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July 13, 2019
JumpStart- Changing Course
SYNOPSIS Did you know that airplanes always take off and land facing in whatever direction the wind is blowing? Resistance x speed = Lift And yet, sometimes the pilot finds that winds have changed and must change direction for takeoff or landing. We as individuals often find the winds of life changing and shifting and […]
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JumpStart- The Front Row
SYNOPSIS In this JumpStart, I take you live and behind the scenes at one of my speaking gigs to share with you an important principle of life. Whether at church or at a conference, MOST people fill up the back rows first and only sit closer to the platform if there is no room at […]
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July 10, 2019
JumpStart – Quiet
SYNOPSIS Here’s a game: the next time you’re at the airport take a look around and count the number of people NOT on their smartphones. Thanks to smartphones, we never have to be bored, we can never be lost, we are drowning in both information and entertainment….and we’re miserable. Get away from tech on a […]
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July 9, 2019
JumpStart – The Ultimate Problem
SYNOPSIS There are things in life that, let’s be honest, really frighten us. And some of these things are super silly. The other day I faced one of these ultimate, “OMG, what if THIS ever happened?” problems, and I was surprised at how easily it was resolved. Have you noticed that problems are the INVERSE […]
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July 8, 2019
JumpStart – Trying
SYNOPSIS Here’s one of my pet peeves: hearing someone say, “I’ve tried everything.” In almost every case, “I’ve tried everything” really means, “I tried one, maybe two things, and they didn’t work so I gave up. BUT, I don’t want to admit to being a quitter so I said I tried ‘everything’ while sighing exhaustedly […]
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July 7, 2019
JumpStart – Known Acquaintances
SYNOPSIS Consider this: researchers have found that fear in a society is directly proportionate to the number of “unknown strangers” perceived in that society. In other words, the more people around you that you don’t know, the more anxious you feel. This is why people in small towns where everyone knows each other are less […]
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July 4, 2019
JumpStart – Compassion By Proxy
SYNOPSIS The other day, I heard a snippet of a sermon about The Good Samaritan given by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King said, “The Samaritan chose not to do good by proxy.“ Wow, “chose not to do good by proxy.” That blew my mind. How often are we guilty of “doing […]
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July 3, 2019
JumpStart – Ethics
SYNOPSIS I just read about an amazing study that took place in Morocco. Researchers gave local merchants money and told them that they could either keep the cash or give it to charity. Remember, Morocco is an Islamic country and five times a day the call to worship bellows loudly on loudspeakers throughout the country. […]
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July 2, 2019
JumpStart – Crashing Your Pity Party
SYNOPSIS Occasionally, I will get someone who challenges one of my Facebook posts. They don’t challenge its logic; they challenge its universality. They claim that they are an exception to whatever I have posted, and they always have lots of reasons as to why. These people simply don’t try, and their lives are one excuse […]
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July 1, 2019
JumpStart – Etch-a-Sketch Do-overs
SYNOPSIS I learned something interesting the other day about the classic toy known as an Etch-a-Sketch. When you draw on an Etch-a-Sketch you’re not actually drawing on the glass surface. What you are actually doing is ERASING the glass surface line by line. Here’s what I mean: when you shake an Etch-a-Sketch, you’re not shaking […]
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