Play Your Position
Many of us receive the call to leadership at some point in our lives. It can happen when we are young, and it can happen later. Sometimes it happens more than once. Regardless of its timing, saying yes to that call fundamentally changes us and the direction of our lives. The Play Your Position Podcast explores what happens when we answer the call -- and why it matters.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 553
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
112: Jane Jackson -- How to Thrive When Changing Your Career Direction
Jane Jackson and I have never met in person. In fact, I "met" Jane Jackson via a video she made as part of an online course I took in June. I live in Oregon in the US and she lives in Sydney, Austral…
111: Steve Robertson -- “Our Lives Truly Begin Outside Our Comfort Zones”
110: Andrea Jordan -- “You Can Have Everything You Want, Just Not at the Same Time”
Andrea Jordan is a business strategist who is living a life many people dream of: seeing the world while working remotely. As a digital nomad, she is currently travelling throughout Latin America, en…
109: 7 Ways Quitters Win
Most of us have heard a variation of the popular Vince Lombardi quote:
"Winners never quit and quitters never win."While that meme may have worked back in the mid 20th century when the world was ver…
108: Matt Miller -- Creating Passive Income Old School Style with Vending Machines
“The Internet still has a voodoo quality to me, even after all this time,” laughs today’s PYP MVP Matt Miller. Old school through and through, Matt loves the physicality of peeling a sticker off its …
107: Dana Malstaff -- This Boss Mom Gets Things Done without Judgment and with Plenty of Dance Parties
“I don’t like doing the same thing over and over,” says Dana Malstaff, founder of the growing brand “Boss Mom” and mother of two. “That’s probably why I wouldn’t be good at football because I’d want …
106: Will Cuddy -- "Great Things Happen When We Appreciate Others"
He’s crashed the Toronto Film Festival. Had dinner with Amy Cuddy and her family in the nicest restaurant in Boston. Imitated his favorite superhero in a bathroom stall before nailing an audition. Wo…
105: Dr. Phil Carson Dares to Dream Again
Too many Americans are living as prisoners in their own bodies, held captive by bad habits that have drained them of their livelihood and sentenced them to a premature death. These harsh realities ar…
104: Rob Dial -- "Walmart Pasta Saved My Life"
“At my lowest point, I ate 88 cent pasta and $1.88 sauce from Walmart for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It literally saved my life,” says today’s PYP MVP Rob Dial. Those days may be behind him, but Ro…
103: Siphiwe Baleka Throws a Hail Mary for Health and Fitness into the End Zone
What happens when you realize you aren’t as good as you thought you were? That, after devoting over half your life to one pursuit, it didn’t work out? Today’s PYP MVP Siphiwe Baleka knows exactly wha…
102: Lou Radja on Living an Extraordinary Life at the Intersection of Success and Significance
When you meet Lou Radja for the first time, most people are struck by the warmth of his smile, followed by his remarkable ability to command a room with his wonderful stories. If you hang around long…
101: Dr. Tracey Adams Dishes about the Benefits of Bad Bosses and Leaving Your Phone at Home
What can we learn from having a bad boss, or working with a really bad coach? Emotional Intelligence expert Dr. Tracey Adams says plenty! Tracey and I recently met via a mutual friend and PYP MVP Eli…
100: *** Celebrating 100 Episodes of PYP! ***
100 is a nifty number. It’s many people’s favorite currency denomination (who doesn’t like having a pocket full of Benjamins). It carries a certain and enviable weight. Just saying the words “one hun…
99: Susan Ritchie on What We Need to Know about the X Factor of Leadership
If you were deathly afraid of spiders, would you deliberately spend the night in the jungles of Borneo? Today’s PYP MVP Sue Ritchie did, and said it was one of the best experiences of her life. Sue i…
98: Karen Lopez McWilliams Shares the Secret of Winning Big in Life
I first met Karen Lopez McWilliams in the lobby of a Hilton Hotel in Southlake, Texas. It was late June 2015 and she arrived with all the materials she’d agreed to bring for our two day strategy sess…
97: BONUS PYP Audible Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Halftime Show
I love the Super Bowl. I was not happy with the outcome on Sunday as I wanted the Falcons to win. But hats off to Tom Brady and the Patriots for pulling out of their tailspin and coming back to win t…
96: BONUS PYP Audible 7 Things I Wish I'd Known about Playing My Position
When I was in my twenties, I loved buying expensive shoes at Nordstrom. While I’m not nearly as obsessed with fancy shoes as I was in those days, I still enjoy splurging once in awhile on a great pai…
95: Thor Conklin Shares Strategies for Improving Peak Performance (2nd Half)
In the second half of my conversation with Thor Conklin, Thor gets into the details of how to execute on the plans we make for our lives, our businesses, our careers. Think that’s easy? It’s actually…
94: Thor Conklin Shares Strategies for Improving Peak Performance (1st Half)
It’s fun listening to Thor Conklin. He is full of energy, insights and passion for helping people achieve peak performance. What I noticed right away about Thor was his conviction: what he shares wit…
93: BONUS PYP Audible Being the Best
Being the Best. I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s book The Dip this week. If you haven’t read this book, I recommend it. In a nutshell, The Dip is a book about helping readers figure out when to keep go…