appreciation

Express Your Appreciation to Your Parents

By Jason Freeman in Appreciation, Relationships No Comments Tags: , , , , ,

What Do You Appreciate About Your Parents?

In this Friday One Minute of Excitement video, Jason Freeman speaks about appreciating your parents.  Parents are awesome.  They give you life and they support you through so much.  They are there for you during your ups and downs.  Take some time to appreciate your parents today.

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Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind motivational inspirational speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions and has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  Jason knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message and event speaker topics (employee motivation, team building skills, overcoming adversity and more) or to book him as a conference speaker for your organization, go to http://heroicyesproductions.com/speaking-keynotes/.

Jason is a gifted school speaker and motivational youth speaker.  His inspiring presentation has moved many to tears and always leaves his audiences feeling uplifted and motivated to take action in their lives.


Five Questions for Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Greatness

By Jason Freeman in Inspiration, Powerful Questions No Comments Tags: , , , ,

Simply ask yourself and others these five questions and take the time to create answers that truly inspire you.

What is great about you?

What is great about your friends and family?

What is great about the place where you live?

What is great about the state or province you live in?

What is great about the world you live in?

Do this by yourself or get together with a friend and write down at least ten answers or more for each question.

Congratulations!  You just created your world through your eyes of greatness!

Think of how the experience would be totally different if the questions had started with “What is wrong with…”

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How do you feel after creating your world through your eyes of greatness?

What other areas of your life can you create through your eyes of greatness?

 Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind public speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions. Jason has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  He knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message, or to book him to present to your organization, go to www.HeroicYesProductions.com

Appreciating the Opportunities Behind Each Door

By Jason Freeman in Following Your Dreams, Inspiration No Comments Tags: , , , ,

Are You Grateful For What’s Behind Each Door You’re Opening?

In this Friday One Minute of Excitement video, Jason Freeman speaks about opening doors.  We often take for granted how easy it is to walk through doors.  Think of all the doors you walk through in a day.  What if behind each door was a key to your abundance?  Today Jason challenges you to take a moment before you open each door to be grateful that you can open it.  Appreciate that you can be ready for the experience waiting for you behind that door.

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Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind motivational inspirational speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions and has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  Jason knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message and event speaker topics (employee motivation, team building skills, overcoming adversity and more) or to book him as a conference speaker for your organization, go to http://heroicyesproductions.com/speaking-keynotes/.

Jason is a gifted school speaker and motivational youth speaker.  His inspiring presentation has moved many to tears and always leaves his audiences feeling uplifted and motivated to take action in their lives.


The Parade of Your Incredible Accomplishments

By Jason Freeman in Self Esteem, Success No Comments Tags: , , , , ,

Have you ever noticed that you can do a great many things well, then do one thing in a way that you determine is wrong, only to end up spending a disproportionate amount of time focused on the one thing you did WRONG?

I sure have!

We can spend hours and even days analyzing questions like: “Why did I do it wrong?”   And “Why am I not good at this?”

Meanwhile, a PARADE OF OUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS can float through our lives with us barely noticing.

What would it to be like to focus on our parade of incredible accomplishments, instead of the things we feel we do wrong?

(I ask this question as a man who has spent much time hot on the “What Went Wrong” Trail, “The I Can’t Do It” Trail, and an old special favorite of mine, the “What I did Totally Wrong” Trail.  I can tell you from countless years of experience that these trails are  an especially “SORRY” lot of trails.  I know this because I said, “I’m sorry” an awful lot when I was traversing them.)

After years of being on the “Sorry” trails, it has finally occurred to me, why not follow the parade of my incredible accomplishments towards my dreams instead of getting lost and frustrated on these others trails?  Why not learn to become a highly skilled navigator who is adept at finding this parade route anytime, day or night?

When we focus on becoming highly skilled navigators consistently charting a course towards our parade route, we become much more in tune with the clues pointing towards our accomplishments.  We can begin to catch the scent of our big dreams in the little successes here and there, in the gradual accumulation of our victories.

When we are starting off, this trail of successes and good things might not look like the Macy’s Day Parade.  In fact, it may be so faint that we really need to concentrate to find it.  But keep looking!  This doesn’t mean that our accomplishments aren’t there.  It just means that we are so attuned to focusing on the “Sorry” trails that we haven’t taken the time to fully appreciate or even notice them.

Navigating your way back to the PARADE OF YOUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS is simple and fun.  Every time you notice and celebrate something that went well, you discover your parade route.  Every time you savor and focus on your successes, small or large, you take part in your parade.  Each time you delight in the gift you are to the world, you are in the center of your parade.  Every time you savor and focus on how your dreams, the sights and sounds of your parade are with you.

You have the opportunity to rediscover your parade route with fresh eyes each new day.  This is cause for celebration!

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Enjoy finding your way to the PARADE OF YOUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS today!

Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind public speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions. Jason has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  He knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message, or to book him to present to your organization, go to www.HeroicYesProductions.com

Joy is Your True Wealth

By Jason Freeman in Abundance, Appreciation No Comments Tags: , , , ,

Do ever feel like, “Hey, where’s the money?”

In this Friday One Minute of Excitement video, Jason talks about money.  Usually when we have money we feel like, “Yaayyy”.  But when we don’t have money we feel like, “Hey, where’s the money?”.  We’re sad, we’re depressed.  There’s so much to life beyond just bills and checks.  Today find things that make you happy wherever you can, regardless of money.

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Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind motivational inspirational speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions and has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  Jason knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message and event speaker topics (employee motivation, team building skills, overcoming adversity and more) or to book him as a conference speaker for your organization, go to http://heroicyesproductions.com/speaking-keynotes/.

Jason is a gifted school speaker and motivational youth speaker.  His inspiring presentation has moved many to tears and always leaves his audiences feeling uplifted and motivated to take action in their lives.

Noticing Abundance Before It’s Gone

By Jason Freeman in Abundance, Appreciation No Comments Tags: , , , ,

I have a sad story. The other week I lost a ten-dollar bill.  (Well, not too sad.  It could’ve been worse.  Or I guess it could’ve been better.  I could still have that ten-dollar bill.)

In retrospect, I think what happened is that I gave a cashier a ten instead of a one, and he didn’t notice my mistake.

So through my lack of attention, I instantly lost nine bucks.  Now I’ve had the skills to count money since early grade school, but in my distraction I didn’t use them to appreciate and contain my abundance.

The money I suddenly lost set me pondering:

How much of the abundance in our lives do we lose sight of each day because of our inattention to it?

We have the skills to count our blessings, to be appreciative of our talents, but if we are distracted with other stuff like what went wrong in the past, what is going wrong right now, or what might hypothetically go wrong in the future, our abundance can literally slip right through our fingers as I let that ten-dollar bill slip through mine.

We can choose to focus on noticing our abundance.  WHEN WE APPRECIATE OUR ABUNDANCE WE CAN LITERALLY SAVE IT FROM BEING LOST.

Now I’m much more alert when I’m counting out money, and simply through this alertness, I have more of it.

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How can you be more alert to the abundance in your life?

Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind public speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions. Jason has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  He knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message, or to book him to present to your organization, go to www.HeroicYesProductions.com. 

The Appreciation of Compliments

By Jason Freeman in Appreciation, Self Esteem No Comments Tags: , , , ,

How do you receive a compliment?

In this Friday One Minute of Excitement video, Jason talks about getting a compliment.  It’s easy to disregard compliments and think that you don’t deserve them.  Instead, when someone gives you a compliment, smile, wait five seconds, absorb what they’re giving you, bask in it and say, “Thank you.”  Then bask in that compliment the rest of the day. They’re giving you a mirror of your brilliance.

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Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind motivational inspirational speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions and has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  Jason knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message and event speaker topics (employee motivation, team building skills, overcoming adversity and more) or to book him as a conference speaker for your organization, go to http://heroicyesproductions.com/speaking-keynotes/.

Jason is a gifted school speaker and motivational youth speaker.  His inspiring presentation has moved many to tears and always leaves his audiences feeling uplifted and motivated to take action in their lives.

When Too Many People Offer You Too Many Good Opportunities All At Once: Five Tips For Turning OPPORTUNITY OVERWHELM Into OPPORTUNITY EASE

By Jason Freeman in Choices, Work/Life Balance No Comments Tags: , , , ,

Realize That The Opportunities You Are Offered Are A Good Sign

Opportunities are exciting and a sign you are on the right track.

But sometimes there’s so much going on we start to feel short of breath and we begin to struggle with our opportunities and push them aside, almost as if our opportunities are our enemies.  At these times, it’s worthwhile to remember that opportunities are what we want.  We want to embrace our opportunities while, at the same time, managing them.

Appreciate All The Opportunities You Are Given (Even If You Decide Not To Take Some Of Them)

Let the people giving you opportunities know how grateful you are.  This is as simple as saying “I really appreciate your offer and I look forward to having a chance to think it over.”

Decide Which Opportunities Are A Good Fit For You

The opportunities that people offer you will likely require your time, energy and money.  Before taking someone up on an opportunity, really think about if you are interested in it; if it is in-line with your goals and dreams; and if you want to devote your time and resources to it.  If the answer is “Yes,” proceed with confidence.  If the answer is “No,” find a way to say a polite and definite “No Thank You.”  This “No Thank You” frees you from your obligation to engage in the opportunity.  And just as importantly, your “No” frees the person who asked you to find someone who is truly interested in his or her opportunity.

Schedule So That Not Everything Needs To Happen All At Once

If you decide to take an opportunity, schedule with the person offering you the opportunity so that the opportunity is manageable For You.  You are doing yourself a great service, as well as the person offering you the opportunity, because if you are overwhelmed it will be much harder for you to give their opportunity your full attention.

Write Opportunities You Decline Down To Give You More Choices Later

If you choose to express appreciation for an opportunity someone has given you while, at the same time, declining it by giving them a polite and definite, “No Thank You,” you might consider making note of the opportunity and then making a notation on your calendar to reconsider it in a month or two.  When you reconsider it, you may just reconfirm that you are glad you said, “No.”  Or you may realize that while you are glad you said “No” the first time, the opportunity now sounds good to you.  In this case, you have the information to contact the person and tell them that you rethought his or her offer.

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The next time you experience OPPORTUNITY OVERWHELM how will you use these tips to turn your overwhelm into OPPORTUNITY EASE?

The Power of Self Love

By Jason Freeman in Inspiration, Self Esteem 2 Comments Tags: , , ,

Have You Told Someone Special That You Love Them?

In this Friday One Minute of Excitement video, Jason speaks about loving yourself.  Have you told someone really special today that you love them?  Have you told yourself that?  When we tell ourselves that we’re amazing, we give ourselves power, softness and grace.  Tell yourself, “I love you” as many times as you can today.

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Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind motivational inspirational speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions and has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  Jason knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message and event speaker topics (employee motivation, team building skills, overcoming adversity and more) or to book him as a conference speaker for your organization, go to http://heroicyesproductions.com/speaking-keynotes/.

Jason is a gifted school speaker and motivational youth speaker.  His inspiring presentation has moved many to tears and always leaves his audiences feeling uplifted and motivated to take action in their lives.

Happiness Now Creates Ever After

By Jason Freeman in Joyful Living 4 Comments Tags: , , , ,

Kids love their first bike with training wheels.

Then, in time, youngsters grow to the height and skill level where they love riding ten-speeds.

But if as kids they had strongly disliked their first bike would there be much of a guarantee that they would one-day love riding a far bigger bike?

So deepen your love for your present circumstances whatever they may be.

Envision a line of happy circumstances extending into your future.

Start right now.

Claim your present circumstances and love them unconditionally.

Achieving your dreams won’t make you happy.

It’s up to you to make the dreams you achieve happy.

Today is today.

Make it happy.

You can create your hours and days as happy.

You are the Happy Hours of your life.

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How can you be happy in this moment?

Jason Freeman is a professional writer, and a one-of-a-kind public speaker.  He is the founder and CEO of Heroic Yes! Productions. Jason has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska.  He knows the pain of perceiving one’s life through a lens of limitation and also the thrill of moving beyond that mindset.  For more information on Jason’s powerful message, or to book him to present to your organization, go to www.HeroicYesProductions.com.

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