JumpStart- Stuff Happens

JumpStart- Stuff Happens

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, that’s not positive thinking — that’s STUPID...
JumpStart- Explore

JumpStart- Explore

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 festooned with pockets to hold my maps. Forget the jungle! As an adult, I now see...
JumpStart- Your Playlist

JumpStart- Your Playlist

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 feel made people fall in love with it and load their Ipods...
To You Love God Tuesday- Believe

To You Love God Tuesday- Believe

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 ascribe the words to any human person. I sent out those emails for more...
JumpStart- Roar

JumpStart- Roar

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 and took me straight to the studio where we had an intense 3 days...
JumpStart- Sweet tooth

JumpStart- Sweet tooth

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 me that they, too, are afflicted with a “sweet tooth” and yet, having...