by WillBowen | Sep 2, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Thoughts vs Feelings People confuse thoughts and feelings. We say, “I feel it would be fun to have a picnic” when in reality we are expressing a thought and not a feeling. Our thoughts are a result of both our mental choices and our brains being...
by WillBowen | Aug 31, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Your FSO Degree Most of us are the two characters in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godo, except we’re not waiting for Godo, we’re waiting on our problems to be fixed — by someone else!Here’s something important to remember: successful people have...
by WillBowen | Aug 28, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – If Not Now, When? We all have things in our lives that we put off.“Someday I’m going to…” we say and then, well — nothing.Why is it so hard to get ourselves to do (or stop doing) things we know are important?How can you motivate yourself to do those...
by WillBowen | Aug 27, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Getting Happier by Complaining Less How do you feel when you’re criticized?Pretty rotten, right?Sadly, many of us are guilty of being non-paid professional critics of other people, society, and especially ourselves.In this JumpStart, learn the source...
by WillBowen | Aug 26, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Spotlight The other day, I heard about a research project where dozens of people were divided into 2 groups.One-by-one, and out of sight of everyone else, each person was instructed to run up a hill and touch a specific tree at the top.Each person’s...
by WillBowen | Aug 25, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – The Reverse of an idea 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,...
