5 Motivational Podcasts to Help You Achieve Your Goals

I love setting goals, but they can be so darn challenging to follow through on!

The definition of goal setting is the process of identifying something that you want to

accomplish and establishing measurable objectives and timeframes. Its good to set goals as it

helps you organize your time, your resources and your knowledge to improve your life.

One tool that has recently helped me to set and achieve my goals is podcasts. It will give you

15 minutes to 1 hour or more of awesome FREEcontent that will help you learn from others

experiences.

What is so cool about podcasts is that you can download them and take them with you while

you travel, exercise, or just while you doing things around the house.

Here are 5 podcasts that have really taken my success to a whole new

level:

1. MWF Motivation

In this podcast, Dean and Rob provide tips and tools

to help make you a better version of yourself. They

reflect on past experiences and invite guests from

various walks of life in a way that inspires creativity, introspection, and focus.

One of the most powerful episodes for me was Ep. 14: Losing My Alcoholic Father. In this

episode, Rob opens up about how he used the life and eventual suicide of his troubled and

abusive father to transform himself into a better person. Messages like this one that really

challenge me to push myself and see my current situation differently.

2. The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim, who is a bestselling author, gets behind the scenes with

world-class performers, finding out their personal habits and

daily routines are to help us achieve success. I normally listen

to these episodes during a long car ride or plane trip, as an

episode can be between 1-2 hours long, but I never go

without learning something amazing about successful

individuals.

Although there is a ton of high quality value bombs in every episode, I highly recommend

listening to his recent interview with Jamie Foxx. Jamies upbringing, his various comedy

routines, his $400 house party that topped Diddys million-dollar shindig every anecdote

had you hanging on his every word. High quality stuff.

3. Achieving Your Goals with Hal Elrod

Hal Elrod shines in this podcast hosted by Nick Palkowski, a.k.a

the podcast guru. Hal covers a different development topic

within an hour, helping listeners with everything they need to

start making real progress with their goals. To do so, he uses his

experiences and interviews with other influential individuals.

I loved Hals podcast on book writing. He took an hour with fellow author Chandler Bolt to

answer many of the Miracle Morning Facebook communitys questions and really break

down one of the most intimidating goals people never accomplishwriting a book.

4. The Art of Charm

This podcast is hosted by AJ and Jordan

Harbinger who are phenomenal at what they

do. They find experts on many topics from

relationships to networking to leadership to

really help build your social and

communication skills. They also answer

questions every Friday e-mailed to them

from listeners. Although this 45-60 minute

podcast is geared mostly to men, ladies will find the information provided just as valuable as

men will!

Ive discussed this podcast episode at length in this post, but you should definitely take a

listen to Ep. 416: Make Life Matter. Its filled with value nuggets on how to ensure your

efforts are spent on activities that will bring you the most benefit, while providing inspiration

in times of personal tragedy. This episode nearly moved me to tears.

5. EOFire

Although more entreprenurial-focused, many of

the lessons learned in the EOFire podcast can be

used throughout your life! This daily podcast is by

John Lee Dumas who is an entrepreneur and

online marking strategist. Here he interviews other

successful entrepreneurs. In each 30-minute

episode get to know the entrepreneur, what makes

them tick, their success and failures, and how they started their businesses.

Of the nearly 1,200 podcasts (he somehow puts out new content 7 days a week) it is difficult

to choose the best one Ive listened to. However, one that truly caused me to take action on

my goals was Ep. 1026. In this episode, Deri Llewellyn-Davies discussed how he was

miserable, broke, nearly ended it all, but the sobering thought his daughter growing up

fatherless gave him new life. His inspiring comeback made me really focus on living my life

to the fullest with no regrets.

These are only a few of my favorite podcasts that has helped me achieve my goals. What are

your favorite motivational podcasts? Which ones inspire you to take action on your goals?