by WillBowen | Jul 16, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – The Wang Lung Myth One of my favorite books is “The Good Earth“ by Pearl Buck. The protagonist is a young Chinese man named Wang Lung Who goes from starvation and rags to wealth and abundance. In Chinese society during the time of Wang Lung, male...
by WillBowen | Jul 15, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – "Pole" A dozen years ago I led a group of 18 people to help build a children’s hospital in Tanzania.The culture in that country is unlike any I’ve ever seen and I learned so much about myself in that trip.One of the great differences is...
by WillBowen | Jul 14, 2020 | JumpStart Series
Have you ever done something with the absolute best of intentions and yet had it BLOW UP IN YOUR FACE?I have — a couple of times in just the last few weeks, and it feels terrible!We feel bad not only for what we’ve done, but we then turn our wrath on ourselves...
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...
