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

Cinematic hero image of a successful businessman standing alone overlooking a city skyline, illustrating why do high achievers feel unseen despite external success and exploring the connection between performance, self-worth, and the human need to matter beyond achievement.

Why High Achievers Feel Unseen: Overcoming the Performance Trap and Achievement Burnout

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As a former Fortune 50 CIO and Navy veteran, I have seen how the world’s most driven individuals often wrestle with a silent paradox: Success was supposed to feel different than this. For many ambitious, capable, and deeply driven people, achievement eventually produces a strange contradiction: outward accomplishment paired with inward emptiness. Careers advance. Responsibilities […]

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The Invincible Brain: Dr. Majid Fotuhi on the Science of Reversing Cognitive Decline

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For years, conversations around memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease have been dominated by fear, inevitability, and decline. In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi to explore a radically more hopeful and scientifically grounded perspective through his groundbreaking framework, The Invincible Brain. Drawing from decades

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Beating Cancer and Finding Purpose: Kathy Giusti on Navigating a Broken Medical System

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Beating cancer and finding purpose is not just about survival; it is about learning how to take control inside a system that was never designed with the patient at the center. In this episode, Kathy Giusti shares the raw reality of receiving a life-altering diagnosis and the decisions that followed, from becoming the CEO of

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How to Design a Life You Don’t Need to Escape From and Finally Feel Like Yourself Again

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There’s a moment in The Truman Show where a spotlight falls from the sky, and no one reacts. Truman notices something is off, looks around, and then chooses to move on as if nothing happened. That moment is more familiar than we’d like to admit. In this episode, we explore how to design a life

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The Power of Real Optimism: How to Build Resilience in Uncertain Times | Dr. Deepika Chopra

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In this episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Dr. Deepika Chopra to explore the truth behind Real Optimism and why so many of us feel stuck despite doing all the “right” mindset work. We often think optimism is about staying positive or believing harder, but what if the real work is something deeper,

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Connection by Design: Mastering the Science of Social Connection

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Social connection shapes far more of our lives than we realize. In this episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Nicholas Epley to explore why we consistently underestimate how powerful human interaction can be, and how small, everyday choices can transform our happiness, health, and sense of belonging. What makes this conversation so compelling

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The Identity Gravity Trap: How to Stop Falling Into Old Habits

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If you’ve been searching for how to stop falling into old habits, this episode offers a deeper answer than discipline, willpower, or productivity systems ever could. In this solo episode, John R. Miles takes you inside the unseen force that shapes your behavior long after you decide to change. He calls it identity gravity, a

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How to Manage Energy Not Time: The Psychology of Wise Effort with Dr. Diana Hill

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What if the real reason you feel drained isn’t your schedule, but where your energy is going? In this episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Diana Hill to explore how to manage energy not time and why this shift changes everything. Diana shares how even the most driven, high-performing people can become misaligned

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Moral Economics: Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth on Market Design and Repugnant Transactions

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In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with Nobel Prize–winning economist Alvin E. Roth to explore the powerful and often uncomfortable ideas behind Moral Economics. This conversation moves beyond traditional views of markets as financial systems and reframes them as mechanisms that quietly determine who gets access, who is excluded, and

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The Shocking Truth About Why Nothing Changes in Your Life
Why We Circle Change and How to Reclaim Control of Your Life

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Why We Circle Change is not about a lack of discipline or clarity. It is about the invisible forces that keep us moving in familiar loops even when we know something deeper is calling us forward. In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles takes you into a moment most people recognize but rarely

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How to Design a Meaningful Life (Without Finding Your Passion First)

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Designing a meaningful life doesn’t begin with a perfectly clear vision of who you’re supposed to become; it usually starts in that subtle friction between a life that works and a life that actually feels alive. In this conversation with Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, that tension becomes the doorway into something much deeper, shaped

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