The Jumping Point Podcast

“𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭.” Fred D.  The reticular activating system is the brains filter and gives us some science-based evidence why visualization meditation work.  If you are rolling your eyes at the phrase visualization mediation that this is for you. Listen Today! The Reticular...

What we Resist, Persist – Carl Jung When we resist change, we are clinging to old ideas and limiting beliefs. Where focus goes energy flows. Focusing on the problem makes the problem bigger. Focusing on the Solution makes the Solution bigger. Resistance can be procrastinating and listening to the voices in our heads telling us we’re some version of not enough; you’re not good enough, smart enough,...

 Lieutenant General (Retired) Bruce Crawford former US Army 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 and now 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 with Jacobs joins the DC Local Leaders Podcast “The greatest gift we can give to the next generation is the gif of a great example” … “Never Destroy a young persons dream by telling them what they can’t do” After 34 years of service Bruce is most proud of t...

“𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.”- Donald Hebb. The Consistent and deliberate practice of Gratitude Practice is powerful enough to change the neurological make up of our Brain.  WHY? - Hebbian Learning shows the discovery of Mirror neurons that give neuroscientific evidence Of Vicarious Activations; the neural substrates of our own actions are vicariously activated while witnessing the...

Diet is way more than the food we put in our mouth. We’ve all heard that we are what we eat but the idea of Nourishment includes more than just food that we put into our body. I recently went on a 72 hour fast and have since been incorporating a 36 hour fast each week. One of the many benefits of fasting is that it eliminates Toxins from the body.  In his book The Seven Day Mental Diet author Emme...

BG. Shane Reeves, the 15th Dean of the Academics Board at West Point joins the Jumping Point podcast for our latest episode Shane Reeves is a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He is the 15th Dean of the Academic Board of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y, and previously served as Professor and Head of the Department of Law. He founded and was a Co-Director of the Lieber Insti...

𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 – 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 I was first introduced to cold immersion by Wim Hof a few years ago and now one of my favorite hobbies it to study the work of Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford. His research includes documents the myriad of benefits of cold-water immersion: Metabolism, Optimizing Brown Fat Cells Mood (Dopamine regulation), Mindset, Mental Health Recovery Exerci...

“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲” – 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐈, Don Miguel Ruiz In his book The Four Agreements (A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom), author Don Miguel Ruiz suggest that we must make an agreement with ourselves to not take anything personally. When we think of taking things personally, we often think of receiving criticism from another person or some external event the we feel is happening to...

Dr. Marina Theodotou, EdD is an incredible example of the fact that how we start does not have to determine how we finish.  She reminds us in this episode that “we don’t determine the cards we’re dealt but we do have a choice in how we play them “ At a young age she was exposed to having to flee her home country of Cyprus and grow up in a foreign country in Northern Africa.  Even in her descriptio...

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐬 – 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐧 Connect on LinkedIn , Instagram , Youtube If we have decided we want to change and we agree that our Habits are what make us who we are then we are ready to take actions. We agree that nothing changes if nothing changes or in others words in order for our life to become different, WE have to become different; take different actions. We are accoun...

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Will Durant’s translation of Aristotle We are what we repeatedly do and we believe what we repeatedly think. “I AM” are the two most powerful words we can say to ourselves because whatever we follow that with is how we identify ourselves and expresses what we believe about ourselves. The language we use carries power....

Jeff “Montis Man” Harris is a living example that We Can Do Hard Things ! On Dec 25, 2018 he was diagnosed with Achalasia and did not eat solid food until Dec 25, 2019.  He endured 365 days of living on protein shakes multiple surgeries, needing to sleep upright in a chair all while serving as a CEO and continuing to compete in Endurance Races. When it comes to self-discipline and a Hunger for Gre...

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐱 - 𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧! – Les Brown Our words not only have wisdom but they can work wonders. Sharing a kind or encouraging message to another human being can change the course of their actions and what they believe about themselves. Helping others fills our cup more than any accolade or material possession. Walking a path with another person and using our experie...

“𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 – 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 WE HAVE THE CHOICE. We don’t have to allow our external circumstances to govern our thoughts, emotions, and actions. When we are doing this, we are living our lives in a reactive state and our mental and spiritual condition are at the mercy of the natural unpredictable...

Tammy Barlette is a Lieutenant Colonel with over 20 years of active duty service to our nation, who founded a speaking collective featuring female veterans (www. AthenasVoiceUSA.com). She is a fighter pilot who flew the mighty A-10 Warthog, a graduate of the prestigious US Air Force Weapons School and an experienced Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) pilot. Her professional experience is highly uniqu...

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗮 Just as fire strengthens steel adversity makes us stronger. The Key to becoming mentally, physically and spiritually resilient is not pain avoidance its acceptance and action. We have to ability to rob misfortune and hardship of its ability to cause suffering when we accept every difficulty as...

“We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca  How many of us spend time living in the wreckage of the future? The discomfort and uncertainty of future events can allow our imaginations to run wild and we begin to suffer in advance. Fear and uncertainty can broadcast an internal a story line across the screen of our imagination and we find ourselves living in the wreckage of the fu...

Omar Dennis, Former US Marine and now CEO & President of SEDULOUS shares his message of Leadership and Self Awareness with the us in our latest episode.  He shares about growing up in Baltimore in the 70 and early 80’s and how his perception of what he thought was possible for himself has completely changed through he course of his life due to his experience with becoming a US Marine where he...

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗯! – 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻  Gratitude is one of the most powerful resources we have at our disposal. It has the ability to unlock the fullness of life and as author Melody Beattie puts it -turn what we have into enough, our denials into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity. We also have an opportunity to use the power of gratitude to list how we can be of service to...

Scott is an accomplished, combat-tested leader and highly decorated fighter pilot who has successfully commanded at multiple levels in the United States Air Force including serving as an installation commander for a 10,000 acre base with over 11,000 Airmen, civilians and contractors, 34 mission partners and $50 billion.  Scott was both a graduate and instructor at the prestigious Air Force Weapons...

“𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”― 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦 Whether we are conscious of it or not our Well Being and future-selves are a function of our current daily habits, beliefs and self-talk. What we think is eventually what we become because our self-talk shape our beliefs which are expressed by our actions. These repetitive actions become our habits and sh...

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 This quote reminds us to accept responsibility for our lives and that we are accountable for taking actions that are in alignment with the outcomes we desire. “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟” places the responsibility on the individual. While we may meet likeminded peers who support us along the path, no one can do the work for us. “𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐀...

Shannon Huffman Polson is the author of The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience and Leadership in the Most Male Dominated Organization in the World , and the founder of The Grit Institute , a leadership institute committed to whole leader development and a focus on grit and resilience. As one of the first women to fly the Apache helicopter in the U.S. Army, leading line units on three continents, Pol...

Trust the Process |Let go of the Outcomes Holding on to our perceived outcomes causes us to judge ourselves on the amount of current progress.  We can become self-critical and begin “shoulding” all over ourselves with the belief that we “should” be further along towards a goal.  What if we are EXACTLY where we are supposed be at all times? Remember that an extra firm grip often results in rope bur...

Fran Racioppi is the Host the Creator and Host of The Jedburgh Podcast, Chief People Officer of Analytix Solutions, Former Army Ranger, and College Athlete  Fran talks about human performance and just how much further we all have to give when we emotionally and, mentally think we are about to fail. He shares his Gratitude, and appreciation for Comradery that his experience as US Army Ranger provid...