6591Book Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free!  http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Dan and CB Hoffman’s website http://cbhoffmann.com/

Episode 014 Is Your Past Holding You Back? Interview with Dan and CB Hoffman on how anyone can publish, market, and sell a book AND 7 Ways to get More Time for What You Want to Do

Episode 013 How to use self-talk to your advantage and how to learn anything super fast - Greg Knapp interviews Scott Young, author of UltralearningIn this episode:How to use your self-talk to your advantage Any question you ask yourself – good or bad – your brain will create an answer Are you asking yourself positive or negative questions? Better questions to ask yourself to improve your life Three answers you should never give yourself – their killers Action steps to use your self-talk to your advantage How to Have the Successful Mindset Think like an employee and get employee results. Think like the owner and get owner results. Why, no matter where you work, you are your own boss Interview with Scott Young, author of Ultralearning How Scott learned MIT’s 4 year computer curriculum in less than a year Can anyone do this, or do you have to be a genius? How to start ultralearning in your business and life How to make your ultralearning stick and how to apply it Are some things easier to learn more quickly than others? Why retrieval and recall will make you learn way faster than reviewing  How to use the retrieval and apply method to Ultralearn for your work life What is a Metalearning Map and how it can help you What you can do today to start Ultralearning You Learn More From Your Failures? I Disagree  Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg – he might put it right into the podcast 904-373-6591Book Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conferencehttp://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greghttp://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Scott’s book, Ultralearning, is available here:https://www.scotthyoung.com/

Episode 013 How to use self-talk to your advantage and how to learn anything super fast - Greg Knapp interviews Scott Young, author of Ultralearning

Episode 012: Greg interviews Steve Farber on his book, Love Is Just Damn Good BusinessIn this episode: You CAN show love in business AND be successful  In fact, showing love the right way is GREAT for your business If you love your customers, how would you show that? Three categories of people and how they think about love and business The radical LEAP for you business: L=love, E=energy, A=audacity, P=Proof Do what you love in the service of people who love what you do How LOVE gets your customer to stay with you no matter what How to set up this culture if you own the business or are in charge Real life examples of how this works in business Changing the culture and using love to grow your business takes time, but it’s worth it How to measure the ROI for love in your business How to lead if you don’t own the business You can’t fake the love for the results you want Be authenticEmail Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg 904-373-6591Free eBook 5 steps to finding your passionate purpose at my website gregorybknapp.com it will pop up for you when you go to the website.Book Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/ Steve Farber’s website https://www.stevefarber.com/Get Steve’s new book, Love Is Just Damn Good Business https://www.stevefarber.com/books/love-is-just-damn-good-business/

Episode 012: Greg interviews Steve Farber on his book, Love Is Just Damn Good Business

In this episode: The Costanza Method: Figure out all the things you don’t want, and do the opposite Find Your Passionate Purpose” is Bad Advice! Follow your passion is great advice – if you understand what it really means. What it doesn’t, and does, mean You can have more than one passion  Passions can change over time All passions don’t lead to earning money or a career, and that’s ok Try out some of the passions inside you Don’t earn a living, make a life! A Big Part of Our Purpose is to Cultivate Relationships Part of our purpose is to use our gifts to help others and to allow others to use their gifts to   help us Quality time is great, but relationships need quantity time too Once I Become Successful, Then I’ll Worry About Fulfilling My Purpose Finding and pursuing your Passionate Purpose helps you get everything else you need to     live – not just to live better Why you should read Viktor Frankl’s classic, Man’s Search for Meaning A strong sense of purpose keeps people going in the direst of conditions The second you begin to follow your passionate purpose you are a success Great quotes on the importance of “purpose”Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comCall and leave a voicemail question or comment for Greg 904-373-6591Book Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Viktor Fankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=man%27s+search+for+meaning&qid=1567530485&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Episode 011 George Costanza Can Help You Find Your Passionate Purpose - “Find Your Passionate Purpose” is Bad Advice! A Big Part of Our Purpose is to Cultivate Relationships

Interview with Todd Rose, the best-selling author of The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness. Then, Greg talks about how to be happier at work and how the successful person is the average person - focused. What, The End of Average is all about  Interview with Todd Rose How to use the ideas in the book to help your children How to steer your kid to his strengths Sample things to find what clicks for you – then go after that How to use these ideas to hire people with performance-based hiring Find the thing your really good at and double down on it If you’re on the edges of the bell curve, it might help you start your own business It’s about your performance in context There is no “average” person – don’t buy into the myth Summary of the book nuggets Part II If you’re not happy at work, listen to this Are you spending too much time on superficial work? You are what you do – kinda Frequent interruptions can kill you How to greatly decrease the interruptions Books to help with this The successful person is the average person – focused Use a variation of the Pomodoro Technique How your email signature can solve email overload Action steps to stay focusedCall and leave a voicemail or Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have:  904-373-6591 greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Todd Rose’s book, The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness http://www.toddrose.com/books#/endofaverage/Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W94FE6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X47ZVXM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Episode 010 Interview with Todd Rose – The End of Average – If You’re Not Happy at Work and The Successful Person is the Average Person Focused

Greg w/Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don’t Starve – How to start doing what you love - How to go around the gatekeepersJeff Goins is the best-selling author of five books including the The Art of Work and Real Artists Don’t Starve. His website, Goinswriter.com, has been visited by more than four million people from all over the world. Jeff explains how the “myth” of the starving artist is a choice You ARE an artist if you put your creativity and passion into whatever work you do How you can make a living with your art Why you should “steal” Story about the guitar documentary, It Might Get Loud, and how to get that special sound How to be an apprentice to a master to learn your art Take strategic risks instead of reckless risks – the art of the small bet How to succeed like John Grisham Part Two: How to get past the gatekeepers How to be like Renoir and Monet – even if you’re not a painter Become your own publisher, producer, business creatorCall and leave a voicemail or Email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have: 904-373-6591 greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Get Jeff’s book, Real Artists Don’t Starve https://dontstarve.com/Jeff’s website https://goinswriter.com/It Might Get Loud https://www.amazon.com/Might-Get-Loud-Jimmy-Page/dp/B002WNC5BU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=283Z9V0Q685J2&keywords=it+might+get+loud&qid=1566216704&s=instant-video&sprefix=it+might+get+loud%2Caps%2C173&sr=1-1Malcolm Gladwell’s book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants https://www.gladwellbooks.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/david-and-goliath/9780316204361/

Episode 009 Greg w/Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don’t Starve – How to start doing what you love - How to go around the gatekeepers

Episode 008 Interview with Tom Ziglar – Choose to Win - Before you give up, listen to this – Why you should quit moreTom Ziglar is the proud son of Zig Ziglar and the CEO of Ziglar, Inc. His new book is, Choose to Win. Tom explains the reason starting with your WHY is so important How to live a life of purpose where you are while working towards what you want How do you start and build towards your goals? How to find your why Define what success means to you so you can go after it The most important mental choices to get what you want How your self-talk can help or hurt you The fastest way to success But, I can’t choose to win, you don’t understand my circumstances What was it like being Zig Ziglar’s son? Part Two: Before you give up, listen to this What if you’re this close to a breakthrough? I almost gave up on radio What the TV show The Voice can teach us about not giving up Before you give up, do a double check – 5 steps Why you should quit more The important difference between giving up and deciding to quit Sometimes, it takes courage to quit How to know the difference between giving up and quittingCall and leave a voicemail or email Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have:  904-373-6591 greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Get Tom’s book, Choose to Win https://www.ziglar.com/choose/

Episode 008 Interview with Tom Ziglar – Choose to Win - Before you give up, listen to this – Why you should quit more

Episode 007: How to think positively but not lie to yourself, and an interview with Travis Mills about his documentary Travis, a soldier’s story. Travis is a quadruple amputee from injuries in Afghanistan. We discuss that and what he’s done with his life since then. Positive thinking is NOT looking at the world through rose-colored glassesDid you hear the one about the optimist and the pessimist?We don’t see things as they areHow to focus on the positive and how that helps youYou get to chooseAction step 1: Pay attention to your thoughtsAction step 2: Focus on those positive thoughts and take action on them to improve your situationAction step 3: Every night, write down three new things you are thankful forPart 2: Interview with Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne. On April 10, 2012, he was critically injured on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan by an IED (improvised explosive device). He lost portions of both legs and both arms. He is one of only five quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries.What Travis is doing nowEmail Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Find out more about Travis at his website: https://www.travismills.org/Information about his documentary - Travis: A Soldier's Story - http://travisthemovie.com/How can I help you? What questions can I answer for you? You can email that to me at greg@gregorybknapp.com or you can make a voice memo with your phone and email that to me. Then I can actually put YOUR voice IN the podcast. AWESOME!Please subscribe, rate us, write a review, and tell your friend. Thanks for being a part of building this thing.Let’s GO!

Episode 007: How to think positively but not lie to yourself, and an interview with quadruple amputee Staff Sergeant Travis Mills about his documentary Travis, a soldier’s story.

Episode 006 Show Notes: How to lead in business and parent your kids better in ONE MINUTE! And an interview with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The New One Minute Manager.Greg talks about how to lead in business and parent your kids better in ONE MINUTE! Part two is an interview with Ken Blanchard, a prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant. His new book is The New One Minute Manager. It’s an update of his iconic 1982 classic, The One Minute Manager, coauthored with Spencer Johnson. It has sold more than 13 million copies.The First Secret: One Minute GoalsThere are three parts to managing people’s performance – planning, coaching, and evaluationIt matters who sets the goals and how they are setGreg tells a bad and good personal story about goal settingThe Second Secret: One Minute PraisingsThe key is to be honest. Don’t praise to flatter – and be specificThe Third Secret: One Minute Re-DirectsA Reprimand is for when a person knows better than what they are doing. A Re-Direct is for a person who is a learnerGreg’s personal story about how his JV basketball coach actually made the team worsePart two: Interview with Ken Blanchard on The New One Minute ManagerEmail Greg (or email a voice memo so YOU can be on the podcast) with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Free gift of Greg's book, GO! at www.gregorybknapp.com/freeGet the book, The New One Minute Manager https://newoneminutemanager.com/

How to lead in business and parent your kids better in ONE MINUTE! And an interview with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The New One Minute Manager

Greg asks you to consider this question: What would you do if it was impossible to fail? What does thinking like that do to your dreams and what you would even think about trying? How can you change your mindset so you think bigger and attempt things that can lead to the extraordinary life of your dreams? Then, Greg interviews Erik Weihenmayer. He’s blind and he has climbed Mount Everest and kayaked the Grand Canyon. Wait, WHAT?! Let’s go!How does asking questions impact your thoughts, goals, and plans?Greg’s strange obsession with stuffed pizza crustsWhat the Apollo 13 mission teaches us about impossibleWhat barbeque did to save our astronaut’s livesIs there anything recently that caused you to say it can’t be done?What would happen if you assume it’s possible, say failure is not an option, and start some imaginative thinking on how to do it?Interview with Erik WeihenmayerEmail Greg with questions you want him to cover on the podcast and any comments you have at greg@gregorybknapp.comBook Greg to speak at your event, organization, or conference http://gregorybknapp.com/my-speaking-page/Get coached by Greg http://gregorybknapp.com/coaching/Get Greg’s book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/Erik’s book, No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand CanyonNo Barriers foundation: https://nobarriersusa.org/

Episode 005 What Would You Do If It Was Impossible to Fail AND Interview with Erik Weihenmayer he’s blind and he has kayaked the Grand Canyon

Greg explains why you should become a selective listener, how you are already talented enough to learn and do whatever you want to do, and interviews New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Coyle. His book is The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This book provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and the people they care about.Why you should become a selective listener to keep a positive mindsetBe selective about who and what you listen to - it can build you up or tear you downHow the When-Then game can destroy your lifeThe World will whisper you’re not good enough - you get to decide if you listenWhen passion and desire meet, you have tremendous powerStart today with baby stepsPart Two: You ARE talented enough to learn and do what you want to doThe data show no proof of what most of us call talentThe kind of practice you do matters as much as the amount of time you practiceHow to do Deliberate PracticeThe keys to practice so you can do in 10 minutes what used to take hoursHow to practice in your career for great leaps of successPart Three: Interview with New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle – The Talent CodeFind Daniel’s book and more information at www.thetalentcode.com and http://danielcoyle.com/Get my book, GO! How to Find and Pursue Your Passionate Purpose, for free! http://gregorybknapp.com/gofree/

Episode 004 How to Keep a Positive Mindset, YOU Are Talented Enough, Interview with Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code

Personal development and personal growth. Learn how to Find Your Purpose, Live Your Passion, achieve your goals, grow your business, become a better leader, improve your relationships, attract better clients, and more. Greg's uses stories, humor, interviews, techniques and tips to help you create your best life in and out of work.