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JumpStart – Values

Podcast Throughout our lives, people preach values to us: moral values, spiritual values, societal values. End the end, our life becomes a reflection of what we value. Yes, even the sad, difficult, parts of life are driven by our values and this is because we value, that is give importance to things that are not […]

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JumpStart – Expecting the Worse

Podcast Recently, I’ve been sharing stories with you about what it’s like to begin traveling to speak again and how I’m working to make it all smoother and safer for myself. But then something unexpected happens, what then? As Mike Tyson so poetically put it, “Everybody’s got a plan, until they get punched in the […]

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JumpStart – (Your) Monopoly

Podcast Decades ago in a little publication called “bits and pieces“,  I read the story of the board game monopoly. It’s a fascinating tale about a couple who used the Law of Attraction to create a wealthy life and make a lot of people happy in the process. But with all success stories, there were […]

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JumpStart – Better Responses

Podcast When I was a teenager I bought a George Carlin album that had the following notation on the cover: “Warning!  This album contains the same language your parents use when they drop something on their foot.” Hilarious, but also very true.  In this JumpStart, let’s talk about natural human reactions to negative events and […]

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JumpStart – Self-Care

Podcast When you hear the term “self-care” what do you think of? Most people envision self-care as a hot bath, a glass of wine, and some relaxing music, which can be part of self-care but there’s so much more to it. Your whole life will improve when you experience self-care as: * Ritualistic * Essential […]

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JumpStart – HTWFAIP 10 – Make Them Want To Do It

Podcast What do you, a Missouri calf, and the boys in a Mark Twain novel all have in common? You all do things because, deep-down, you WANT to do them. It’s just the way nature has constructed things. Everything is transactional and when you realize that one simple fact you begin to break through in […]

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JumpStart – HTWFAIP 9 – The Tough News About Motivation

Podcast “We’re not logical; we’re emotional, motivated by pride and vanity.” -Dale Carnegie Ouch.  That hits pretty close to home to home, doesn’t it. We’d like to think we’re logical in our choice of a job, a mate, a home, a car, a haircut, our hobbies, but the truth is we’re all motivated by what […]

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JumpStart – HTWFAIP 8 – “What’s Your Name??”

Podcast If public speaking is the greatest fear people have, then the biggest problem people suffer from (according to them) is remembering names. “I just can’t remember names,” they say, shrugging their shoulders and staring at their phones. Actually, yes you can remember people’s names and I’m going to teach you some tricks for doing […]

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JumpStart – HTWFAIP 7 – The Secret To Great Conversation

Podcast When I was about twelve my mom once said to me, “You need to start reading the newspaper.” “Why?” I asked. “So you’ll have something interesting to talk about at cocktail parties,” she replied. As with a lot of my mom’s advice, it wasn’t necessarily the best idea. The secret to great conversation is […]

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JumpStart – HTWFAIP 6 Be Wrong

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