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AUDIO SYNOPSIS Nothing in my life prepared me for the role of being a father. Certainly not my own childhood, which was fraught with abuse and neglect. Even though I was ill-prepared, I knew fatherhood was ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “You either set goals or you spend your life working for people who set goals.” A few years ago, I read a book that hit mexx like a wet mop in the face! The ...

AUDIO One of the original great motivational speakers, Charlie Jones kept people riveted in their seats. Something Charlie said a half century ago has stuck with me throughout my life and I have seen the truth ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “You keep talking but all I hear is blah, blah, blah, bitch mode.” – Benji Bruce If you’ve read my books or watched my videos, you know that people complain for one of five ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS In my previous JumpStart, I talked about the importance of affirmations – – running positive, first-person, present-tense thoughts through your head. One of the most powerful affirmations I’ve ever heard came from French psychiatrist Emile ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS When I feel VERY tired, stressed, or just plain overwrought, the words of our today’s Master of Life, W. Clement Stone, ring in my ears. Stone, like many others, was a huge believer in ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!” You probably remember the inspiring and powerful movie “Rudy.” “Rudy” is the real life  story of Rudy Ruettiger; a short, small-framed young man growing up in a blue-collar Indiana family whose only dream is to ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS I had my world blown apart when I was 32 years old. Without warning, my wife left me and I was devastated. I felt as if my soul have been ripped in half. In ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS The book that really got me to think differently about life, God, my body, and even how I eat, is “The way of the peaceful warrior” by Dan Millman.Millman tells the story as his ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.” ― Neale Donald Walsch The book “Conversations with God“ really exploded my cranium! It’s inspiring, thought-provoking and even a ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS A really great quote is one that delivers a powerful message in the fewest words.Like Bruce Lee’s famous 1-inch punch where Lee would put his fist a mere one inch away from a sparring ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS Few people alive have had more of an impact on more lives than Tony Robbins. The bigger than life giant who seems able to motivate anyone to do anything! Tony is also a sincere, ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS One of the first self-improvement authors I ever read was Terry Cole-Whittaker. I found her advice to be sensible and no nonsense. One of my favorite pieces of advice from her is: “The best way ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS Venerable Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhat Hahn grew up in a family that was not demonstrative. He says that until he was an adult no one ever hugged him. As a result, Hahn felt awkward ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “If you’re not happy with what you have, why would want more?” This quote explains why  the Complaint Free movement has become such a worldwide phenomenon. After soldiers returned from World War II, the United ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS “The Lazyman’s Guide to Enlightenment” is another one of those mind-blowing books that you can read in less than two hours. The copy that I was given is actually a xerox copy of an original. ...

AUDIO SYNOPSIS Many of you know that I was NOT the person who came up with the idea of going 21 days in a row without complaining. That was Edwene Gaines In her book “The Four ...

AUDIO https://WillBowen.podbean.com/mf/play/hegmj5/episode_audio_914FC9E5-94D2-4D49-9D01-0B98A7C46F72.m4a   SYNOPSIS This is the first in a new series I’m titling “Lessons from the Masters.”   In this series, I’m going to share with you some of my favorite quotes from some of ...

AUDIO https://WillBowen.podbean.com/mf/play/aed2n6/episode_audio_5DB04E28-1E86-48FC-959B-CB380DCB4294.m4a SYNOPSIS We’ve reached our conclusion of “If” by Rudyard Kipling. As a reminder, Kipling has issued a challenge. He has given us 16 things we must do to achieve the great payoff, which is: ...

AUDIO https://WillBowen.podbean.com/mf/play/2c2tij/episode_audio_0572E119-CE7F-49E4-BF44-E06E71A1D1B8.m4a SYNOPSIS When I was a kid of about 9, I was rummaging through my mom’s desk and found a piece of round, flat wood.   The letters TUIT” were carved in large letters in ...