One of the interesting things I’ve learned while studying metaphysics is that the human mind always says “yes”. In fact, the human brain really doesn’t understand the words “no,” “not,” “nor,” “neither,” or “none.” Therefore, when ...
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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/226251122057962/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/886725445184876/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/226708828640357/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/777006966385891/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/925600451287118/ 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. ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/1962733250527978/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/1533386326840837/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/290742328899881/ 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 ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/962630204142404/ 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.) ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/723959394819384/ As you look at this final painting in the Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole, note that the voyager’s face is peaceful and serene while his gaze is upward toward his continuation to the ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/1203649829988264/ Of the four images in this series by Thomas Cole, my favorite is the third: Manhood. Possibly, it’s because this is the stage in which I now find myself so it’s the one I relate ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/2785631671682870/ When I was 12, I knew how I wanted my life to turn out and I could see it so clearly just as this youth can see his dreams in the second Voyage of Life ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/221846805745661/ Back in 2003, my class in ministerial school took a trip to Washington, DC and while we were there me and a few friends visited the National Gallery of Art. One of my friends had ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/1724573421026229/ Congressman John Lewis took his fight for civil rights to the other side when he died July 27, 2020 at the age of 80. Along with Dr. King, Lewis stood for equal rights in our ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/314039909787710/ Today if two men wanted to duel to resolve an argument, most people would be scandalized. However during Hamilton’s time, dueling was a sophisticated way of guarding one’s honor and was a common practice. The ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/372565580378461/ According to Wikipedia, “The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym “Publius” to promote the ratification of the United ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/588354088513756/ In the previous JumpStart, we talked about the inspiring song “Wait for it” from Hamilton. In the song, Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom, Jr.) talks about having to wait for the good things in his life ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/911238206035482/ In my (current) favorite song from Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings (paraphrased): “I am the one thing in life I can control I am inimitable I am an original I’m not falling behind or running late ...
https://www.facebook.com/WillBowen/videos/299818661076754/ For a long time my daughter tried to get me to listen to Hamilton — not sure why I resisted it, because now I am HOOKED. If you’ve not seen the show (now streaming on ...
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