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Engagement

The Father’s Promise – Josh’s Story

  With apologies to those who follow me on social media, I am sharing what I posted this past Wednesday about my brother, Josh Hewlett, for his birthday, which had already garnered 20 Comments and 126 Likes within 2 hours of posting. In other words – this post resonated!  And I’m adding to it as well: The Rest of the Story, which I didn’t share on that post but will here, and you don’t want to miss this. Here’s that original post from April 6, 2023.   Happy birthday to this guy. He may not like that I’m posting a photo of us from Jan 2022 hiking in St George, UT when he was at this size, but I have to brag on him a bit. After this moment he dedicated and made me a Promise at this spot to lose 100 lbs. And then he did. Within the same year. Through eating clean, exercise, and walking miles upon miles every day, up until midnight in cold and exhaustion most days to get it in. Yes, that’s a true story and The Promise in action unlike any I’ve seen in my life.       He is now on a

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April 6, 2023 14 Comments
Family

Ice on the Windshield

Snow and ice are everywhere. It’s incredible and wonderful and terrifying to drive in. Not because of my driving, but everyone else! Crazy and insane people! Yesterday I saw a teenager driving down the street with a windshield covered over in ice. The whole thing! Her driver’s side window was down so she drive! Not even an attempt to clear the ice or snow, just little holes at the bottom of the windshield where the defrost was slowly warming it’s way through. Insane! Who are these people? My community and neighbors, I guess. I’d say I spend a good 60-90 minutes every morning it snows shoveling and chopping away at windshield ice, of late it seems almost every day. No point in having a garage…it’s too full to park any cars anyway…just the accumulation of, well, multiple Costco runs where we realized we needed items we’d never buy individually but apparently save money buying in bulk, 29 hefty bags full of clothes from a fundraiser for our son’s lacrosse, a water storage tank I bought that is 500 gallons and we are trying to return because it takes up the entire garage, and the bikes – the bikes!  Nearly 18

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March 9, 2023 4 Comments
Engagement

The Unspoken Promise

Tuesday: My dear friend posted on social media that her mother had shockingly and unexpectedly passed away a few days prior. Reading this on social media from my hotel room in Reno, NV, where I was stationed with events for nearly the whole week, I was saddened to not be able to race to her side and give a huge hug.   Thursday: The details of the funeral were posted for Saturday at 11 AM as the start time. My flight was scheduled to leave Reno on Saturday at 2 PM, as I knew my Friday night would be late, perhaps up until midnight with client obligations.   The Promise: If there is anything we can do to support those we love, we will do it. I quickly rebooked my flight, for the only option to get home in time. The infamous and ever dreaded 6 AM flight. This is an unspoken Promise. It isn’t expected. No one knows where I am, how hard it may be to get there in time, the challenge ahead, the sacrifice, but it doesn’t matter, as The Promise is more important to ourselves to do whatever it takes, even if it means we suffer

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February 25, 2023 10 Comments
CX

$100 Tip

In my wallet I always carry a $100 bill. If my posting this leads to me being mugged, so be it! Come and get your Benjamin, you cranky little thief. I have it there as a “just in case” for when a credit card has some issue, the power is out at a store and I have to pay in cash, or I need to pay for parking at a pay station and they ask me for a smaller bill and we stare at each other since I don’t have anything else…and they let me park for free. But it’s MOSTLY there for one reason – on occasion I feel inclined to leave it hidden under the final bill receipt at a diner, bar, or restaurant, usually late at night, after a successful event, as I am starving from a long day. When I notice extra thoughtful service rendered, I feel it’s a cool thing to leave for a hard worker. I don’t film this or post selfies about it.  I have yet to do a party where everyone gathers around to watch me give this money, to be celebrated online for my “charity”. Most of the time my family

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February 3, 2023 28 Comments
Business

Vanilla

Vanilla is plain. It is perfectly unoffensive, pristine, nearly flavorless, and the exact extract I wanted to be known for from the beginning of my career. Growing up in an extremely religious state, espousing the same beliefs as the majority, it became apparent quickly that my path to success among my people would be to ride the Vanilla wave of comedy, music, and entertainment in order to survive the driest community in the U.S. Making people laugh who don’t drink, don’t have outward vices, who LOVE vanilla, became my Signature Move and is a Promise I still keep to this day. Stepping on toes, insulting, belittling, cursing, going to the edge, none of that was, nor is, my style. I prefer VANILLA. And because I have chosen Vanilla, when I have softly served another side, dare I say – thrown in a heath chunk or sprinkled some gummy bears here and there on the precious Vanilla ice cream – there are people who are THRILLED! They LOVE when they see the “he adds flavor” part of me, and that’s what comes through mostly in private coaching sessions, small workshops, and occasionally, depending on how frustrated I am with an audience,

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January 27, 2023 22 Comments
Coaching

The Promise To Fail

I stand beneath the Olympic bar, which weighs 45-lbs alone. Slapping plates on each side at 45-lbs each, I’m now up to 135-lbs total. That’s a good deal of weight for a leg 6 months out from surgery. It’s time for a huge PUSH! As I go into my newest version of a squat, not as low as it used to be, I press back up and feel incredible relief, power, and celebration. I can squat again!  This is a victory. I would rather do this challenging process all day, every day, compared to the one I need to do each day instead: Step down from a 6-inch step with total control  The smaller the movement the more painful and excruciating the feeling. I can lunge, do kettlebell swings, and even jump!   Huge moves are easy! But to softly, and with absolute control, move only inches at a time, can send me into fits of terror and agony. ~ The smaller the movement, the harder it is.  The smaller the movement, the more important and essential it is to my healing. Synapses recalibrating in my leg, screaming for relief, begging me to do the big movements every other few days

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January 10, 2023 6 Comments
Business

New Year Clean Out

How is your New Year clean out going? Not your New Years resolutions, I mean the normal minutiae you need to clean up. The list of items needing to be cleaned out for the New Year began to grow overwhelmingly long and time consuming for me: CLUTTER Closet Garage Office drawers   VIRTUAL CLUTTER Apps on phone Photo duplicates Videos   This is going to take me all year!    Next, I wrote down a really tough one: HABITS Throw out all the bad food…or just eat it all, so it’s out of my sight! Financial tracking and spending – keep a tighter budget!  Time spent in The Void (the spaces in between everything where time can vanish or be spent well) such as: Waiting in the car for the kids to come out of the school What happens in between phone calls Switch-tasking (a Dave Crenshaw phrase) between one task to another…or do I still convince myself I’m a great multitasker?   RELATIONSHIPS Friends on Social Media – my friend, Heidi Totten, preaches, “If you faithfully click on a Facebook friend the day of their birthday, and have nothing personal to say to them, it’s time to make some

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January 10, 2023 10 Comments
Inspiration

The Final Testimony of Nathan Ricks

  On Monday, January 2, 2023, my friends, Nathan & Joyce Ricks, along with two others, took off in their private plane from Provo, Utah. Moments after takeoff the plane suddenly crashed, killing Nathan instantly, critically injuring the co-pilot, Brent Beardall, while Nathan’s wife, Joyce, and the other passenger, Dane Margetts, walked away with minor injuries, and thankfully survived. The story was covered nationwide, here is the story as reported by local Utah’s FOX13. Our prayers are with the Ricks Family facing the long road ahead as they pick up the pieces of losing the legend that is their father. I have known the Ricks family for 2 decades, as they were among the first in my career to utilize my performing for multiple family, business, and community events, providing our family with opportunities and blessings that have shaped our lives and greatest vacations.  Their generosity was unparalleled and the loss of this man stings for all who were touched by him.   I share this post for a few reasons: 1 – To honor a Great Man 2 – To give perspective as to how precious life truly is 3 – To highlight the power of words, and those

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January 3, 2023 6 Comments
Funny

Running the Red Light

Sitting at the red stop light, I noticed in the side view mirror, a car barreling toward me going at least 45 MPH and not slowing down. The driver was in the other lane next to me and all I could think to do was lay on my horn. That didn’t help. Cars were crossing the intersection as I watched in horror for the accident about to happen. As the car flew past me, my horn still blaring, this guy just kept of going the same speed, never braking, and in slow motion I looked over as he passed me – In a split second my initial thought was confirmed – he’s on his phone! Looking down at his freaking phone. He’s going to kill someone. And then, he plowed through the intersection… Somehow, by a miracle, he didn’t hit anyone, as the car coming toward him from the left slammed on it’s brakes, we all watched, horrified, as the offender never once tapped his brakes, and just kept on driving down the road. He had no idea what he’d just almost done. I was stunned to think there was nothing I could do, and grateful to see no one

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January 2, 2023 20 Comments
Entertainment

Magic Eraser Time of Year – Happy New Year 2023

    Magic Eraser to the rescue! In December 2022 I made the big jump from my awesome, handmade, expensive custom leather TAFT boots to white laces, black tops, and white soled VANS. Kicking and screaming I changed my clothing and shoe style, although it feels fresh and like the right direction to go, and fits my personality. The only thing worse than making sure not to nick custom made boots from Italy, is figuring out how to keep the constantly scuffed, marked, and sullied white soles of my new VANS bright and shiny! Luckily, my wife introduced me to Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser!  It has truly saved the day so many times before I walk on stage, knowing everyone is inspecting the perfection of my black shoes with white soles. Here’s the problem: Recently, I did the usual routine in my hotel room – I got the Magic Eraser wet, cleaned the shoes, and then tossed it in my suitcase.  I figured it was dry and just threw it in there as I wheeled my bag to the event location. Upon arrival I was horrified, opening the bag, my stage jacket had a stain front and center that refused

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December 31, 2022 8 Comments

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