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JumpStart – Rated NG

The other day I was talking to someone who is looking for a job and he had not written out anything he was looking for in the job. Me? I make a detailed list of EVERYTHING I’m looking for before I go looking for something.  As a result of my friend’s uncertainty, everything that came […]

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JumpStart – SISBD

JumpStart – SISBD Do you want to have a better life?Of course, don’t we all?The other day I was pondering (SISDBD) “Stuff I Should Do But Don’t” and realized that even though I’m a disciplined and diligent person I have a fairly long list of things that would improve my life that I either don’t […]

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JumpStart – MacGuffins

JumpStart – MacGuffins The thing I miss most during the pandemic is movie theaters.I LOVE movies and about 6 years ago my (then) local AMC in KC installed a bar called MacGuffins.It was great to finally be able to have a glass of wine or a cocktail while watching the latest flick and on the […]

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JumpStart – God Wins

JumpStart – God Wins We’re now less than 3 months from the 2020 election and I want to revisit a Facebook Live video I recorded at approximately 8 AM on November 9, 2016.The world woke up in shock to find out that Donald Trump was going to become the 45th president of the U.S. and […]

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JumpStart – Jerry Z.

JumpStart – Jerry Z. In my bestselling book Happy This Year, I tell the story of my neighbor Jerry who was one of the happiest people I’ve ever met.Back then I was in ministerial school and we were barely scraping by, so I was trying my best to maintain our 100+ year-old home.One day I […]

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JumpStart – Self-Made

JumpStart – Self-Made As I write these JumpStarts each day, I find myself often either consciously or unconsciously plagiarizing my great mentor Earl Nightingale and the good news for you is that today is just such a day.More than fifty years ago, Nightingale said, “We are all self-made; but only the successful will admit it.”Wow! […]

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JumpStart – Safe Mental Passage

JumpStart – Safe Mental Passage Last week, a good friend of mine was telling me about an incident he’d experienced the day before.My friend's company had raised nearly $100,000 for victims of the pandemic and had purchased three containers full of fresh food for anyone who needed help.My buddy volunteered to help hand out the […]

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JumpStart – Creativity

JumpStart – Creativity Sometimes the hardest part in any creative process is knowing when you’re complete…finished…done…concluded…(LOL – you get the point).Mike Gnagi, a regular attendee for these JumpStarts LIVE, painted the image you see in this thumbnail and I think it’s really quite beautiful.More than that, there’s a great story behind the paintings creation which […]

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JumpStart – Upgrade Your Soul

JumpStart – Upgrade Your Soul About ten years ago, I realized how often both I and others were using the word “hate.”“Hate” is a strong word and yet we were tossing it about casually saying we hated everything from the weather to ourselves.The word “hate” means “to dislike to the point of taking action against.”So, […]

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JumpStart – Recreation

JumpStart – Recreation Would it be ok if I talked really personal for a sec?I LOVE what I get to do for a living (creating life-changing content both for free and for-a-fee and sharing it with you.)I also LOVE the community of positive and like-minded individuals who gather daily to watch and/or listen to these […]

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