The Success Professor’s Top 10 Podcast Choices
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This article is a follow up on my popular articles Six Ways to Grow Daily and The Success Professor’s Top 10 Book Choices.
Podcasts are a fantastic way of learning, being inspired, and for personal growth. They are audio presentations that you download and are able to listen to at your convenience, whether on iTunes or on an iPod (or other Mp3 player). If you don’t currently listen to any podcasts the first step is to download iTunes. After subscribing to podcasts, such as the ones listed below, iTunes will automatically download any recent episodes every time you open the program. I listen to some podcasts directly on my computer and download others to my iPod.
Each of these podcasts can be found by searching for the title in the iTunes store, or by subscribing at the webpage linked to in the title of each podcast.
1. Inspiring Words of Encouragement – Zig Ziglar
Motivational expert Zig Ziglar offers this excellent podcast. The subject list is diverse within the framework of living a positive life. Past episodes include tips on success, lessons for salespeople, and even parenting advice.
This podcast is updated every two weeks, and I never fail to be encouraged, inspired, and to learn from every episode. The full archives are available for download also, giving you lots of powerful motivational material.
2. Mosaic – A Community of Faith, Love & Hope
One of two churches that make the list. I hesitate to call it a church. Partly because it meets in a night club, and partly because it is nothing like most churches you may have experiences with.
Pastor Erwin McManus is an amazing communicator of God’s word. He does it in a way that communicates the true message of Jesus. He speaks of important personal development topics such as work, relationships and money. Be sure to make your way into the archives of past messages. My favorite messages that I recommend you check out are entitled, “Fear”, “Work”, and “Everyone Gave”.
Financial guru Dave Ramsey and author of the Total Money Makeover (one of my top 10 books!) hosts a national daily radio show that talks about your life and your money. The podcast is a one hour segment (forty minutes because no commercials!) each day from his radio show.
In this segment Ramsey helps people with life and financial issues, guiding listeners to make a change in how they think about money. His goal is that “you will live like no one else so later you can live like no one else.”
This is a powerful motivation podcast from motivationtomove.com The free podcast is generally a once a week motivating message, that comes out of their daily podcast service for “premium” members. Currently they are sharing the top 10 messages of the year with all free subscribers.
The messages are short, about 10 minutes a day, and provide a powerful personal development tip that motivates you to move forward. I am considering upgrading to the paid premium membership, the podcasts are that good! At least check out the free version.
5. Duct Tape Marketing Podcast
John Jantsch, author of the book Duct Tape Marketing, hosts this excellent podcast filled with interviews of marketing experts and entrepreneurs. It is always informative and helps to keep up to date with trends in the world of marketing, particularly social media and new marketing. These podcasts come approximately once a week and there is a fantastic archive of previous episodes.
Alex Shalman’s personal development podcast is an outgrowth of his excellent blog. This podcast is a weekly podcast that interviews people on the topic of personal development. Alex asks excellent questions that give you an insight into how successful people think about their lives. This podcast is brand new and that is the only reason it isn’t ranked higher on my list. If the quality continues as it has in its first few weeks it will quickly move up my ranks. The podcast is weekly and comes every Monday.
The second church service on our list is led by pastor Bruxy Cavey. Bruxy is the author of the book “The End of Religion” which might give you a pretty good picture as to why this church is so unique. They consider The Meeting House as the irreligious church. Bruxy is an excellent communicator and speaks on many relevant issues of today including topics such male/female differences, the God debate, and even a series called The Secret Revealed.
Stuart McLean is a master storyteller. This podcast of his weekly radio show is a fantastic break from the ordinary as it allows you to listen to a master story teller at work. This podcast is a wonderful break for relaxation and stress reduction. If you are looking for a personal development angle beyond the rest it is this: listening to Stuart will help you become a better storyteller for all of your presentations.
9. Harvard Business Review Ideacast
This weekly podcast from the editors of Harvard Business Review shares interviews with the author of an article in the current issues of the Harvard Business Review. Listening to this podcast allows you to hear about import research in the world of business and get application ideas directly from the author.
This podcast from the leadership experts at Maximum Impact (John Maxwell’s company) provides excellent lessons on leadership. It is filled with interviews and insights with each episode feeling like a diverse radio show. Unfortunately they have not released a new issue in several months. That is the only reason this podcast slipped so low in my rankings. It is well worth going through the archives and catching up on previous episodes.
I hope you get as much out of these podcasts as I do. Now it’s your turn. Did I miss any? What are your favorite podcasts, and why? Share in the comments below!
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