JOHN R. MILES - You Were Born To Live Your Passion

JOHN R. MILES - You Were Born To Live Your Passion John R. Miles is a leading high-performance coach, author, speaker, veteran, and multi-industry CEO. He is the host of the highly-rated Passion Struck podcast.
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He is a highly quoted, viewed, and followed personal development trainer.

I used to believe impact meant being everywhere, reaching everyone, staying visible at all times. But that chase slowly ...
01/02/2026

I used to believe impact meant being everywhere, reaching everyone, staying visible at all times. But that chase slowly hollowed me out. The more I tried to matter globally, the less present I became locally. What I’ve learned is this. Real strength is not about scale. It is about stability. It is about being someone others can rely on, not someone constantly broadcasting.

A tribal anchor does not pull attention toward itself. They create gravity. They hold space. They make people feel steadier simply by being rooted. In a world obsessed with growth, speed, and reach, choosing depth is a quiet rebellion. Choosing to belong somewhere, and to let others belong with you, is where meaning actually lives.

You do not need to carry the weight of the world to make a difference. You only need to be solid where your feet touch the ground. That is how trust forms. That is how communities survive. That is how peace spreads outward without force.

12/31/2025

What if masculinity for the next generation didn’t begin with rules about what not to be? Zac Seidler says that conversation misses the point. Instead of competing or performing, what if the work was internal, understanding what matters to you, naming your values, and becoming yourself without apology.

Most men were never taught how to have these conversations, yet they shape how we show up in every relationship. Masculinity does not have to be rigid or painful. It can be messy, iterative, and shared. That is not weakness. That is being human.

I used to think missed moments stacked up like evidence against us. Every distraction. Every rushed goodbye. Every time ...
12/31/2025

I used to think missed moments stacked up like evidence against us. Every distraction. Every rushed goodbye. Every time I told myself I would be more present tomorrow. It was easy to believe that once you drift far enough, closeness is gone for good. But I have learned something gentler and far more hopeful.

You are not out of chances. You are one intentional moment away. One pause. One honest look. One decision to stay instead of scrolling. Repair does not begin with perfection. It begins the instant you choose to arrive again. And sometimes, that single moment is enough to change the direction of everything.

12/30/2025

Not all pain is a warning. Sometimes it’s just your brain trying to protect you from what it hasn’t learned you can handle yet.

Nick Thompson shares how running taught him to tell the difference between real red flags and protective signals that show up when you’re close to growth. That lesson applies far beyond the race. It preventively whispers slow down right before a breakthrough.

The work is learning when to listen and when to keep going.

Somewhere between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming, there’s a moment where you stop forcing and start listening, ...
12/30/2025

Somewhere between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming, there’s a moment where you stop forcing and start listening, where you loosen your grip on what no longer fits and choose presence over pressure, trusting that the way you live today is already shaping what comes next.

12/26/2025

Joyful service is not about pushing harder. It is about removing shame.

Claude Silver reminds us that when people feel safe enough to take off the masks they wear at work, everything changes. Energy returns. Creativity opens up. Work becomes something we can actually enjoy, rather than enduring.

Heart-led leadership is not about fixing people. It is about creating spaces where authenticity is allowed, and joy becomes possible again.

On this Christmas Eve, as the world quiets and lights glow softly against the night, I'm sharing a gentle blessing and r...
12/24/2025

On this Christmas Eve, as the world quiets and lights glow softly against the night, I'm sharing a gentle blessing and reflection from The Ignited Life.
It's an invitation to pause amid the season's bustle—to breathe in the hush, feel the ancient promise of light arriving in tenderness, and carry that peace into our hearts.
Whether you're with loved ones, in solitude, or somewhere in between, may this night hold you kindly.

Full reflection in the 1st comment.
Wishing you a blessed, peaceful Christmas Eve filled with quiet wonder.

12/22/2025

Charles Duhigg wrote Supercommunicators to remind us that reconnection is not about grand gestures, it is about daily practice. The quiet habit of curiosity. The choice to ask instead of assume. The willingness to understand how someone else sees the world even when we do not agree.

When connection becomes a practice, loneliness loosens its grip. Trust grows where distance once lived. Relationships stop feeling fragile and start feeling alive again. Not because life got easier, but because we learned how to stay connected through it.

There was a long time when I thought love meant effort. Showing up with answers. Carrying the load. Doing more, fixing f...
12/22/2025

There was a long time when I thought love meant effort. Showing up with answers. Carrying the load. Doing more, fixing faster, proving my value through motion. But the moments that changed my relationships didn’t come from trying harder. They came when I finally slowed down enough to be fully there.

When I stopped performing and started arriving, something softened. Conversations went deeper. Silences stopped feeling awkward. The people I love didn’t need me to impress them. They just needed me with them. No agenda. No distraction. No need to prove anything at all.

Because when you are fully there, nothing else needs to be proven.

Had a great conversation with Mike Bassett on Legal Grounds, where we dug into leadership beyond titles and circumstance...
12/19/2025

Had a great conversation with Mike Bassett on Legal Grounds, where we dug into leadership beyond titles and circumstances. We talked about why your environment doesn’t define you, how situational leadership is about adapting your approach without losing your principles, and why who you surround yourself with matters just as much as the goals you set.

Mike brings his signature wit, curiosity, and decades of real-world perspective to every conversation, and this one was no exception. If you care about leading with intention, navigating change, and building cultures where people actually matter, this episode is worth your time.

Give it a listen and let me know what resonated with you most.

12/19/2025

Before I could name the hidden rules of luck, I felt them. Intuition was never mystical to me. It became a way of sensing what was happening beneath the surface, long before words caught up.

After a brain injury in my twenties, I started noticing shifts in rooms. Tension. Openness. Resistance. Years later, that same intuition helped me pivot a high stakes boardroom pitch in real time. Nothing was said. I just listened and adjusted.

That’s where intuition and luck intersect. Intuition is the radar that helps us detect invisible structures shaping opportunity. When I trust it, luck stops feeling random and starts feeling intentional.

𝑨 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈For a long time, I’ve believed something simple and deeply humanWe don’t earn our worth...
12/18/2025

𝑨 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈

For a long time, I’ve believed something simple and deeply human
We don’t earn our worth; we begin with it.

CEO Weekly just shared a piece on why I’m building a storytelling world designed to help children learn they matter, simply because they exist.

What started as one quiet story has grown into something much bigger, and this article explores where it came from and what I hope it gives the next generation.

Tap the link in my story to read the full piece.

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