The Cancer Scare That Taught Jeremy Miner What Really Matters
The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with legendary sales expert and entrepreneur Jeremy Miner to discuss the foundation of success. Jeremy, the founder of Seventh Level, reveals the mental frameworks, communication skills, and commitment required to achieve peak performance in any area of life.
Drawing from his own harrowing health scare and decades of experience coaching top performers, Jeremy shares candid insights into what separates the top 1% from everyone else. This conversation is not just about sales—it’s about the psychology of human connection, overcoming fear, and unlocking your full potential to build a more resilient and successful life.
Who is Jeremy Miner:
Jeremy Miner is an internationally recognized sales trainer and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the sales training company 7th Level. He is the creator of the Neuro-Persuasion Sales Method and has a background in behavioral science, which he uses to train sales professionals. Previously, he was a highly successful, commission-only salesperson who was ranked among the top earners globally before retiring to start his training company.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:06 - The Psychology of Success
10:31 - How Fear Can Drive You
14:40 - Communication Skills
33:14 - The Power of Problem-Finding
39:33 - The 4 Categories of Performance
1:00:21 - Jeremy’s Cancer Scare
1:12:32 - Advice for Mental Toughness
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| 0:00.0 | Can you talk to me about your own health? So I'm in France, I still remember, and I get this call from a 480 number. Yeah, Jeremy, this is Dr. So and so. He's like, I need you just sat down. And he's like, hey, we examine this. This is cancer, but we can't tell what type of cancer. From the time that you got that call to the time that you knew something, what was that like? Your why has to be bigger than money. |
| 0:23.1 | I know a lot of people are money driven, but actually they're not, they say they're money |
| 0:27.2 | driven, but there's a fear that they have. Every decision you make starts with your survival |
| 0:31.3 | part of the brain. What makes up the best entrepreneurs, the top 1%? first foundation that makes a great entrepreneur great anyone is commitment. |
| 0:41.2 | If you're not committed, you don't take the necessary actions to have success. |
| 0:46.3 | How important is communication? |
| 0:48.8 | In society, most people view what you do or anybody does as it's just kind of the same thing. What's going to |
| 0:55.0 | differentiate that is how you frame what you do. A lot of people take advice from people who are |
| 1:01.1 | not that qualified to give the advice. Your biggest expense in life is your lack of applied knowledge. |
| 1:07.1 | I always say the biggest problem in life is that. Jeremy Miner, welcome to the show. |
| 1:19.9 | Doctor, thanks for having me on. What would you like to discuss today? You're a really unique guest |
| 1:25.4 | because typically we have MD's PhDs. But the one thing that you have |
| 1:31.6 | in common with all of them is that they are the best at what they do. And so are you. |
| 1:36.5 | Well, at least grandma tells me I'm the best. So thank you very much. It's very kind. |
| 1:40.9 | You know, as a, and you're an entrepreneur. Supposedly, yes. Supposedly. Trying to figure it out. An expert communicator, fair enough to say. A few people would say. A dad. Yeah, dad. And a human. Yes, I'm hoping I'm human. Who knows? Maybe we're the aliens. I really don't know at this point. Well, the reason I bring up humanity is because we are all fallible. |
| 2:01.8 | Yeah, for sure. |
| 2:04.5 | And we all, yes, we are. |
| 2:10.4 | Tell me what makes up the best entrepreneurs, the top 1%. You're probably in the top 0.5%. |
| 2:14.2 | Trying to catch up with you. |
| 2:15.0 | I would say in my mind, it's the first foundation that makes a great entrepreneur |
| 2:21.6 | or great business owner great anyone is commitment. |
| 2:26.1 | I think everything starts from commitment because if you're not committed, you don't take |
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