Will Bowen Audio

JumpStart - The Dogooders Lie

“When I win the lottery, I’m going to give most of it to charity.“

“When I retire, I’m going to help my community.“

“When my life gets better and less stressful, I’ll start helping those around me more.“

Yeah—right.

I call this the The Dogooders Lie.

It’s a way of placating your best intentions while wasting your life on pursuits that won’t make you happy.

To be honest it’s a selfish act: giving money to charity feels good, helping someone else feels good, improving your society feels good.

You were designed to be magnanimous because inside it gives you a good feeling and there is nothing wrong with that.

Today let’s break free from the The Dogooders Lie in the only way possible – – challenging it head on.

JumpStart - Learning

When I’m lying on my deathbed, I hope someone hands me a book titled, “7 Ways to Live Longer.“

LOL!

I’m really serious about this – – no matter where I am or what is going on I want to learn more to improve the situation.

How about you?

I have found that you are either working to improve your life or you are working to rationalize why your life cannot be improved.

There’s no middle ground.

So where do you fall?

If you’re watching these videos, I think I know.

Here’s how to stay motivated to continue to grow, expand and enjoy life.

JumpStart - Comparisons

What do Facebook and a Korean prison have in common?

Well, during the Korean War there was a prison famous for breaking the spirits of captured prisoners.

The guards discovered that if they only let mail come to the prisoners that contained bad news – – no news that reported good events from back home, the prisoners would ultimately give up the will to live and die of their own accord.

And, several studies have found that people who spend a great deal of time on Facebook have higher levels of increased depression.

Why?

Because people present only their best and most attractive selves on Facebook living their greatest life.

This causes Facebook friends to think that their lives are actually much better than they are – – leading to what I call “exposure depression.“

Learn today how to keep your elevated opinions of others in check as you peruse social media.

To You; Love God - Release 1

Have you considered some of the uses for the word “stage?“

We both stand on stages and pass through stages in our lives.

And in both cases, we are playing roles.

Let’s explore the roles we play in the stages we both stand on and move through today.

And, let’s enjoy our stages more and master our roles better.

JumpStart - In(ner)Security 4

One of the great benefits of attending weight watchers or Alcoholics Anonymous is hearing that you are not alone in our struggles.

When it comes to our problems, we can become very isolationist – – “no one can understand.”.

This is the ego’s way of trapping you in the problem.

Remembering that people you perceive to be more successful than you, more attractive, more gifted, and more loved, feel every bit as uncertain and frightened as you actually helps you feel less so.

There’s a line in a blue man group song that says “will you see that I am as insecure as everybody else?“

Don’t buy the lie that other people are happier or feel better about themselves just because they’ve got more and shinier stuff than you.

Master the capacity for feeling good about who you are and where you are rather than comparing yourself to others.

JumpStart - In(ner)Security 3

Believe it or not, inner security and outer security go hand-in-hand.

As you work to develop your inner security, you will attract people who will support you.

As you seek out people who support you, you begin to feel secure.

Today let’s look at how we can create a security loop to make us feel safe.

JumpStart - In(ner)Security 2

What does it mean to be insecure?

And, why are some people insecure in the extreme while others seem fairly unaffected by it.

Today were going to talk about the concept of insecurity, where it comes from, and how to begin to feel the inner security we all crave.

JumpStart - In(ner)Security 1

I remember it like it was yesterday.

My first wife, whom I thought was my one and only love, told me that she and I were through.

When I pleaded to know why she responded, “You’re just too insecure.“

My ex hasn’t been the only person to accuse me of being insecure and it used to really sting.

But over the decades of taking a look at the concept of insecurity, I see that everyone suffers from insecurity to some degree.

So, for the next several days I’m going to be talking about insecurity and more importantly how you can become inner secure.

To You; Love God Tuesday - Love Part 3

Prayer is a collaborative effort.

Prayer is not a football that we hand off to God and it’s no longer in our possession.

For prayer to be answered we need to maintain faith and effort.

In today’s JumpStart, let me share a fanciful scenario where God responds to the very act of praying

JumpStart - HOW you do something

We used to have horses for trailriding.

 

Once, my horse developed colic and we called the vet to come out at 2 o’clock in the morning.

 

Although we had awoken him from sleep, the vet showed up with a smile on his face and proceeded to do some of the most unsavory things to our horse to help heal him.

 

(It included a rubber sleeve that went all the way up to his shoulder – – you figure it out. YECCH)!

 

And in the middle of the night as he worked to save our horse, the vet taught me a valuable lesson.

 

Today let me share that lesson with you so that you can enjoy what you do so much more!