Episodes

The Bubble Up Effect: How This 12 Minute A Day Technique Works
Feb. 26, 2026

The Bubble Up Effect: How This 12 Minute A Day Technique Works

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John share something he has become enlightened to over the last few months. It’s creating a moniker, a bumper sticker for essentially how the think it be it methodology works. A...
You Don’t Rise to the Level of Your Goals, You Sink to the Level of Your Systems
Feb. 19, 2026

You Don’t Rise to the Level of Your Goals, You Sink to the Level of Your Systems

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about a powerful quote from James Clear. Author of atomic habits. You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you sink to the level of your systems. As John e...
To Create Success in Your Career – Understand Your Industry – Really Understand Your Industry
Feb. 12, 2026

To Create Success in Your Career – Understand Your Industry – Really Understand Your Industry

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about the power of really understanding the industry that you’re in. John and Kelly talk about getting into the success industry and discovering how clueless...
The Immense Power of Understanding Your DISC Profile
Feb. 5, 2026

The Immense Power of Understanding Your DISC Profile

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about the personality profile known as the disc profile. Essentially what this is is it determines which of four personality types you are. Based on whether ...
The Difference Between The Exceptional Life in the Average Life: Doing Your Key Behaviors Consistently Rather Than Sporadically
Jan. 29, 2026

The Difference Between The Exceptional Life in the Average Life: Doing Your Key Behaviors Consistently Rather Than Sporadically

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about the amazing season the Seattle Seahawks have had. Who are now in the Super Bowl. Obviously they were able to do their key behaviors consistently rather...
Startling Facts About Your HEALTH – Regarding Longevity
Jan. 22, 2026

Startling Facts About Your HEALTH – Regarding Longevity

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John shared some startling facts about health and longevity. John says most people are fundamentally UNENLIGHTENED about their health. And admits that he was to, until about two...
How To Influence People – Simplicity
Jan. 15, 2026

How To Influence People – Simplicity

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly share a video that Darren Hardy did on influencing people in 2026. He says it comes down to three rules. The first one is energy leads. You have to decide what en...
How to Love What You Do for a Career, Values, Proclivities, and Interest
Jan. 8, 2026

How to Love What You Do for a Career, Values, Proclivities, and Interest

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly share their observations on how to actually love what you do for a career. Where when you get up it each morning, you look forward to going to work. John talks ab...
Encore: Think It Be It – A Paying Customer’s Perspective
Jan. 1, 2026

Encore: Think It Be It – A Paying Customer’s Perspective

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John introduces a special guest. A man he met about a year ago that said he wanted to learn this think it be it 12 minute a day methodology. Listened to Steve Prendergast’s jour...
Encore: Why This 12 Minute A Day Methodology Works
Dec. 25, 2025

Encore: Why This 12 Minute A Day Methodology Works

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss why this 12 minute a day technique works. John opens the discussion by saying that it’s a combination of two things. It gives a person immense control ove...
Your Subconscious Mind Is Either Your Greatest Asset or It’s Your Greatest Challenge and Nemesis in Life (Encore)
Dec. 18, 2025

Your Subconscious Mind Is Either Your Greatest Asset or It’s Your Greatest Challenge and Nemesis in Life (Encore)

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John welcomes back Steve Prendergast as a guest on today show. It was Steve who came up with a line that your subconscious mind is either your greatest asset or your greatest ch...
Creating Success in Your Career – This Will Be Eye-Opening!
Dec. 11, 2025

Creating Success in Your Career – This Will Be Eye-Opening!

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly share their observations on creating success in your career. John mentions that he started out as a CPA and became an entrepreneur when he was 30. Then he was in ...
In American Society Today, No One has Taught How to Create Success in Their Life
Dec. 4, 2025

In American Society Today, No One has Taught How to Create Success in Their Life

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly share a startling observation. In American society today, no one is taught an actual way to create success in life. And people have two problems. First they conce...
You Are Two People In One – The Doer and The Observer
Nov. 27, 2025

You Are Two People In One – The Doer and The Observer

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly introduce an interesting idea. You are two people in one. There is the do’er you and there is the observer you. John points out that this is a powerful way to loo...
QUESTION: Do Your RESULTS Match Your POTENTIAL?
Nov. 13, 2025

QUESTION: Do Your RESULTS Match Your POTENTIAL?

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly ask a provocative question. Do your results match your potential? John mentioned that when he was 50 years old, clearly his results did not match his potential. A...
Life Works Out For You - Do You Believe This Profound Idea?
Nov. 6, 2025

Life Works Out For You - Do You Believe This Profound Idea?

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss the concept that life works out for you. That whatever happens in life for you, it’s always for the best. Maybe there’s lessons you have to learn from adv...
Encore: What Are The Life Lessons You Would Give The 20 Yr Old Version of Yourself?
Oct. 23, 2025

Encore: What Are The Life Lessons You Would Give The 20 Yr Old Version of Yourself?

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John shares with the audience something he did with his class at the University of Texas. John had a student play the 20-year-old version of John Mitchell. And John played the c...
Leveraging Yourself Through Science (Encore)
Oct. 16, 2025

Leveraging Yourself Through Science (Encore)

At 50, John Mitchell realized he wasn’t living the exceptional life he’d imagined. After 20 years as an entrepreneur earning $200K–$300K a year, he set out to understand the science of success —and found it in Think and Grow ...
Self Talk Establishes Your Identity
Oct. 9, 2025

Self Talk Establishes Your Identity

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss the idea that self talk establishes your identity. And that’s significant because your identity defines your long-term actions. And your actions ultimatel...
The Power of Talking to Yourself in the Second Person
Oct. 2, 2025

The Power of Talking to Yourself in the Second Person

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss the idea of talking to yourself in the second person. More specifically using focused self talk to create your identity. There is some amazing new researc...
You’re Not Smart Enough…To Be Successful Without This One Thing (Encore)
Sept. 25, 2025

You’re Not Smart Enough…To Be Successful Without This One Thing (Encore)

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss the concept of the power of personal growth. Kelly had the benefit of growing up with a father who was big into personal growth. Accordingly, ongoing pers...
You’ve Got to Create Yourself From the INSIDE OUT… Not the Outside In
Sept. 18, 2025

You’ve Got to Create Yourself From the INSIDE OUT… Not the Outside In

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly discuss is the idea that you have to create yourself from the inside out not the outside in. This comes from a great book called Inner Excellence. And here’s the ...
Are 95% of Your Actions Really Unconscious
Sept. 11, 2025

Are 95% of Your Actions Really Unconscious

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly dig deeper into the idea that 95% of your daily actions are unconscious. The classic way we explain it is as follows. Your actions determine your success in each ...
Do You Know Your Own “STORY”? There’s Power in Knowing It
Aug. 28, 2025

Do You Know Your Own “STORY”? There’s Power in Knowing It

In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about the power of knowing your own story. John talks about how he has a weekly personal growth program for the 18 head coaches at the University of Texas. A...