VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS It’s amazing how many people try to change other people‘s behaviors by making them wrong. We don’t get others to change through harassment, we get them to change by making them WANT the ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Here’s a helpful little suggestion… When you’re discussing something with someone and trying to reach a consensus, after the person makes their suggestions respond with, “I like that and…“ Many times, our natural ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS The Complaint Fee challenge is more than just to go 21 days in a row without complaining, it’s also to not criticize or gossip during for that length of time. Lately, I’ve been ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS In my years of struggling to better communicate with other people, I’ve witnessed a common ploy used by many couples, parents, even friends during a flight. It’s called “emotional manipulation” and it often ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS You’re not going to believe this but while I was reading today’s To You; Love God entry to write this, I accidentally knocked over my 32 OZ igloo mug SOAKING my computer keyboard ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS The other day I received an email from someone who had been irritated by one of my blog posts. I read her concerns carefully and crafted a response that began, “I’m sorry you ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS When I deliver a speech, I like to blow up the myth of positive thinking. “Most people believe Positive Thinking means ‘Everything will always turn our great every time,’ right?” I say. “Well, ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS When I was a kid, I wanted to be a jungle explorer when I grew up. I imagined myself stomping along in boots, sporting a pith helmet, wearing shorts and a vest both ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS In the wonderful biography “Steve Jobs,” the author tells of a marketing scheme used to sell the original Ipods. Although not the first mp3 player, the Ipod had the wheel and that tactile ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS As you probably know, I began a daily devotional email more than ten years ago that I pretended was from God. Blasphemous? Maybe. But I wanted readers to truly be open and not ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS A few years ago, one of my publishers, Brilliance Audio, brought me to Michigan in February to record my latest book “Happy This Year.” The car service picked me up at the airport ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Believe it or not, my mother used to blame her weight struggles on her mouth. “I just have such a sweet tooth,” she’d say in her delicate southern drawl. Many people have told ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS What if, rather than feeling sorry for yourself when something painful happened, you instead began to work to resolve this situation as best as you could? Look, whatever is upsetting you, you’re going ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Many people misquote the bible saying, “For all things give thanks.” That’s not correct — it’s not FOR all things give thanks, it’s IN all things give thanks. In other words, you’re not ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS I think the reason so many people love zombies is that we, as human beings, can relate to walking around half dead. John Lennon was never more spot on than when he observed, ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS It’s amazing how many opportunities surround us that we rationalize letting slip through our grasp. Recently, I was at a convention of professionals and was surprised to see every single one of them ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Restaurant portion sizes in the United States (and elsewhere) have gotten much larger over the years in an attempt to convey value. Unfortunately, this shift has lead to super-sized people who are unhealthy. ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Have you noticed that most really successful people sit down and write their thoughts, plans, dreams, discoveries and problems? Throughout history great people have left a diary of some sort not so much ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Ginger was a dog who showed up at our home one day and took up permanent residence. Ginger had obviously been abused in the past and was always nervous and anxious. She would ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS There is a sad truth about dogs. Back when scientific experiments were often quite cruel, in one study dogs were placed into cages that were randomly electrified painfully shocking the dogs. (I told ...
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Hedonic adaptation explains why our first bite of pizza always tastes better than your last. If it didn’t, we might continue eating nonstop. Hedonic adaptation also helps us put life’s pain and struggles ...
Audiences leave energized, hopeful, and equipped with practical tools to communicate more effectively, adapt to change, and take action on what they can control.