Episodes
Friday Nov 05, 2021
JumpStart - “I’ll bet you…”
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Yesterday, I was driving around the keys all day as ominous black clouds passed overhead.
The clouds looked heavy with rain and they cast black shadows over land but not a drop of rain fell.
That is…until someone complained and the skies opened up.
In that moment, I realized that there is a common complaint I didn’t quite know how to categorize or explain, but I do now.
If you catch yourself saying things like, “With my luck, it will go bad,” or “It’s going to rain as soon as we get on the tennis court” then I’m going to help you understand why:
* You (and other people) complain like this
* Why it’s negative goal setting
* How to get yourself (and others) to stop this common complaint
Let’s start changing your luck by first changing you words…
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Thursday Nov 04, 2021
JumpStart - “He’s Just Dutch”
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Have you ever met someone who just seems to say things that, although they may be true, carry a hint of negativity or criticism?
There’s a new character like this on the new season “Ted Lasso” who says things like, “Everyone played well today -- except you,” as he stares at a teammate.
At first, the team turns on this guy for being a critical jerk but then someone reminds them, “Hey, he’s not being rude -- he’s just Dutch.”
There are people who seem to lack not only filters but also tact when saying things and they can come across negatively.
(I’ve got just such a person who lives in my community, and I’ve begun to understand that he’s not rude, he’s just from New York.)
If you have someone who seems to push your buttons, let’s reframe how you see that person and lower your anxiety level when they’re in our presence.
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Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
JumpStart - The Happiness Virus
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Fully 50 years ago, there was a major movie flop about a virus that spreads from person to person on respiratory droplets.
Although some of the biggest stars of the day were in the movie, the film was about a subject that’s really hard for people to embrace -- a happiness virus that would wreak havoc on our world because our economy is based on unhappiness.
The role of leadership became to quell the happiness virus so people would feel emotional angst and spend money.
Pretty prophetic for a movie made in the 1960s, right?
Here’s how to catch the happiness virus and avoid inoculation from it…
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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
JumpStart - Toxic Entitlement
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Are you noticing the rising use of the term “toxic (whatever)?”
Phrases such as “Toxic masculinity” are becoming quite common and the other day I even saw one of my posts as “toxic positivity.”
Say WHAT?
“Toxic” means poisonous and rarely is being positive poisonous, right?
However, there is growing toxicity in our world and you and I are probably part of it and don’t even realize it.
It’s “Toxic Entitlement” and it’s harmful for us and others.
Learn how to avoid and reduce toxic entitlement from your life, starting now…
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
JumpStart - Acceptance
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
In a previous JumpStart, I invited you to adapt to your circumstances and make the most of them.
Someone typed a question in the comments section asking if adapting and accepting are the same.
They’re not.
We must first accept a situation to adapt to it.
Put another way, you can’t adapt to something you haven’t accepted.
Acceptance is looking at life both at the smallest level and on the biggest scale without judgment.
Let me help you get closer to acceptance starting now…
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