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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Can Your Brain Actually Change? You Are Not a Photograph

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Can Your Brain Actually Change? Quick answer: Yes. Neuroscience research confirms your brain can actually change well into adulthood, a process called neuroplasticity. Repeated thoughts, emotions, and behaviors physically reshape neural pathways—visible in London taxi drivers’ enlarged hippocampi, trained musicians’ motor cortices, and even a monk’s permanently shifted brainwave baseline after 62,000 hours of meditation. […]

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What Is Human Flourishing? Richard Davidson and Cortland Dahl Explain the Science

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Every self-improvement movement begins with an assumption: that lasting change comes from fixing what is broken. Richard Davidson and Cortland Dahl invite us to begin somewhere else. Drawing from decades of neuroscience, contemplative science, and meditation research, they argue that the capacities most essential to a meaningful life already exist within us. Awareness, connection, insight,

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How to Improve Brain Health: Why Modern Life Is Destroying Your Brain, According to Dr. Daniel Amen

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For years, I believed that human drive was primarily a matter of willpower. We know more about mental health than at any point in history. We have greater access to therapy, neuroscience, wellness technology, and psychiatric research than any generation before us. Yet anxiety, depression, ADHD, burnout, and loneliness continue to rise. So what are

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The Daily Practice of Becoming Fully Alive (Why Flourishing Isn’t Discovered)

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We often tell ourselves that life will change when we finally discover the right answer. It might come through a book, a conversation, or a moment of clarity that suddenly rearranges everything we thought we knew. Those experiences can be powerful, but they rarely transform us on their own. The daily practice of personal growth

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How to Be Kinder to Yourself: Dr. D. Ivan Young on Self-Compassion, Leadership, and Healing

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Learning how to be kinder to yourself begins with understanding that self-criticism rarely appears without a history. The beliefs we carry about our worth, our abilities, and our place in the world often originate long before we are aware of them. In this conversation, Dr. D. Ivan Young joins John R. Miles to explore how

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How to Build an Elite Team Culture That Drives Championship Performance | Sean Brosnan

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When most people think about championship teams, they begin with talent. Sean Brosnan begins somewhere entirely different. His success at Newbury Park High School was never built on finding extraordinary athletes. It was built on creating an environment where ordinary teenagers learned to believe in something larger than themselves and gradually became extraordinary through the

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Who Benefits If You Never Evolve? (Why Your Emotional State Shapes Others)

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Most of us move through life believing that our thoughts, stress, fears, and emotional struggles belong only to us. We assume that personal growth is a private pursuit and that the consequences of avoiding it are ours alone to bear. Yet understanding how your emotional state affects others challenges that assumption at its foundation. Every

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Why Digital Privacy Matters More Than Ever: Guy Kawasaki on Identity, AI, and Human Dignity

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When most people think about digital privacy, they picture passwords, encrypted messaging apps, or cybersecurity threats. Guy Kawasaki invites us to begin somewhere much deeper. Privacy is not simply a technical concern. It is one of the foundations that allows people to think independently, build trusting relationships, maintain healthy boundaries, and preserve the freedom to

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Making It Without Losing Yourself: The Hidden Cost of Success

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There is a quiet, subtle shift that happens to many high achievers. You set out to build something meaningful, push your limits, and reach a vision of achievement you have worked years to define. But somewhere along the way, the finish line keeps moving. The promotion, the revenue milestone, or the public recognition arrives, yet

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Designing Your Space to Flourish: Why Environment Beats Willpower

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You do not become who you intend to become. You become who your environment repeatedly invites you to be. Every January, millions of people make promises to themselves. They will eat better. They will spend less time on their phones. They will finally write the book, prioritize their family, or create more space to think.

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How Your Environment Shapes Your Life: The Hidden Psychology of Place

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Most of us spend a great deal of energy trying to improve ourselves from the inside out. We pursue stronger habits, greater discipline, healthier routines, and clearer thinking in the hope that these internal changes will eventually produce a better life. Yet the central idea behind How Your Environment Shapes Your Life asks us to

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How to Raise Resilient Kids in the Age of AI: Why Human Connection Matters More Than Ever

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How to Raise Resilient Kids in the Age of AI may become one of the defining questions of modern parenting. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of performing intellectual tasks that once distinguished human beings, parents, educators, and caregivers face a far more important challenge: how do we cultivate the qualities that technology can never

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