John R. Miles - Founder and CEO of Passion Struck ™

John Miles

John R. Miles's goal is to make passion go viral. He is a former combat veteran and multi-industry CEO turned entrepreneur and human performance expert. He founded Passion Struck to help the broken, beaten, and bored of the world regain their passion and unlock their hidden potential. Contact me at www.johnrmiles.com

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Why We Feel So Disconnected Right Now and Why Feeling Seen Changes Everything

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Despite being part of the most interconnected generation in human history, an overwhelming number of people feel isolated. We carry thousands of contacts in our pockets and possess the ability to reach almost anyone instantly, yet rates of loneliness, anxiety, and declining trust continue to break records. The underlying cause of this crisis isn’t a […]

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Can Love Be the Most Powerful Force in Business? Marcus Buckingham on Experience Design and Human Flourishing

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What if the most powerful force in business isn’t strategy, innovation, incentives, or even leadership itself? What if it’s love? In this powerful episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with Marcus Buckingham, one of the world’s leading researchers on strengths, leadership, and human performance, to explore a revolutionary idea: love as a

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Greg McKeown on Confident Misunderstanding: Closing the Understanding Gap & Reducing Emotional Noise | Passion Struck 778

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Confident misunderstanding is one of the most invisible yet destructive forces shaping our relationships, leadership, and culture today. It is the dangerous assumption that we understand others, and that they understand us, when in reality we are operating from entirely different interpretations of the same conversation. In this eye-opening conversation on Passion Struck Episode 778,

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Overcoming the Connection Crisis: How to Stop Vanishing in Plain Sight

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Have you ever experienced a strange, persistent sense of existential vertigo? It is that sinking feeling that despite doing everything right—working long hours, managing chaotic schedules, and keeping every plate spinning—you are somehow vanishing from your own life. You sit at the dinner table surrounded by family, or stand in a crowded corporate office, yet

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The Surprising Reason You’re Exhausted All the Time | Dr. John La Puma

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Why you’re always tired may have less to do with your workload, your diet, or your willpower than you think. Many people wake up exhausted despite sleeping seven hours, exercising regularly, drinking coffee, and doing everything modern wellness culture tells them to do. By mid-afternoon, they are fighting brain fog, struggling to focus, and wondering

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Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Lose Their Humanity

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What causes organizations built on purpose, trust, and service to gradually drift away from the very values that made them successful? In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Lean Startup creator Eric Ries to explore why good companies lose their humanity. Drawing from his groundbreaking new

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Turning Adversity Into Contribution: How to Turn Your Pain Into Purpose

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What can a fictional prisoner from one of the most beloved films ever made teach us about living a meaningful life? In this episode of Passion Struck, I explore the story of Andy Dufresne from The Shawshank Redemption and the powerful lesson hidden within his quiet persistence. While most people remember Andy for his daring

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The Powerful Truth About Small Changes and BIG Results | Eric Zimmer

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We live in a cultural moment defined by optimization exhaustion. From social media feeds to the self-help bestseller lists, we are inundated with a relentless directive: transform your life, and do it by tomorrow morning. We are told to cold plunge, time box, meditate for an hour, keep a gratitude journal, and write morning pages

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The Alchemical Fire: Redefining Growth Through Personal Transmutation

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There comes a moment in every human life when the old version of ourselves no longer fits the reality we are standing inside. The habits, ambitions, identities, and emotional armor that once created safety begin to feel strangely heavy, leaving us caught between who we were and who we are becoming. Most people interpret this

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