by WillBowen | Jul 13, 2020 | JumpStart Series
JumpStart – Tithing (?) The other day I watched a live video training for professional speakers like me.The final “tip” offered by the instructor was one that I’ve heard and practiced for a long time but not one I’d expect to hear in a business setting:...
by WillBowen | Jul 10, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Calm vs. Controlled I love Lewis Black’s character “Anger” in the Pixar movie “Inside Out.”Anger, depicted as sort of a fuzzy red rectangle wearing a rumpled shirt and a skinny black tie, is always on the verge of losing it and when he gets upset his...
by WillBowen | Jul 9, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Sacred Clowns Long-time followers will know that this isn’t my first time on this subject.However, given all that’s transpiring around us, it’s a good idea to remind ourselves of this enduring Native American trickster whose job is to prod, tease,...
by WillBowen | Jul 8, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Schadenfreude “Oh, how good it feels to feel bad… for someone else, that is.”Many think schadenfreude is proof that people are inherently evil, which makes sense — I mean, why would human beings derive pleasure from another person's...
by WillBowen | Jul 7, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Salutation to the Dawn Nearly 5000 years ago, a Hindu poet named Kalidasa wrote a poem that has touched lives ever since. It’s called “Salutation to the Dawn”….Look to this day!For it is life, the very life of life.In its brief courseLie all...
