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Did AI Write This Post or Did I?

  Let me guess. You can easily determine between what is written by AI and what’s not. You take great pride in this ability. You catch it in your feed before the hundreds who commented using bots as their autoresponder. So the question is this: Did AI write this post or did I? I assume you’ll be able to easily know by the end, if you read that far. Or perhaps you’ve already figured it out? I’ll give you the answer so you don’t have to read this whole dang thing: This blog, and all of my posts, books, content, are written by me. Here’s a video where someone asked me privately if it was AI, while another commented publicly, “Bro, aren’t you a comedian?” You can read my response on the video.     Is that video AI or is it me? It’s crazy we have people wondering that now. All the more reason to have LIVE EVENTS with each other. Truth is – I have a very unique writing style. In fact, I hired a very accomplished editor to go through my book before submitting it to the publisher. She returned with the following: “Jason, I don’t know

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September 17, 2026 6 Comments
Business

The Power of Making Funny Faces

Did you know you can make a living off of funny faces? Imagine getting paid to do that one thing which made your friends laugh in kindergarten, got you kicked out of class, and scared the girls away! Yes, there’s power in making funny faces, and it has been the door opener for most of my success in business, on stage, eventually convincing my wife to marry me and making my children laugh. What are the secrets to making a funny face?   1st: Willingness to Look Stupid Being willing to look stupid takes supreme confidence, sharing the weirdness that is you can be scary. Putting it out there to be mocked, laughed at, judged, can keep most from ever going for it. Yet, the payoff when it lands with those who resonate – life-changing and courage building. I think my willingness to look stupid may be my superpower.   2nd: The Differentiator Be the one who shares the silly face and you will be remembered. Whether for ick or good, it sticks. It becomes your Signature Move that you are known for, and can even be something others reference about you when they can’t remember your name (“Do you

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August 19, 2026 3 Comments
Business

The Broken Team

  Doug sent a frantic text, Jenny replied in Slack, marketing in turn launched a premature email campaign, and customer service was immediately inundated with angry clients. Leadership meets, confusion all around, too many cooks in the kitchen, while ten people are working on the same task without being assigned to work together on any given project. The wheels are falling off the bus, or rather, they did a long time ago. In business culture, it is easy to observe where things aren’t working. Just set up a call with any employee and let them tell you the truth, once you’ve established what they say won’t be held against them. Just look at the confusion coming into customer service due to the latest mistake sent out. Just take a gander at Slack and see how well that’s being utilized. The Slack one is so frustrating I made a silly and comical song about it just to see if it would get a laugh from people in general who have complained to me about their teams not using it, showcasing how important it is.     In leadership, however we can, we must utilize our Signature Moves to inspire, lift, call

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August 12, 2026 1 Comment
Business

How FFA Kids Helped Me Refocus My Presentation

It had been years since I agreed to talk with a group of youth. Why? Because something shifted in those audiences a few years back for me, and I haven’t dared return. So, there I was, standing back stage as the arena filled in with over 11,000 FFA youth from across Ohio. I never feel nervous before an event. I feel excited, anxious, and generally confident in what I’m about to do. Of course, there are those feelings inside of imposter syndrome or being tired from a bad night’s sleep in a hotel, but this day was different. I felt sick to my stomach. There is always a moment before stepping on stage that most people don’t think about unless you’re the one waiting to be introduced. The room is set. The audience is waiting. The expectation is there. And in that moment, it’s easy for the focus to turn inward. You begin to have a conversation with yourself: How will this go? Will this connect? Will this be received the way I hope? Those are natural questions. But over time, I’ve found they aren’t the most helpful ones. Because they center everything on you, the performer/speaker/presenter. And the more

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May 19, 2026 4 Comments
Business

Who Does This Remind You Of?

  If I were to ask you who is the most reliable person you work with, what face and name comes to mind? We all have that person. Hopefully! If you’re lucky, they make up your team, your “work family” as I prefer to call it, and continually fill you with gratitude as one of the most underrated, and essential secret traits of success: consistency and reliability! The truth is simple: You Don’t Need to Be Impressive…You Need to Be Reliable. Reliability—not necessarily talent, brilliance or flash—is what actually builds trust, opportunity, and long-term success. When I think of reliability my mind goes to: the finance director who sends a report every night (just before midnight) to share the data from the day with the company founder and I, and has never missed doing so in 2.5 years (even on his honeymoon!); the person who thinks he’s “just an IT guy” but in reality is the one everyone turns to to get things done immediately, even outside of the IT realm, because he is so capable; the assistant who goes over the upcoming plans and events, and then checks off the boxes again to make sure nothing falls through the

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April 29, 2026 2 Comments
Business

The Missing Link in Leadership: A Promise People Can Trust

Most leaders don’t struggle with knowledge, motivation, or expectations.They struggle with consistency. They’ve read the books. Attended the conferences. Taken the notes. Perhaps you’ve spent time reading “Atomic Habits”, “Think & Grow Rich”, and “The Greatest Salesman in the World”. All excellent works and classics of self-help and higher thought for leadership. And yet—despite reading the books, attending inspiring conferences, even hiring coaches to elevate performance as leaders…. Teams still feel disconnected.Customers still feel uncertain.Cultures still drift. Why? Because leadership isn’t built on what you know.It’s built on what people can count on. You’ve heard me say it, “Why set a Goal when you can Make a Promise?” Do you know how many people resonate immediately with that statement? The Promise is a choice, a clarion call of character, an investment in integrity. The most effective leaders don’t just set goals.They make a Leadership Promise. A goal says: “Here’s what I hope to achieve.” A Promise says: “Here’s what you can expect from me—every time.” A goal says: “Once we reach this marker, we will have arrived.” A Promise says: “This is what I stand for, what I believe, who I am, and nothing will get in the way of

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April 24, 2026 No Comments
Announcements

I Finally Made it to College

  If you’ve heard me speak you know my story about having a full-ride scholarship for basketball to a major university (BYU) when I was in high school and feeling good about my future in the NBA. Suddenly, I was discovered by Mrs. Hall, the choir teacher, who pointed me in the right direction for life, as I left my basketball career on the bench, and became a singing entertainer who speaks and writes books. Going to Las Vegas instead of college was a real big swing of a dream, and thankfully worked out. But I always wondered what it would have been like to get into college. I have spoken at many colleges, to thousands of students, leaders, university presidents, faculty, staff, award-winning teachers, and higher education establishments nationwide, but was never actually in college. Until a few months ago! Here’s what happened.   A few years back I began a venture of making a YouTube channel with a very successful Youtuber & Influencer. We did everything right, by the book, cranked out videos that were specific to certain topics, and recorded them monthly for a good long chunk of time. It was costly, challenging, rewarding, and pushed me

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April 20, 2026 8 Comments
Cardio Miracle

200 Pounds Lost: The Legend of My Brother Josh Hewlett

Every now and then, you hear a story that doesn’t just inspire you—it stays with you. This is one of those stories. It’s about my brother, Josh Hewlett.  Josh was born in the mid 1980’s, my second brother, fourth of five kids, and was by far the largest baby in the family. “Big boned” was what Dad used to say. Mom delivered 5 of us little Hewlett’s, and Josh was going to easily outgrow all of us.      By middle school, even though he was 6 years my junior, he was already as tall and weighed more than me.      Josh played football, could pick up a fridge or couch, and was a literal strongman from his youngest years.  But through the years his big boned nature went to a new level of being overweight, and became a great concern for our entire family and all who knew him.      This is the kind of story you may have heard only on TV or in movies, but for us it’s real life, and it’s my brother, so I have to share this extraordinary story of transformation.  It’s a story about health. It’s about humility. And it’s about

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February 17, 2026 2 Comments
Announcements

I Tore My Jaw On Stage. Now What?

Hi. I make a living opening my mouth – to speak, make people laugh, and sing at the top of my lungs. This unique attribute of opening my mouth extra wide has become so prevalent in my presentations it is known as my Signature Move, and was even once the cover of my book (although that was a terrible choice and has mostly disappeared from the face of the earth, thank goodness). If you find a copy just know it is a rare thing! On December 2, 2025 I was asked to speak to a group of young folks by a very successful friend of mine. I haven’t spoken to youth in a while, for many reasons, but mostly because the style of entertainment I do is so foreign to their TikTok attention spans it is tough to feel like it’s connecting. Well, truth be told, they loved it more than I expected! They were all in with me. I was singing, making them laugh, they were taking notes about The Promise and Signature Moves. The whole time I was thinking wow, maybe I can connect with youth as a speaker still. And then I did the Raptor, as Daddy

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February 14, 2026 6 Comments
Business

Unclear Expectations: Establishing The Promise

Disappointment usually shows up when expectations aren’t clearly communicated up front. For the last 2 years in discussions with disgruntled employees in organizations I consult with, the main cause of heartache is when unclear expectations leads to broken promises that were assumed and never articulated.   Example: I met with a longtime celebrity in the athletic field, now decades past their prime, yet still very relevant due to a legendary career, employed to be a new face & personality of a growing health company. He was brought into the company to raise brand awareness, land some customers through his reputation and connections, while also doing media when the opportunity arose. Months went by of an appearance here, a show or event there, and little, if any, evidence that customers were buying. The leader who made the hire was continually encouraging and asking for numbers, results, eyeballs, and proof of this arrangement working. There was eventually a discussion of needing podcasts and interviews to be consistently delivered in order to justify the paycheck, yet the former celebrity was feeling they were doing way more than asked, while the check-writer was aghast for lack of proven results. What it came down to

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October 30, 2025 No Comments

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