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February 4, 2020
JumpStart- Owning it
AUDIO SYNOPSIS The other day I was listening to a person lamenting all the problems in their life when this thought flashed in my mind, “You know, you can’t sell it until you own it.” The hardest part about self-improvement is accepting our flaws–owning those dark and difficult sides of our personality For most of […]
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February 3, 2020
JumpStart- Make Your Bed
AUDIO SYNOPSIS I recently did a speech and before I went on stage I asked the event planner about the keynote speaker they’d hired the previous year. “He’s a retired US Army colonel,” She said, “And the one thing I remember him saying was, ‘always make your bed.’“ I’ve thought about that a lot since […]
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February 2, 2020
JumpStart- Your Duty
AUDIO SYNOPSIS “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” -e.e.Cummings You will always find those who think they know what your duty is better […]
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January 30, 2020
JumpStart- Relationship power of attorney
AUDIO SYNOPSIS Have you ever picked the wrong person to date (or even marry?) Of course, we all have. The problem is not that we attract bad partners – – the problem is that we invite them into our lives and give them the key to our heart. If you or someone you know is […]
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January 29, 2020
JumpStart- Giving up
AUDIO SYNOPSIS You may not expect me to JumpStart the value of Giving Up but sometimes it’s the right strategy. Doing something now “just because we said we would” a long time ago makes no sense. BUT, does this mean we give up on things just because they get hard? Not at all. We need […]
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January 28, 2020
JumpStart- Self Reliance – Part 12
AUDIO SYNOPSIS “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ― […]
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January 27, 2020
JumpStart- Self Reliance – Part 11
AUDIO SYNOPSIS “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson You think you’re special. You think you’re a unique individual. You think you’re one-of-a-kind, cut from your own cloth, unlike anyone else, right? Well….maybe. So often we walk in paths […]
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January 26, 2020
JumpStart- Self Reliance – Part 10
AUDIO SYNOPSIS As we wind-down this 12-Part Series on Ralph Waldo Emerson, I want to break away from Self Reliance and discuss three other Emerson quotes not found in that book. Today is one of my favorites: “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you […]
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January 23, 2020
JumpStart- Self Reliance – Part 9
AUDIO SYNOPSIS I am psyched that you guys are loving this series on “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. And thank you for continuing to leave your comments so we can all engage. Today’s quote is, “A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if everything were titular and ephemeral […]
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January 22, 2020
JumpStart- Self Reliance – Part 8
AUDIO SYNOPSIS “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist. He would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at less sacred but the integrity of our own mind. “ Think of someone who radically changed humanity – – that […]
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