The Promise To Enjoy This Season Of Your Life
Tears streamed down my face as I pulled up this video from nearly one year ago. Not so much from what I said, but rather due to my current situation. I had great and grand plans for this summer and fall, had lost a good deal of weight, and was shooting to hit many […]
10,000 Educators
In the past 2 weeks I have spoken to an estimated 10,000 educators all over my home State of Utah. Had you told me when I was in 3rd Grade sitting in the hall in time-out because I had disrupted the class again, that 35 years later I would be speaking to teachers who […]
Putting The Promise to the Test
Can I pull back the curtain for a moment? Yesterday nearly did me in. In keeping a Promise to the Audience and my important client, I have paid for it over the last 30 hours, as I am now stuck in my bed, icing every part of my body, after doing an event outdoors. The […]
Your Favorite Part
“The Raptor Daddy Dinosaur routine!” “TJ The Shuttle Driver – Yee-Haw!” “The part where you took Facebook off your iPhone to be a more present Dad!” These are some of the many responses I get following a presentation of “The Promise” when signing books and asking attendees what their favorite part was, or what […]
The Promise of Perspective
11 days ago was the last time I have been outside and even had the privilege to go for a car ride. I had just returned home from the hospital, hopped up on all kinds of meds my body has never felt before, never been through surgery in my life, as my 44-year old […]
My Broken Knee
It’s 3:33 AM. My feet are freezing. I can’t put a blanket over myself because it is too painful to have any weight on my leg. Since my visit to the ER a few hours earlier I am now lying in bed with a full leg brace, not allowing me to bend my knee. How […]
Book It Now
Conversation with my wife, Tami – Jason: “Can you give me a ride to the airport tomorrow? I leave for Nashville at 9 AM to attend my National Speakers Association conference. I’m really sad to not take the kids. I’m so grateful for all those years we drove the motorhome cross country to NSA […]
Choosing Hope in Devastation: Jason & Kim Kotecki
It is rare for me to have tears streaming down my face as I read a blog, but that happened to me last week. One of the most wonderful couples and families I have ever known shared the story of a rare “wind event” tearing through their backyard, ripping out hundreds of trees in […]
Pioneer Trek Pa
For the past 4 days my wife and I have been wandering the mountains of Utah in 1847 pioneer clothing re-enacting the legendary Mormon Pioneer crossing of 175 years past. Pushing and pulling a wooden handcart filled with our belongings, up a trail too rocky to push anything, through a river, and more dust than […]
Middle Ages
This past week my article was about being crowned the world’s worst axe throwing dad. I gave it a good effort in putting a point to it – not the axe, but the story – as my 10-year old son, Royal, bested me in every way. Even to my delight. But a comment left on […]