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Make A Wish

A chronically ill child requests one person for their Make A Wish…and it’s you! Do you drop everything and go? Do you talk yourself out of it due to schedule? Do you chicken out because you don’t know what to say? If you’re John Cena, you make a wish happen no matter how busy or famous you have become. John Cena is a wrestler, turned actor, turned America’s Sweetheart. His Signature Moves went from crushing people in the ring to granting wishes like a genie. This giant of a man has a gigantic heart, literally dropping all things in his way in order to fulfill the wishes of kids who wish to meet the one and only impressive dude himself. I have never been asked to be someone’s Make A Wish. If I were, I would question their ability to truly make a wish. I’d even show up to discuss with them who they could wish for instead, and then recommend John Cena. It has been publicized this week that Cena has just set a World Record for most Make A Wish wishes granted. I didn’t know this was something that could be set as a record,

September 30, 2022 2 Comments

Announcements

The SHOW is Back!

“We don’t want a Speaker for our holiday party, we want someone to make us laugh, do entertainment, no business talk…just fun!” Loud and clear, this client wanted what we call in showbiz “The Show”. Oddly, I said yes, and we booked the date for December. When I say, “oddly”, perhaps you don’t know what that means! Well, it has been a few years since I have accepted what I deem as “Show Dates”. Doing “The Show” has physically and emotionally beaten me up since 2000, almost permanently damaging my vocal cords by 2012. I have done (maybe) 1 special show per year in the past half decade. But over the last 2.5 months, as I’ve stared at a ceiling fan in my bedroom and considered my life’s work, while dealing with a debilitating injury, I have made a few new choices that have big changes coming in my life and career. Doing my Show again is one of those. Since 2016 I have essentially turned away every single show request in favor of only SPEECH opportunities. It has been a harsh rebrand, as many former clients wanted the “Make Us Laugh ONLY Jason”, vs. the “Make Us Think, Leave

September 30, 2022 26 Comments

Funny

Gained The Weight Back

“Burn all the videos”, I said, watching myself in disgust. “No one will ever see these.” In August 2021 I hired a video team to film a huge event at an arena where I was Keynote Speaker in Las Vegas for over 10,000 people. It was expensive to have them film, and sadly the audience wasn’t as keen on me as I’d expected, to my amazement it was the first time in my career where I hadn’t received a standing ovation for a group that size. Perhaps even more devastating was the fact that I had to toss all the footage since I could not justify using it due to the way I looked in my shirt. I shared the footage with family and friends who thought it was incredible, but I couldn’t get over how I looked under the bright lights. I dove into a most dedicated workout and eating regimen that saw me release 30 lbs of fat from August 2021-March 2022. I hadn’t looked this good in years and was dialed in, never missing a day to workout, sweat, eat right, and loved living The Promise of Health. July 14, 2022 was just another great day in

September 19, 2022 12 Comments

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The Story of Goldie

The other day I came home from a week away, having done events all over the country. Walking in the house, no one got up from their phones, casually, barely acknowledging my return, as I tiptoed confused into my humble abode, surprised by such a glib reaction from my children. I asked if anyone had seen our dog, Goldie, and no one could actually recall the last time they’d either heard from her or even held her…and they went back to looking at their phones. I wandered the house in search of my little dog. She was nowhere to be found. Finally, in the basement, I could hear a faint breathing behind the couch in a dark corner. Horrified, I found Goldie, our sweet dog, her eyes crusted over, her back covered in sores, her hair matted and greasy. Gently picking her up off the floor, I held her frail body and put her close to my face. Her nose was dry, and I kissed her to see if she would realize it was me. Her left eye barely opened, as she licked my nose to kiss me back, and a small tear fell from her eye. Suddenly she

September 18, 2022 15 Comments

Coaching

The Promise of Pain

No Pain, No Gain! That quote is always a fun one to consider. How hard do I push myself before it causes me so much pain I can’t continue? That has been the question I have considered for the last (nearly) 2 months since a leg injury changed my life in an instant. Having a controlled program for inflicting the good kind of pain – that is the secret to success! For 11 days, I have joyfully experienced some of the most wonderful pain I can recall, as I have pushed my body once the doctors allowed me to begin bringing the pain to have all the gains. I finally, gratefully, excitedly got to begin Physical Therapy (PT) on August 31, after 7 weeks in a leg immobilizer brace, which did not allow me to bend my knee even one little bit, it felt like absolute freedom to graduate to the hinge brace, forcing the achy bend of my surgically repaired knee. Surgeon and Physical Therapists were surprised by my attack of the pain, since I had been prepped by all of my peers that PT is a torturous endeavor, I had meditated hourly for 49 days

September 10, 2022 4 Comments

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