This morning as I walked out onto the dock and looked down into the bay, I caught myself saying aloud, “I’ve never seen the bay so still.” Settling in on a bench with Teddy in my ...
My friend Dan Murphy is an awesome radio announcer. His golden voice has been gracing Seattle’s airwaves for four decades but a commonly held belief almost prevented Dan from his success. You see, Dan was born ...
Decades ago, I heard the wise Earl Nightingale say in one of his recordings that, “Superlatives are diminutives” and his words are even more true today than back then. Seriously, have you noticed how polarized our ...
If you’re finding it difficult to relax, try my little secret. Engage 2 of your senses in something relaxing simultaneously. For example, listen to Baroque classical music while burning incense. Drink mint tea while taking a ...
Where were you on the morning of September 11, 2021? You remember, right? Of course you remember, we all do. I was sitting in a prayer class in ministerial school. After the news was broken to ...
Sim City is a mega-popular video game wherein you get to build a city and all of its infrastructure. And it occurred to me that we are all playing a video game-like experience wherein we all ...
I’m ready for a new car, and I know what I want. So, now what? I was thinking about the last time I bought a car and it reminded me of something very important. Something I ...
I once heard an interview with LA Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda in which the interviewer asked, “Tommy, how do you deal with loss?” Lasorda’s response blew me away. “Look,” he said, “We’re going to play 162 ...
What I’m offering you today in this JumpStart is an opportunity to reconsider a belief that is a settled fact for 99.5% of the world’s people. In fact, what I’m going to share will probably blow ...
I remember asking my high school psych teacher, “What exactly is sleep.?” After a moment’s pause and feeling he must always have an answer (even if it’s wrong) he sagaciously replied, “Sleep is the unconscious passing ...
Brian Tracy once said, “Do what you fear and the death of fear is imminent.” We all have things, both large and small, that inspire fear in us. Let’s talk today how to recognize, understand, and ...
We’ve been talking a lot lately about how our values drive our lives. And the other day, I learned something interesting—something that surprised me: beauty is a value. Surrounding yourself with that which you consider beautiful ...
As you probably know, I’m a podcast nerd. I’m always listening to something that expands my knowledge and the other day I heard something on a podcast that blew my mind. Not only did it blow ...
There’s an interesting thing about luck: it tends to balance out over the long haul. In other words, good fortune today is often met with bad fortune tomorrow. There is a billion-dollar industry around helping people ...
I’m learning to play Pickle Ball and let me tell you it’s a humbling experience! My body doesn’t understand when to move and when to stay put, the paddle feels awkward in my hands, and the ...
Throughout our lives, people preach values to us: moral values, spiritual values, societal values. End the end, our life becomes a reflection of what we value. Yes, even the sad, difficult, parts of life are driven ...
Recently, I’ve been sharing stories with you about what it’s like to begin traveling to speak again and how I’m working to make it all smoother and safer for myself. But then something unexpected happens, what ...
Decades ago in a little publication called “bits and pieces“, I read the story of the board game monopoly. It’s a fascinating tale about a couple who used the Law of Attraction to create a wealthy ...
When I was a teenager I bought a George Carlin album that had the following notation on the cover: “Warning! This album contains the same language your parents use when they drop something on their foot.” ...
When you hear the term “self-care” what do you think of? Most people envision self-care as a hot bath, a glass of wine, and some relaxing music, which can be part of self-care but there’s so ...
What do you, a Missouri calf, and the boys in a Mark Twain novel all have in common? You all do things because, deep-down, you WANT to do them. It’s just the way nature has constructed ...
Audiences leave energized, hopeful, and equipped with practical tools to communicate more effectively, adapt to change, and take action on what they can control.