Are You Living Your Encodings? From Jim Collins to Wake Up Eager Clarity
Release Date: 06/15/2026
What Gives You Energy and What Quietly Drains It, the 7 Day Energy Audit
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Learn how to notice what genuinely gives you energy, recognize the quiet drains you may have stopped seeing, and use a simple 7-Day Energy Audit to make more intentional choices about where your energy goes. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Your Energy Leaves Clues 2. Go Underneath the Activity to Discover What Really Energizes You 3. Not All Tired Is the Same—and Not Every Drain Means “Stop” KEY QUOTES “Our energy leaves clues for us.” “Sometimes our feelings are giving us an answer before we've actually figured out how to explain it.” “The clock doesn't necessarily...
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When a Good Opportunity Isn’t the Right Opportunity
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Sometimes the hardest opportunities to turn down are the good ones; Suzie Price shares a four question Opportunity Filter to help you decide what truly deserves your time, energy, and attention right now. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Being able to do something doesn’t mean it belongs in your life. Capacity and calling are not the same thing. An opportunity can be good, flattering, profitable, or interesting and still not fit what matters most to you right now. 2. Every yes has a trade-off. Instead of asking only, “Can I fit this in?” ask, “What gets less of me if I say yes?” Time,...
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When It’s Hell No, Don’t Go: Trusting Your Inner Guidance
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
How do you know when discomfort is the healthy stretch of growth—and when your own internal guidance is telling you that something simply isn't right for you? TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Pay attention to your first response—before your brain starts negotiating with it. Suzie's wedding story is an exaggerated but memorable example: she knew immediately that singing a solo made absolutely no sense for her, yet she talked herself into saying yes because she was flattered, wanted to please her friend, and overrode what she already knew. 2. You don't have to make something—or someone—wrong...
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Under the Hood: What Acumen Really Tells Us About How We Think, Decide & Lead
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Suzie Price takes listeners “under the hood” of TriMetrix to explore how Acumen reveals the clarity behind the way we understand people, handle reality, navigate systems, see ourselves, understand our roles and envision our future—and why that matters for better decisions, stronger leadership and meaningful development. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Behavior is not capability. DISC helps us understand how someone naturally communicates and behaves, but it does not tell us everything they are capable of doing. A quiet, understated person may have tremendous clarity and judgment under...
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Eric Church’s Six Strings of Life: Are the Things That Matter Most in Your Life in Tune?
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Inspired by Eric Church’s powerful 2026 UNC commencement speech, Suzie Price connects his “six strings of life” to six dimensions of Axiology to explore how greater self-awareness can help us notice what has drifted out of tune—and intentionally make the adjustments that matter. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Nothing has to be broken to need tuning. Every important part of life can drift—our direction, relationships, roles, work, community, and even our sense of who we are. The goal is not perfect balance; it is developing enough awareness to notice when something needs attention and...
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Make People Feel Something: Leadership with Kevin Paul Scott
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Kevin Paul Scott shares how authentic, intentional leaders make people feel seen and valued—and why balancing relationships, accountability, and results creates experiences people want to return to. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Real connection happens where authenticity meets intentionality. Good intentions are not enough, and polished techniques can feel manipulative. Kevin describes authentic connection as the intersection of authenticity—your motives—and intentionality—the effort you put into connecting. That includes the small things: looking up from your phone, remembering...
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2026 Tip # 5 Nicole Williams - Mini Episode
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
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Wired to Connect: How Strong Couples Stop Missing Each Other with Kathy Rushing
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Relationship coach Kathy Rushing shares practical ways ambitious couples can recognize unhealthy patterns, communicate through conflict, understand their different wiring, and remain connected when work and life become demanding. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Stop looking for the person to blame and start recognizing the dance. Most couples develop a recurring pattern in which each person’s response triggers the other person’s next move. Kathy compares it to a dance: sometimes couples move together beautifully, and sometimes they repeatedly step on each other’s toes. The breakthrough comes...
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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard: The Truth About Right People, Right Seats (SOLO Episode)
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
Suzie shares a personal lesson about placing good people in the wrong roles and introduces a practical five-part Job Fit model and the REV process for turning chronic workplace friction into clarity, accountability, and momentum. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. A good person can still be in the wrong seat. Commitment, loyalty, kindness, and effort do not automatically equal job fit. Someone can care deeply and still lack the experience, motivation, natural strengths, judgment, or personal skills that the role requires. 2. Job fit includes five distinct areas. Suzie’s car analogy provides a...
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Mini Episode: When Everyone Wants the VP Role: Ambition Isn’t the Same as Fit
The Wake Up Eager Podcast
When several capable people want the same leadership role, the best decision comes from clearly defining what the position requires and evaluating each person’s true fit—not simply rewarding ambition, tenure, or visibility. TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS 1. Wanting the role does not automatically mean someone is suited for it. Ambition can be valuable, but desire alone does not tell you whether a person has the judgment, leadership approach, emotional maturity, or personal skills the position requires. Someone may genuinely want the promotion and still be a better fit for a different path....
info_outlineJim Collins calls them "encodings"—the deeply wired patterns that shape how we contribute—and in this episode, Suzie Price explores how understanding your natural strengths, motivations, and energy can help you build a life you can't wait to wake up to.
What if the key to a more energized, meaningful life isn't working harder—but understanding what you're truly wired to do?
Inspired by Jim Collins' book What to Make of a Life and his conversation with Tim Ferriss, Suzie explores the concept of "encodings" and connects it to the TriMetrix assessment and the Wake Up Eager philosophy.
She shares personal stories, research from Gallup and Jim Collins, and practical examples from hiring and leadership to show how alignment impacts performance, fulfillment, and energy.
Whether you're leading a team, making career decisions, or simply trying to understand yourself better, this episode will help you recognize the clues your strengths and energy have been giving you all along.
Discover how to stop fighting your wiring and start living more intentionally.
TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS
1. Your Energy Leaves Clues - The things that consistently energize you, engage you, and feel natural often point directly to your deepest strengths and encodings.
2. Success Doesn't Always Mean Alignment - You can be capable, respected, and even successful in a role that fights against your natural wiring. Over time, the energy cost of misalignment catches up.
3. Understanding Your Wiring Creates Better Decisions - Whether you're hiring, leading, coaching, or planning your future, understanding how people naturally think, behave, and stay motivated helps create stronger alignment and better outcomes
KEY QUOTES
"You can be successful, respected, capable, and still be living completely outside your encodings. Eventually, the energy cost catches up to you."
"You can be good at something and still not be encoded for it."
"Your experiences don't create your encodings. They reveal or suppress them."
"Energy leaves clues."
"Sometimes your encodings are hiding in plain sight."
"Stop overriding your wiring."
"When your wiring, your strengths, your environment, and your contribution begin to align, you don't just perform better—you come alive."
"Life gets better when we align what energizes us with how we naturally contribute."
"Words don't teach. Life experience teaches."
"We should allow others to be who they are through their strengths."
“If you don’t change and grow, you won’t have what you need for what’s coming next.”
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
1. Start Tracking Your Energy - For one week, pay attention to the conversations, projects, and activities that leave you energized versus drained.
2. Look for Repeating Patterns - Identify strengths, interests, and contributions that have shown up consistently throughout your life and career.
3. Stop Minimizing What Comes Naturally - The things that feel easiest to you may be some of your greatest gifts—even if they seem ordinary.
4. Seek Objective Feedback - Use assessments, coaching, journaling, or trusted friends to help validate the patterns you may be overlooking.
5. Make One Small Alignment Adjustment - Choose one activity, project, or responsibility that better reflects your natural strengths and make space for more of it this month.
ABOUT SUZIE PRICE
Suzie Price is the founder of Priceless Professional Development, creator of the Wake Up Eager philosophy, and a TriMetrix expert who helps leaders and organizations align people, roles, and strengths to build high-commitment, low-drama workplaces and lives they can't wait to wake up to.