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2 Brands Collide: The Promise vs. Jason Hewlett

  Have you ever created something that you put your heart, soul, time, money, energy and everything into, only to face the reality that it’s not really working? I’m about to share something extremely vulnerable, and will attempt to do so succinctly (good luck!) so as to not belabor the point, but I have come to a crossroads with this most wonderful concept called The Promise and the brand that is me, Jason Hewlett, as I awkwardly take literary license and refer to myself in the 3rd person for this to make sense. The brand that is Jason Hewlett was created to entertain, uplift, inspire, be family-friendly, comedy heavy, musically nostalgic, educational at times, and equally be self-deprecating, never too serious, capable of poking & prodding where necessary, and always simple. The brand that is The Promise was an attempt to be an extension of Jason Hewlett, a more thoughtful context, a bit complex, the meat & potatoes content served after the milk & honey entertaining appetizer, revealing a stealth philosopher cloaked in a comedy experience.  The intention has been to teach, reach deep, help individuals and families, drive culture shifts in companies, and make complete sense to all interested

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April 16, 2022 24 Comments
Business

The COVID Test

  As I waited for the required 15 minute COVID test to give its results allowing me to join the event I had flown across country to participate in, the sweat began to bead on my forehead. This event was booked 7 months prior. Due to all of the cancelled flights over the holidays, knowing I was flying from Utah to Florida, I let the client know I needed to fly in 2 days prior to ensure I could either rebook a cancelled flight OR Hop in my car and drive 2,350 miles as fast as possible to make it in time to the event. Due to the fact that I might have COVID, and would need to take a test to prove I was negative, my suitcase was full of my VIRTUAL SETUP (Lights, Camera, Microphone and more) to do my presentation from the hotel room just in case. Due to the event having so many people cancelling nationwide with the virus hitting their families, this first attempt to get together in 2 years as a team and work family compromised nearly all of their plans, the meeting planners had to insist every attendee take a COVID test and

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January 16, 2022 6 Comments
Business

Speaker Club

  What’s the deal with someone who is terrified of speaking? Truth is: Speaking may be the very scariest thing for a human to do, according to some research about how difficult speaking is. According to Jerry Seinfeld ~ People prefer dying over speaking at the funeral.     How can you get over your fear of speaking?  Are there techniques which can be learned?  YES! This past week we had our first Speaker club events, on Wednesday and Saturday, where I sat with aspiring speakers, and those who are looking to improve their communication skills, for everything from job interviews, to Zoom calls with their teams, to being a better leader with their kids. I was thrilled to see a room full of friends supporting our efforts, including a fabulous speaker (7dailyhabits.com) named Laura Porreca who drove all the way up from Las Vegas, 6-hours one-way, to attend our SLC, UT event!  She gave me perhaps one of the kindest testimonials I’ve ever received, calling my teaching of speaking, “Groundbreaking compared to what she’d seen offered anywhere”.  Awesome!   I appreciate those who are supporting the Speaker Club, and we will have another 2 free events this week, Wednesday,

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November 14, 2021 14 Comments
Business

When You’re In The Breadline

In the Depression-era film “Cinderella Man”, we see James Braddock, a once almost champion boxer in the grips of economic failure, his inability to provide for his family through boxing’s trade, humbly brave the infamous breadline while being recognized as the failed boxer. This movie is not for the faint of heart, especially if – you’ve suffered an injury (his was a broken right hand) that he had to continue using to fight, re-breaking over and over again, just to survive; if you’ve come on hard times financially in the past and had to downgrade aspects of your family lifestyle and felt you have let them down; if you’ve ever wondered where the next opportunity will come from.  In other words: I HIGHLY recommend this movie for most people at this point of 2021, especially if any or all of the above is true!   As it will bring you HOPE!  The Promise to consistently stay motivated and inspired by the Legendary Leaders of yesterday is one thing we have complete control over, no matter how difficult life becomes.  We can always fill our time with powerful, hopeful stories, such as James Braddock getting one more shot when all was lost,

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September 4, 2021 4 Comments
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Everything That’s Wrong In Your Life

Everything that’s wrong in your life is because you broke a Promise to yourself! You may not like that statement, but having now dug deep enough into this language and concept, it stands up with some heavy testing. And don’t think I’m just pointing one finger at you, because three are pointing back at me, and I can prove my point. What’s wrong in your life?   Overweight?  You broke a promise to yourself. Financially destitute?  You broke a promise to yourself. Terrible relationship?   You broke a promise to yourself.   Seriously, look at all of the things that stink about your life, anything that you hate about yourself, and it leads back to a broken promise! Your Health: Do you REALLY commit to working on it? Keeping that promise to do whatever it takes to regain it? Can you find your treadmill under all of that laundry?   Your Money: Did you really “invest” in that extra pair of shoes instead of investing in yourself, self-improvement, and your business? Do you have a financial advisor, and have you ever listened to and done what they suggest? How about learning to diversify your portfolio, and have different streams of income instead

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August 20, 2021 2 Comments
Business

The Importance of Audience Feedback

For the past 15 months I have not been able to rely on audience feedback to confirm if I did a job well or not from my Virtual Zoom Home Studio. For the first 3 months of the pandemic, every event planner wanted no Chat feature open, nor the cameras on attendees, so I had the pleasure of performing comedy, singing and entertaining, along with teaching The Promise, to the wall. No laughs.  No applause.  No response. Some clients even wanted a pre-recorded video which allowed me the opportunity to not only record 74 takes over a 12 hour day, in order to reach perfection, but then to receive an email a day later asking me to add an extra 10 minutes because it was so good, and that they needed it inserted in the middle of my video and to not appear recorded later… The lengths to which I have gone to merely survive are beyond what I ever thought would be required of me, and yet, I am not alone: All of us have had to Keep The Promise in our own way.  And yet, even once the Chat feature opened, pre-records essentially done away with, engagement the

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June 23, 2021 8 Comments
Announcements

The Blessing of Work

  2 weeks ago I sat with my family and told them this would be a different kind of December. Daddy is usually gone most of this month, running around entertaining at holiday parties and missing every kids concert, ball game, family party and decorating the Christmas tree. This year would be different, I told them, even though this year there will be no kids concerts, Zoom-only attended ball games, and COVID-cancelled family parties… And this year, instead of driving across the street to the tree farm, we would take an entire day, drive to the mountains, chop down a real Christmas tree, and decorate it together!  I never thought that would be an unforgettable and wonderful experience, but it was, even when the tree tried to jump off our car on the highway. As of 2 weeks ago I had only 3 events scheduled over the entire month (I used to average over 20 events the first 3 weeks), including my Virtual Public Show December 28th to close out the year, in a last ditch effort to bring smiles to anyone interested in receiving joy while my family and I create a fun SHOW experience from our home –

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December 12, 2020 No Comments
Engagement

The Gift

April 6, 2020 It had been over a month since I’d been on a stage, as I sat in my office staring at a blank white board that had been filled with events scheduled for an epic 2020 just weeks prior, now canceled or postponed. To me, all was lost. No prospects, no opportunities, no interest in what I had to offer in a virtual setting. How would I provide for my family? Suddenly a ping on my phone. A TEXT from a friend of a friend – yes we’d met before, but only in passing. “Can you bring some joy to our employees in a 30 minute virtual performance?  We just laid off 40 employees and are reeling during this situation.  I can’t really offer you any money but happy to provide something of trade if you tell me what you need.” The feeling of worthlessness began to subside. Years of performing at a very high level, for fees that would make most people shocked to know were even an option, having stuck to that fee as a matter of principle for a decade…I was now willing to do this request for just about anything. I replied with a

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December 1, 2020 24 Comments
Announcements

The Importance of Connection Right Now

  I was so excited as I hung up the phone. Having just received word my client was moving forward and doing a December holiday party, where I would share The Promise message to inspire attendees, while entertaining them with laughs and music going into the New Year, I was on cloud 9. My wife and I were already counting the money – we would finally be able to justify providing something of substance for our family this Christmas. Gratitude is a word that can’t be quantified when things are tight and every little blessing arrives.  #GiveThanks Devastation is also a word that shows up quite a bit as well. That was the feeling the next morning when the email landed in my inbox saying the event agreed upon yesterday was going in a different direction, no need for my appearance this year, hope we can have you in the future… Ouch. How often can this happen in one year? Be it in-person events canceled and then virtual meetings shifted… This is rough. Yet we move forward. ~ ***  RANT  *** I continue to be baffled by the thought that a level of connection with employees, peers, members of associations

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November 20, 2020 2 Comments
Business

Watching Yourself

  As I pulled into the gas station in a remote part of southeastern Utah, I was thankful to finally find cell reception. Tethering my phone’s hotspot to my laptop, I hurriedly logged onto the webinar where I watched my pre-recorded presentation for a client in Texas, engaging in realtime on the CHAT feature with the attendees. It worked perfectly, and was so fun to see reactions of viewers to my virtual leadership presentation of comedy, music, impressions, stories, and ideas as to how real estate agents could keep The Promise and have a better Work From Home experience during COVID-19 Pandemic craziness. Question: When was the last time you WATCHED YOURSELF? If you are Kim Kardashian, and you’re reading this, first off, I’m very offended you’ve never commented on this blog, and secondly, this would be a question you could answer very quickly with: “I was watching myself JUST NOW!” But for the rest of us, how often are we not just taking the selfie and posting but rather taking a moment to sit and watch ourselves work? If you’ve been in the industry of telemarketing, they are RECORDED and have to listen back to their performance with a

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October 27, 2020 4 Comments

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