JumpStart YOUR ABCs

A-always  B-be  C-compassionate.  Compassion is an understanding that everyone you meet is experiencing a challenge and that taints how they show up.  When you accept and understand that people all carry a heavy load you will find your relationships improving but,...

JumpStart BETTER PARENTING

Compared to their American counterparts, children in Tanzania tend to be very well-behaved. The secret is that Tanzanian parents do the OPPOSITE of what most Americans parents do when  a child misbehaves. Learn their secret. Enjoy Today, Will

JumpStart RIGHT THINKING

In Act II, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet says to Rosencrantz, “For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” The other day, a friend of mine had to evict a tenant who was 6 months past due on rent. When the tenant moved out, he stole my...

JumpStart HAPPY THOUGHTS

Happy people use their thoughts to reframe difficulties into challenges. They seek out what they can learn in difficult situations and how they can grow through them. Enjoy Today, Will

JumpStart COUNTING THE BAD

Many times, we think that our lives are bad simply because we’re experiencing a handful of bad things. Make a commitment to count the bad things in your life and THEN count the good things. You’ll see you have much more to be happy about than you thought....