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JumpStart – Drop Stress / Gain Focus 5 “Yawns, Laughter, And Birthday Candles”

Podcast Over the last several JumpStarts, we have talked about the importance of dropping stress and gaining Focus. Specifically, we have talked about what causes stress and we have looked at why it is important to focus in our lives. Now, we are going to begin actual techniques for becoming more relaxed and less stressed. […]

JumpStart – Drop Stress / Gain Focus 4 “Dr. Jekyll? We Must Hyde!”

Podcast The story goes that in the middle of one night in 1835 Robert Louis Stevenson was sound asleep when he was awakened by a frightening nightmare. Getting quickly out of bed, Stevenson grabbed a pen and paper and jotted down an idea for what ultimately would become one of his most famous stories — […]

JumpStart – Merry Christ Mass

Podcast Consider Christmas… If you think about it, the story of the birth of Jesus is one of the great Heroes Journeys as if written by Joseph Campbell himself. His family had a place to go (Bethlehem) and were under time pressure (be counted for the census/taxed) and during that journey, a new life came […]

JumpStart – Drop Stress / Gain Focus 2 “MINDFULNESS”

Podcast The importance of mindfulness cannot be overstated when it comes to dropping stress and gaining focus. And many people are confused about the concept of mindfulness.  When you encourage people to be “mindful” they often respond with “my mind is already full!” Becoming mindful is like watching a professional sport like basketball, football, or […]

JumpStart – Drop Stress / Gain Focus 2 “FOCUS”

Podcast Do you remember the animated movie “Up?” In the film, there is a dog that has a custom collar that translates his barks into human words. The cartoon dog, like real dogs AND humans, is easily distracted and the most common thing he says is, Look! A squirrel!” Like the dog in the movie, […]

JumpStart – Drop Stress / Gain Focus 1 “Stress”

Podcast In the coming months, I’m going to be delivering several speeches at major corporate events on how to Drop Stress and Gain Focus. As a member of our JumpStart community, you’re going to receive all of the same knowledge people are paying thousands of dollars to watch me teach — for FREE. So let’s […]

JumpStart – Maturity

Podcast Today we are going to revisit something that I found in my mother’s papers after she passed away. It is the mark of a mature person to be patient, non-reactive, understanding, and non-judgmental but our society does not celebrate maturity. To be a happy and healthy person we must first learn to be content […]

JumpStart – The Third Shot

Podcast Last week, I was invited to attend a weekly bowling league event to watch a friend bowl. I have not bowled seriously since I was in a league myself in high school. It was fun to watch everyone bowl but it was even more fun watching their reactions to their performances. It seemed that […]

JumpStart – The Mirror

Podcast One of the great truths that I’ve discovered is that we cannot get along with anyone else any better than we get along with ourselves. If we are struggling in our relationship with others, we first need to reconnect the relationship with ourselves in a positive way. The opposite of this is true as […]

JumpStart – The Original “F Word”

Podcast My poor parents! Raising 3 boys was hard enough but always having to try to treat each of us fairly was a near impossibility. And believe me, we registered our displeasure when one of us was not being treated equally to the others. Fairness is an important concept for human beings. As soon as […]