What podcasts say about Michael Smoak
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What Michael Smoak has said on podcasts
17 statements · 12 positive · 3 negative · 2 neutral
High achievers continually move their performance goals upward.
“the carrot keeps moving for the high achiever”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:06
High achievers should learn contentment with their accomplishments.
“the battle has now become learning to be content in the things that we achieve”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:09
The primary goal should be maintaining access to deeper inspiration.
“The goal is, in my opinion, to stay tapped into inspiration and deeper levels of inspiration.”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 5:28
Suppressing emotions can later control a person subconsciously.
“what you bury will bury you”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 14:24
Expressing suppressed emotions is necessary for resolving them.
“until you express those emotions, you are not going to be delivered from them”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 15:44
Resistance to pain increases suffering, while acceptance reduces it.
“suffering becomes part of the equation. When you resist the pain instead of letting it move through you”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 18:03
Michael Smoak found his stress tolerance exceeded his prior expectations.
“my nervous system's threshold for stress was a lot greater than I thought it was”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 21:10
Creators should prioritize impacting receptive audiences over maximizing followers.
“I'm just here to make an impact on the people who are prepared to listen”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 50:08
Maintaining inspiration is a better objective than eliminating fear of others' perceptions.
“if the goal is not to overcome the fear of perception, but to stay tapped into inspiration”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:02:03
Combining informational, relational, and aspirational content strengthens audience commitment.
“when you combine those three pillars, you get an audience that is really bought into you”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:10:09
Material success does not reliably provide significance or belonging.
“any form of material success, will it make us feel significant, seen, heard, understood, important in our place in the world? And it never does.”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:11:55
Exceptional success generally comes from sustained execution of basic tasks.
“extraordinary success comes from just doing the boring stuff”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:38:45
Michael Smoak attributes his social-media growth partly to uninterrupted posting.
“I haven't missed an upload in 2 and a half years on social media.”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:39:07
Suspending ego allows skills to improve enough to match ambitions.
“It's suspending the ego long enough for the skill sets to catch up.”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:44:05
Clear, convicted speech causes others to perceive competence and confidence.
“when you speak clearly, when you enunciate properly, and with conviction that when you sit across the table from me, whether you agree with me or not, you can tell that I believe what I'm saying. You're perceived by the people around you as competent, intelligent, and confident.”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:47:35
Public-speaking practice can develop clarity, conviction, and spontaneous speech.
“you can build clarity, you can build conviction, you can learn how to speak in stream of consciousness”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:51:44
Returning shopping carts is presented as an indicator of responsible self-governance.
“the shopping cart theory is the litmus test for if you're a functioning, self governing member of society”
Open the episode · #1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious PeopleListen at 1:56:25
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