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Joel J. Miller

About Joel J. Miller

Joel J. Miller is chief content officer of Michael Hyatt & Company. As a writer and editor, he has more than fifteen years of experience in the publishing industry, including as a vice president of editorial and acquisitions for Thomas Nelson, an imprint of HarperCollins. He’s the author of four books, including The Revolutionary Paul Revere, a biography of the early American hero. His work has been described as “powerful” (Washington Times), “lively” (World), and “well-researched and bitingly written” (Publishers Weekly), and his articles have been featured in Reason, the Washington Post, American Spectator, and National Review.

10 Rules to Read More Books This Year

How to Make Reading Central to Your Personal Growth in the Coming Year

January 2, 2018 by Joel J. Miller

One New Year’s resolution I frequently hear from people is that they want to read more books. Makes sense if you consider reading a key component of personal growth and development. Ray Edwards recently wrote about his reading goals here at MH&Co. He planned to read fifty-two books in a year. Instead, he read seventy-six! […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: Books, Goal Setting, Leadership, New Year's Resolutions, read, reading, Success

One Easy Self-Assessment for True Success

How to Keep Track of the 10 Domains that Make up Your Life

December 5, 2017 by Joel J. Miller

One key for designing the future we desire is self awareness. A study study by Cornell University and Green Peak Partners found it was the single greatest predictor of success among executives. That goes for most of us. Our lives have many domains. Consider your spirituality, psychological and physical health, family, friends, and work. It […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: assessment, best year ever, Goal Setting, Leadership, LifeScore, Personal Development, Personal Growth

Shakespeare’s Plan for Personal Growth

What Leaders Can Learn from the Bard's Plays and Career

October 24, 2017 by Joel J. Miller

In deference to easily scandalized students, Cambridge University has begun adding trigger warnings to English classes that teach some of Shakespeare’s plays. That’s a shame if it deters participation. Students—and the rest of us—could all benefit from what the Bard can teach us about personal growth. Declan Fitzsimons, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: growth, Leadership, Personal Development, self-development, shakespeare

How to Avoid Our Most Common Thought Traps

A New Guide to Clear Thinking in a Confusing World

October 17, 2017 by Joel J. Miller

During the early days of the Vietnam War, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara wanted to know if American military efforts in Vietnam were effective. He charted the numbers of weapons lost, enemies killed, and so on. But there was a hole in his thinking. A critical colleague told McNamara he’d failed to count “the […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Alan Jacobs, how to think, Thought, thought traps

The 4 Revolutionary Leadership Tactics of Paul Revere

July 4, 2014 by Joel J. Miller

Guest Post by Joel J. Miller: Whether it was riding express or printing money or casting cannons or even figuring out how to construct a gunpowder mill, Revere was tapped time and again because patriot higher-ups could count on him to get the job done, whatever it was and even if he’d never done it before, which oftentimes he had not.

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: American History, Featured, history, Initiative, Joel J. Miller, Leadership, Leadership Lessons, Leading from the Middle, Paul Revere, Revoluionary War