Wednesday, January 25, 2023

A Beautiful Idea from a Wonderful Person


SAL QUOTE and POEM indexes coming soon!
In the spirit of subject "INDEXES," which we have published over the past several weeks, we would like to add a couple of additional COLLECTIONs to this growing file database of SAL-related reference material.

The first is an INDEX of SAL-related QUOTES.

The second is an INDEX of SAL-related POEMS. 

These SAL-related quotes and poems appear in past blogs and/or the SAL Textbooks, Volumes I & Volume II. Future quotes and poems utilized in articles and/or books-to-come will then be added to indexes as they are published.   

I must give credit where credit is due for these particular INDEXes, and that credit belongs to my dear Aunt Nedra, my Dad's younger sister.  

Jefferson Memorial
Washington, D.C., USA
Nedra Jensen Bunker of Monticello, Utah, raised her family right across the cul-de-sac from my home in Monticello, which is where I spent 11 of my first 19 years in the world. 

Nedra's sons—my first cousins—were among my best friends growing up and we spent countless hours together in and around her home adventuring, playing games and sports, watching movies, and eating wonderful meals (Nedra is a fabulous cook). In short, Nedra was—and still is—like a second mother to me. Indeed, to this day I still maintain regular contact with her.    

Avid readers of the Freedom Focused blog may remember me writing about how, when I was growing up, Aunt Nedra had a plaque on her wall containing Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules for Life, and how that plaque inspired me as a little boy—and then later influenced my composition of Dr. JJ's 13 Rules for Life that were published at length on the Freedom Focused blog the past couple of years.  

Click HERE to read Dr. JJ's 13 Rules for Life.  

Click HERE to read more about Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules and my Aunt Nedra's connection to those rules.  

Some time ago, my Aunt Nedra had a great idea that she shared with me. Said she: "You know, Jordan, I love all the great quotes you include in your blogs. You should collect them all together and publish them in a book of quotes." 

I agreed with Aunt Nedra that this was a good idea.

The problem with this plan, however, is that I've been publishing books for the better part of 20 years and nobody buys them (LAUGHING). Consequently, it didn't make much sense to publish another book at this particular point in time.  

However, I really do love Aunt Nedra's idea about collecting all of the SAL quotes from my books and blogs and putting them together in one, easy-to-access location. And what better place to do this than in one of our Freedom Focused Blog INDEXes, which anyone can access at anytime, from anywhere, forever into the future... for FREE! Besides, a lot more people read my blogs than buy my books.  

"Money, money, money, must be funny,
in the rich man's world."  - ABBA
I recognize I won't directly make any money from doing it this way, but to be honest, money has never been a primary motivator for me in the work I do in my personal or professional life. To me, money is little more than a means-to-a-given-end. Thus, in the end, I really don't care much about money beyond the utility and freedom it provides me to survive, thrive, travel and chase my dreams, and contribute positively to the lives of others. 

Don't get the wrong idea... I recognize the essential nature of money in this world in which we presently live. Unless you plan on living off the land or somehow surviving in the woods for the rest of your life, then you have to rely on at least a modicum of money to survive. 

In the sage and pithy parlance of Zig Ziglar: "Money isn't everything, but it ranks right up there with oxygen."    

"Money isn't everything, but it ranks right up there with oxygen."

—Zig Ziglar

For better or for worse, I have spent much of my life "Broke as a Joke"
I learned this great truth the hard way... you know—by bouncing a dozen-or-so checks, flirting with that horrendous harem of bankruptcy, apartment eviction, and auto repossession, and then spending a half-dozen years paying back a full-dozen creditors and another decade rebuilding my shattered credit.

It's safe to say that MONEY—whether making or managing it—has never been my strong suit. So take my advice and be wiser with your money than I was with mine, or do what I did and find someone who can help you.

Fortunately, the Good Lord blessed me with a wonderful and intelligent wife whose financial quotient is as savvy as mine is scary—and we've been on an upward financial trajectory ever since we got together back in 2007.  

Having struggled financially and/or been in debt for my entire life until about ten years ago, I understand the importance of money more than those who have not faced similar experiences. But I have also come to believe that money only really matters when you don't have enough of it. Once you are secure and comfortable financially, the love of money really can be, as the Good Book points out, "the root of all evil." As such, I try not to think too much about money, partly because my wife is much better at earning and managing it than I am, and partly because I'd like to apply the lesson I learned from my horrendous financial harem previously mentioned and avoid any future flirtations with evil and its roots, trunk, or branches. 

Suffice it to say, I really don't care about making money from publishing a book of quotes, but I do LOVE my Aunt Nedra's idea of collecting and collating all those nuggets of wisdom that percolate throughout the ever-growing cannon of material I have published in the past, whether in book or blog form.  

As readers review these ever-growing collections of quotes and poems, they will come to better understand and apply the SAL message we are striving diligently to share with the world. And in the end, that's all that really matters to me.   

So:  Drumroll...........................

NEXT WEEK—February 1, 2023—we will publish the Freedom Focused SAL Quote Index.  

And the following week—February 8, 2023—we will publish the Freedom Focused SAL Poem Index

Stay tuned!

—Dr. JJ

January 25, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA


Author's Note: This is the 305th Blog Post Published by Freedom Focused LLC since November 2013 and the 131st consecutive weekly blog published since August 31, 2020.   

Click HERE for a compete listing of the other 304 FF Blog Articles 

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL QUOTES

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL POEMS   

Click HERE for a complete listing of Self-Action Leadership Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Fitness, Heath, & Wellness Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Biographical & Historical Articles


Click HERE for a complete listing of Dr. JJ's Autobiographical Articles

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Dr. JJ's Autoethnograpic Articles' INDEX

 

Jordan R. Jensen, Ed.D.
Below you will find links to every article that Freedom Focused has ever published on the subjects of Dr. JJ's Autoethnography...


Note:  Autoethnography differs from Autobiography in the focus it places on introspection and self-analysis in conjunction with journaling or self-chronicling. Rather than a mere narrative presentation or portrayal of self, autoethnography is an academic tool designed for the deep study, analysis, understanding, and ultimately improvement of self. This is what qualifies Dr. JJ's narrative presentations (in his books and articles) as autoethnography as opposed to mere autobiography.  


Tale of an Average IRONMAN.......................................................................BLOG #389—May 15, 2024

Life Lessons Learned from Doing Puzzles...............................................BLOG #354—October 23, 2023

Far and Away to FREEDOM................................................................BLOG #347—September 21, 2023

Return to the Rock.......................................................................................BLOG #341—August 21, 2023

Psalms of SAL................................................................................................BLOG #339—August 9, 2023

Psalms of Lina Marie.....................................................................................BLOG #338—August 2, 2023

POEMS of Love & Romance...........................................................................BLOG #337—July 26, 2023

SONNETS of Love & Romance......................................................................BLOG #336—July 19, 2023

100,000 Hits.......................................................................................................BLOG #335—July 18, 2023

The Fruits & Joys of SAL Modeling & Instruction.......................................BLOG #334—July 14, 2023

Psalms of Love & Romance.............................................................................BLOG #333—July 12, 2023

Soft Serve McDrama........................................................................................BLOG #332—July 10, 2023

Personal Odes......................................................................................................BLOG #331—July 5, 2023

Psalms of Mental Malaise................................................................................BLOG #330—June 28, 2023

Winston Churchill: A One Man Show............................................................BLOG #329—June 27, 2023

Theosophical Odes...........................................................................................BLOG #328—June 21, 2023

Psalms of Life & Leadership...........................................................................BLOG #326—June 14, 2023

Early Attempts....................................................................................................BLOG #325—June 7, 2023

Mentoring Psalmists........................................................................................BLOG #324—May 31, 2023

A Poetic Autoethnography..............................................................................BLOG #323—May 24, 2023

In Memory, Dedication, and Chapter 1.........................................................BLOG #321—May 10, 2023

Ability is Nothing Without Opportunity..........................................................BLOG #320—May 9, 2023

Introducing Psalms of Life: A Poetry Collection.............................................BLOG #319—May 3, 2023


Trust & Heed Wise Counsel...........................................................................BLOG #316—April 12, 2023

From Whence Cometh JACK?........................................................................BLOG #315—April 5, 2023

Trust that Inner Voice of Warning..............................................................BLOG #314—March 29, 2023

The Riches of My Rural Roots.....................................................................BLOG #313—March 22, 2023

SAL is ATTRACTIVE....................................................................................BLOG #310—March 1, 2023

New Year's Resolution UPDATE.............................................................BLOG #309—February 22, 2023

Freedom Focused INDEX of POEMS.......................................................BLOG #307—February 8, 2023

Freedom Focused INDEX of QUOTES....................................................BLOG #306—February 1, 2023

A Beautiful Idea from a Wonderful Person..............................................BLOG #305—January 25, 2023

Dr. JJ's Autoethnographic Articles' INDEX.............................................BLOG #304—January 18, 2023

"Hell's Itch": A Life Lesson Learned.....................................................BLOG #291—November 9, 2022

Providing Service after Hurricane Ian.......................................................BLOG #286—October 5, 2022

A Special Weekend with My "One".....................................................BLOG #285—September 28, 2022

God Save the Queen, Part 2...................................................................BLOG #283—September 14, 2022

Dr. JJ's Psychotherapeutic Review after 7 Sessions.................................BLOG #280—August 24, 2022

Faith in Every Footstep: Walking in the Shadows of My Noble Ancestors.......................................................................................................BLOG #279—August 17, 2022

JJ Sings the Freedom Focused Corporate Anthem.......................................BLOG #275—July 20, 2022

Dr. JJ Return to Therapy..................................................................................BLOG #271—June 1, 2022

Marital Blisses & Misses....................................................................................BLOG #263—May 4, 2022

Principles of Parenting from a Flawed Stay-at-Home Dad...........................BLOG #259—April 6, 2022


Freedom Focused and FLORIDA Forever................................................ BLOG #256—March 16, 2022

Dr. JJ's 13 Rules: A Review......................................................................BLOG #253—February 23, 2022

Dr. JJ's Rule #13: I Can't Do it Alone...........................................................Blog #249—January 26, 2022

My ONE New Year's Resolution......................................................................Blog #246—January 5, 2022

Dr. JJ's Rule #12: The Wise Use of Time & Money................................Blog #245—December 29, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #11: Be Grateful...................................................................Blog #244—December 22, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #10: Be a Creator, not a Critic............................................Blog #243—December 15, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #9: Triumph & Disaster........................................................Blog #242—December 8, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #8: The Only Real Failure is to Quit...................................Blog #241 —December 1, 2021




Dr. JJ's Rule #5: Never Insult or Contend...................................................Blog #236—October 27, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #4: Learn from Small Mistakes..............................................Blog #235—October 20, 2021

The Purpose of Life........................................................................................Blog #234—October 13, 2021

Finding Fun, Fruit, and Freedom in Fantasy................................................Blog #233—October 6, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #3: The Golden Mean.........................................................Blog #232 —September 29, 2021

Dr. JJ's Rule #2: Good, evil, and Absolute Truth...................................Blog #231—September 22, 2021 

Dr. JJ's Rule #1: Self-Change...................................................................Blog #230—September 15, 2021


Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules...................................................................BLOG #227—September 1, 2021


The Role of Failure in Success.........................................................................BLOG #220—July 14, 2021

Your Personal Creed........................................................................................BLOG #213—May 26, 2021

My Magical Muse.............................................................................................BLOG #211—May 12, 2021

Breaking Personal Records............................................................................BLOG #209—April 28, 2021

Disciplining Your Disappointment................................................................BLOG #208—April 21, 2021

The Wonderful World of Books...................................................................BLOG #205—March 31, 2021

A Second Ring of Total Commitment.........................................................Blog #198—February 10, 2021

Sweet Southern Hospitality............................................................................Blog #194—January 13, 2021

Old Year's Resolutions...............................................................................Blog #190—December 16, 2020



Something Extra Special I am Thankful for in 2020..............................Blog #187—November 25, 2020

Why I Started My Own Company, Part 1: Freedom..............................Blog #186—November 23, 2020

The Job I Never Imagined I'd Have...........................................................Blog #183—November 4, 2020

Life Lessons in Humility, Part 2....................................................................Blog #181—October 21, 2020


Movies and Life Leadership, Part 2...............................................................Blog #179—October 7, 2020

Movies and Life Leadership, Part 1.........................................................Blog #177—September 29, 2020

Power Tales for a New Generation...........................................................Blog #175—September 21, 2020

Dutifully Doing the Dirty Work of SAL............................................................Blog #168—May 12, 2020

How I Became a Metaphysicist......................................................................Blog #161—January 10, 2017

Diary of a Stay-at-Home Dad..........................................................................Blog #154—October 4, 2016

How I Came to Develop Self-Action Leadership..........................................Blog #115—August 13, 2015

Why I Believe.......................................................................................................Blog #101—May 14, 2015

A Princess is Born: Kara Marie Jensen............................................................Blog #89—March 24, 2015

Cleaning Up America ... Example from Costco.................................................Blog #85—March 8, 2015

SAL Lessons from a Half Marathon...................................................................Blog #82—March 1, 2015

A Doctor of Education Shares His Personal Experiences with OCD, Part 3........................................................................................................................Blog #81—February 27, 2015

A Doctor of Education Shares His Personal Experiences with OCD, Part 2........................................................................................................................Blog #80—February 27, 2015

A Doctor of Education Shares His Personal Experiences with OCD, Anxiety, and Depression, Part 1........................................................................................................................Blog #79—February 26, 2015

My Rocky Road of Romance.........................................................................Blog #78—February 25, 2015

My Career Crucibles........................................................................................Blog #64—January 29, 2015

My Story............................................................................................................Blog #61—January 19, 2015

The Power of Real-Life Stories........................................................................Blog #60—January 14, 2015

The Power of Personal Experience...................................................................Blog #57—January 9, 2015

Silver Linings to My Marathon Woes........................................................Blog #37—November 17, 2014

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants..............................................................Blog #22—October 12, 2014

The Blog Post I Hoped I Wouldn't Have to Write...........................................Blog #20—October 7, 2014

If at First You Don't Succeed......................................................................Blog #19—September 25, 2014

What Happens When I Fail?.............................................................................Blog #18—March 17, 2014

Combatting "Insanity": My 2014 New Year's Resolution..............................Blog #14—January 6, 2014

Marathons and Mental Illness...........................................................................Blog #6—October 24 2013

OCD's Brother: Depression...............................................................................Blog #3—October 11, 2013

OCD: Not Just a Quirky Personality Trait........................................................Blog #2—October 8, 2013


—Dr. JJ

January 18, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA


Author's Note: This is the 304th Blog Post Published by Freedom Focused LLC since November 2013 and the 130th consecutive weekly blog published since August 31, 2020.   

Click HERE for a compete listing of the other 303 FF Blog Articles 

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL QUOTES

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL POEMS   

Click HERE for a complete listing of Self-Action Leadership Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Fitness, Heath, & Wellness Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Biographical & Historical Articles


Click HERE for a complete listing of Dr. JJ's Autobiographical Articles

.........................

Tune in NEXT Wednesday for another article on a Self-Action Leadership related topic.  

And if you liked this blog post, please share it with your family, friends, colleagues, and students—and encourage them to sign up to receive future articles for FREE every Wednesday.

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Monday, January 16, 2023

A Brief Pause that Changed American History

Today America celebrates one of our history's most influential leaders, inspiring orators, and transformational agents of systemic change—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—and how a brief pause in his most famous speech changed the course of American history.

I have always admired Dr. King and his life's work—not only for the rightness of the cause he championed (racial equality), but for the majesty of his oratorical and rhetorical processes that influenced much-needed changes in American systems and culture.

As a professional speaker and writer myself, I continually observe, study, and am influenced by great speakers and writers. And when it comes to oratorical greatness, there are few persons throughout history that can match Dr. King. He was, simply stated, one of history's all-time greats at the pulpit.   

His famous "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Monument in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, is quite possibly the greatest single speech in American (if not world) history—on par with Lincoln's masterpiece at Gettysburg delivered one-hundred years earlier. It was, therefore, appropriate that King delivered his august address in the shadows of Lincoln—that non-pareil orator that had preceded him in history by one century.  

Click HERE to read MLK's famous I Have a Dream speech.

Click HERE to watch MLK's famous I Have a Dream speech. 

I recently had the privilege of reading a fascinating article about Dr. King's legendary speech. The piece featured an interview of a close friend and colleague of mine—Christopher P. Neck, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University (ASU) and an MLK enthusiast—conducted by ASU. 

Christopher P. Neck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Arizona State University
In the interview, Dr. Neck shares a fascinating and relatively unknown fact about the I Have a Dream speech. According to Neck's research, Dr. King did not originally plan on employing the phrase: "I Have a Dream" in his speech. Deemed too preachy and charismatic by his advisors, King's original intention was to keep the speech more formal and academic. And that is exactly how he began the speech. But then, midway through his address, King realized he was not connecting with his audience the way he desired.

And he paused.

Neck explains that during that fateful pause, a "close friend and confidante, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, instinctively shouted out: 'Tell 'em about the dream Martin.'" In that moment, Dr. King shifted his speaking style from formal and academic to charismatic and inspirational, and as Neck puts it: "The Rest is History."

Click HERE to read the full transcript of Dr. Neck's Interview with Arizona State University

As a lifelong student-practitioner of oratory, I totally "get" the difference between King's initial, academic approach as opposed to his conscious shift into a more charismatic delivery. It is, quite simply, the difference between an academic lecture and the stirring sermon of a religious preacher. While there is a place for the former style (the classroom), the latter approach is usually required to fire up a crowd and generate a charismatic response.  

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of America's Greatest Orators
As a highly educated Baptist Preacher, King was uniquely qualified to utilize both approaches as needed. Recognizing his speech was initially falling flatter than he wanted, he was, in a matter of seconds, able to make the necessary switch from professor to preacher—and the result was electric! 

As a doctorate-level quasi-scholar myself, I understand and appreciate the ability to speak with professorial precision in a dryer, classroom setting. But as a student of the charismatic preacher-orators, I also comprehend—and greatly appreciate—the ability to make the shift when necessary.  

While Dr. King was tragically assassinated more than a decade before I was born, I have had the opportunity to observe, study, and learn from a variety of modern-day preachers in an effort to cultivate that charismatic capacity myself. From T.D. Jakes to Charles and Andy Stanley, and from Joel Osteen and John Maxwell to Michael Yousef and Johnny Hunt, I have been blessed with opportunities to attend sermons from the most gifted evangelical preachers in the American South—and I am thankful for all these deeply enriching life experiences.    

Like Dr. King, these men—and other speakers like them—dream dreams and see visions about how they can make the world a better place. By developing and then utilizing their full intellectual, spiritual, and oratorical powers, they increase their influence and broaden their impact on their congregations, communities, and the world-at-large in meaningful ways.  

It is my own hope, dream, and vision to utilize my own God-given, ever-developing powers of reason, rhetoric, and oratory to positively and productively influence others in a never-ending upward spiral towards higher levels of personal FREEDOM and professional GROWTH through Self-Action Leadership at Freedom Focused.  

Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for your dream, and for dedicating your life to making that dream become a reality. The world is a better place because YOU lived in it. We can all learn a great deal from this remarkable leader and talented orator that we can, in-turn, apply to our own lives and careers as we seek to do our part to make our lives, homes, neighborhoods, schools, churches, communities, states, nation, and world a better, brighter, and more hopeful place to live.  

Click HERE to read the full transcript of Dr. Neck's Interview with Arizona State University.


—Dr. JJ

January 16, 2023  
Orlando, Florida, USA


Author's Note: This is the 303rd Blog Post Published by Freedom Focused LLC since November 2013 and the 130th consecutive weekly blog published since August 31, 2020.   

Click HERE for a compete listing of the other 302 FF Blog Articles.  

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL QUOTES

Click HERE for a complete listing of Freedom Focused SAL POEMS   

Click HERE for a complete listing of Self-Action Leadership Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Fitness, Heath, & Wellness Articles

Click HERE for a complete listing of Biographical & Historical Articles


Click HERE for a complete listing of Dr. JJ's Autobiographical Articles

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Tune in NEXT Wednesday for another article on a Self-Action Leadership related topic.  

And if you liked this blog post, please share it with your family, friends, colleagues, and students—and encourage them to sign up to receive future articles for FREE every Wednesday.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Current Events, Cultural, Philosophical, & Miscellaneous Articles' INDEX


Below you will find links to every article that Freedom Focused has ever published on topics related to CURRENT EVENTS, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, or MISCELLANEOUS subjects. 

BOOK REVIEW: The Fourth Turning is Here...................................BLOG #348—September 22, 2023

Far and Away to FREEDOM................................................................BLOG #347—September 21, 2023

Soft Serve McDrama........................................................................................BLOG #332—July 10, 2023

Theosophical Odes...........................................................................................BLOG #328—June 21, 2023

Novak Djokovic: The GOAT of Men's Tennis...............................................BLOG #327—June 17, 2023

Life Lessons from Richard Cory & Miniver Cheevy...................................BLOG #311—March 8, 2023

Can You Carry a Message to Garcia?.....................................................BLOG #308—February 15, 2023

Freedom Focused INDEX of POEMS.......................................................BLOG #307—February 8, 2023

Freedom Focused INDEX of QUOTES....................................................BLOG #306—February 1, 2023

A Beautiful Idea from a Wonderful Person..............................................BLOG #305—January 25, 2023

Current Events, Cultural, Philosophical, & Miscellaneous Articles' INDEX..........................................................................................................BLOG #302—January 11, 2023


Closing in on 300.....................................................................................BLOG #297—December 14, 2022

Remember to Give..................................................................................BLOG #296—December 12, 2022

You Tell on Yourself................................................................................BLOG #294—November 30, 2022

"Hell's Itch": A Life Lesson Learned.....................................................BLOG #291—November 9, 2022

Freedom Focused Corporate Constitution.............................................BLOG #290—November 2, 2022

and Intended Revenue Streams.................................................................BLOG #289—October 26, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article XI: Long-Term Goals....................................BLOG #288—October 19, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article X: Corporate By-Laws and Operating Procedures...................................................................................................BLOG #287—October 12, 2022

God Save the Queen, Part 2...................................................................BLOG #283—September 14, 2022

Chains-of-Command, and Organizational Structures..........................BLOG #282—September 7, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article VIII: Agent Code of Conduct.........................BLOG #281—August 31, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article VII: Core Paradigms.......................................BLOG #278—August 10, 2022


Team USA Shines at Track World Championships.......................................BLOG #276—July 27, 2022

Beautiful Art from a Box Office Bomb...........................................................BLOG #247—July 13, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article V: Corporate Pillars...............................................BLOG #273—July 6, 2022


Oath of Office and Pledge of Allegiance.........................................................BLOG #270—June 15, 2022

The Undisputed GOAT in Men's Tennis..........................................................BLOG #269—June 8, 2022

TOP Flight Entertainment & Inspiration........................................................BLOG #268—June 1, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article III and Preamble.................................................BLOG #267—May 25, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article I: Corporate Vision & Mission...........................BLOG #266—May 18, 2022


INDEX of Life Rules..........................................................................................BLOG #264—May 6, 2022

CONSTITUTION Article II: Corporate RULES........................................BLOG #262—April 27, 2022


(Dr. Christopher P. Neck Guest Column)........................................................BLOG #260—April 13, 2022

A 21st Century Winston Churchill..............................................................BLOG #257—March 23, 2022

Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine............................................BLOG #255—March 9, 2022

Rules for Life: Other Examples.....................................................................BLOG #254—March 2, 2022

Arizona State's W.P. Carey Business School Interviews Dr. Chris Neck about Self-Action Leadership.................................................................................................BLOG #252—February 16, 2022


Celebrating Blog Post #250.......................................................................BLOG #250 —February 2, 2022

Dr. JJ's Rule #13: I Can't Do it Alone...........................................................Blog #249—January 26, 2022

Who is Rich?...................................................................................................Blog #248—January 19, 2022

The Beauty of Excellence...............................................................................Blog #247—January 12, 2022

A Pre-Thanksgiving Reminder to GIVE.................................................Blog #240 —November 19, 2021

An Educational Message Everyone Can Embrace..................................Blog #238—November 10, 2021

An Era of Unprecedented Athletic Greatness.........................................Blog #229—September 13, 2021

Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules...................................................................BLOG #227—September 1, 2021


Fighting and Surrendering vs. YIELDING...............................................BLOG #224—August 11, 2021

Ideas for Practicing Patience........................................................................BLOG #223—August 4, 2021

Balancing Proactivity and Patience................................................................BLOG #222—July 28, 2021

Living in the Present.........................................................................................BLOG #221—July 21, 2021

The Role of Failure in Success.........................................................................BLOG #220—July 14, 2021

The Magic Space Between Stimulus and Response.........................................BLOG #219—July 7, 2021

The Power of a Sincere Apology.....................................................................BLOG #218—June 30, 2021

The Future of Character Education in America..........................................BLOG #217 —June 22, 2021

A Little Sunshine Goes a Long Ways.............................................................BLOG #216—June 16, 2021

Freedom Focused Index of Blog Articles.........................................................BLOG #215—June 9, 2021

A Proposed Antidote to Current Cultural and Educational Quagmires in the U.S.—and Beyond.................................................................................................................BLOG #214—June 2, 2021


Breaking Personal Records............................................................................BLOG #209—April 28, 2021

Disciplining Your Disappointment................................................................BLOG #208—April 21, 2021

Taking Pride in Doing the Right Thing.........................................................BLOG #207—April 14, 2021

The Magic and Power of Synergy....................................................................BLOG #206—April 7, 2021

The Wonderful World of Books...................................................................BLOG #205—March 31, 2021

The Elusive yet Euphoric Rewards of Endurance.....................................BLOG #204—March 24, 2021

The Law of the Harvest................................................................................BLOG #203—March 17, 2021

Education, not Politics, will Save America....................................................BLOG #201—March 3 2021

Celebrating Blog Post #200......................................................................BLOG #200—February 24, 2021

Are You Worthy of Your Sufferings?..........................................................Blog #199—February 17, 2021

The Role of Faith in Self-Action Leadership................................................Blog #196—January 27, 2021

A NextGen 7 Habits & Road Less Traveled.................................................Blog #195—January 20, 2021

Sweet Southern Hospitality............................................................................Blog #194—January 13, 2021

Not in Vain.........................................................................................................Blog #193—January 6, 2021

The Benefits and Bliss of Simplicity..........................................................Blog #192—December 30, 2020

God Save the Queen....................................................................................Blog #191—December 23, 2020


Exciting Announcement!..................................................................................Blog #178—October 3, 2020

Life Lessons Learned from Dr. Seuss.......................................................Blog #176—September 24, 2020

Power Tales for a New Generation...........................................................Blog #175—September 21, 2020

Miss America Endorses Self-Action Leadership.....................................Blog #174—September 14, 2020

Paying the Price to Become a Champion....................................................Blog #173—September 7 2020

The Making of a Champion.................................................................................Blog #170—June 9, 2020

Humility in Leadership.........................................................................................Blog #169—June 5, 2020

Cultivating the Spirit of Exploration.................................................................Blog #167—May 31, 2020

Why I Founded Freedom Focused.....................................................................Blog #166—May 20, 2020

The Power of Picking up Trash..........................................................................Blog #165—May 14, 2020

A Self-Action Leadership Revolution............................................................Blog #164—August 14, 2019

The Only Authentic Solution to the #METOO Malaise...................................Blog #163—May 28, 2018

The Great Kindness Challenge....................................................................Blog #162—February 24, 2017

How I Became a Metaphysicist......................................................................Blog #161—January 10, 2017

Restoring American Greatness Through Education...............................Blog #160—December 16, 2016

A Textbook to Turn the Tide...............................................................................Blog #159—May 12, 2016

A Metaphysical Theory of Everything.......................................................Blog #158—November 3, 2016


A Class in Life...................................................................................................Blog #155—October 6, 2016

Truth with a Capital "T"..........................................................................Blog #153—September 23, 2016

Life Leadership: The Textbook.................................................................Blog #152—September 12, 2016

A Portrait of a Fully Flourished Age of Authenticism.................................Blog #151—August 18, 2016


The Age of Authenticism: A Vision of the Future.............................................Blog #148—May 26, 2016

What Does an Authenticist Look Like?.............................................................Blog #147—May 18, 2016


An American Bible and the Dangers of Presentism...........................................Blog #145—May 2, 2016



Existential Decathletes: The Professionals of the Future..............................Blog #136—March 15, 2016

The Practical Function of SAL Training....................................................Blog #133—February 22, 2016

Our Vision & Mission at Freedom Focused...............................................Blog #132—February 15, 2016


Preserving English Text while Texting...........................................................Blog #130—January 27 2016


Grammar & Writing Seminar Coming December 16...............................Blog #128—December 8, 2015

A Personal Leadership Handbook for Millennials..................................Blog #127—November 30, 2015


E-Communication Webinar Coming December 15.................................Blog #125—November 19, 2015

A Sacred Day of Remembrance................................................................Blog #124—November 10, 2015

I'd Rather See a Sermon..............................................................................Blog #123—November 6, 2015

A 21st Century 7 Habits of Highly Effective People...................................Blog #122—October 29, 2015

The REAL Problem Facing America............................................................Blog #121—October 28, 2015


30 Days of Real Life Campaign #30DRL.................................................Blog #119—September 30, 2015

Structural Change vs. Individual Change.....................................................Blog #117—August 25, 2015

Freedom Focused GRAND Opening...................................................................Blog #112—July 10, 2015

Liberty vs. Freedom................................................................................................Blog #111—July 7, 2015



The Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave................................................Blog #108—June 19 2015

The Power in a Seed............................................................................................Blog #107—June 18, 2015

The Patriotism Principle.....................................................................................Blog #106—June 11, 2015

The Role of Literature in Changing the World...................................................Blog #104—June 2, 2015

Why I Believe.......................................................................................................Blog #101—May 14, 2015

SAL Seminar: The AGE of AUTHENTICISM..................................................Blog #98—April 30, 2015

The Perils of Postmodernism...............................................................................Blog #97—April 22, 2015


A Princess is Born: Kara Marie Jensen............................................................Blog #89—March 24, 2015

Cleaning Up America ... Example from Costco.................................................Blog #85—March 8, 2015

Existential Gravity................................................................................................Blog #83—March 3, 2015

SAL Lessons from a Half Marathon...................................................................Blog #82—March 1, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (VI)..................................................Blog #77—February 25, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (V)...................................................Blog #76—February 24, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (IV)..................................................Blog #75—February 24, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (III)..................................................Blog #74—February 23, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (II)...................................................Blog #73—February 23, 2015

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (I).....................................................Blog #72—February 19, 2015

Creating Your World from the Inside-Out...................................................Blog #69—February 12, 2015

Universal Laws..................................................................................................Blog #66—February 2, 2015

My Career Crucibles........................................................................................Blog #64—January 29, 2015

Choices & Consequences..................................................................................Blog #63—January 22, 2015

Your World........................................................................................................Blog #62—January 19, 2015

The Power of Real-Life Stories........................................................................Blog #60—January 14, 2015

The Final Frontier of Your Own Potential.....................................................Blog #59—January 13, 2015

The Power of Personal Experience...................................................................Blog #57—January 9, 2015

Ushering in the Age of Authenticism................................................................Blog #55—January 4, 2015

Merry Christmas!.........................................................................................Blog #54—December 22, 2014


A Moral Imperative......................................................................................Blog #52—December 18, 2014

The Challenge and Quest to Become..........................................................Blog #51—December 16, 2014

Things that Enslave, Part 4..........................................................................Blog #49—December 11, 2014

Things that Enslave, Part 3..........................................................................Blog #48—December 10, 2014

Things that Enslave, Part 2............................................................................Blog #47—December 9, 2014

Things that Enslave, Part 1............................................................................Blog #46—December 7, 2014

The Last Best Hope of Earth.........................................................................Blog #45—December 4, 2014

The Essential Role of Education....................................................................Blog #44—December 2, 2014

Ask Not..........................................................................................................Blog #43—November 30, 2014

Freedom Focused..........................................................................................Blog #42—November 27, 2014

The Cause of Freedom, Part 2.....................................................................Blog #41—November 25, 2014

The Cause of Freedom................................................................................Blog #40—November 23, 2014

The Age of Authenticism..............................................................................Blog #39—November 21, 2014

It's Not Only About You..............................................................................Blog #38—November 18, 2014

Silver Linings to My Marathon Woes........................................................Blog #37—November 17, 2014

The Price of Change.....................................................................................Blog #36—November 16, 2014

Right and Wrong Really do Exist...............................................................Blog #35—November 13, 2014

A Formula for Authentic Change...............................................................Blog #34—November 11, 2014

Self-Action Leadership..................................................................................Blog #33—November 9, 2014

Existential Growth.........................................................................................Blog #32—November 4, 2014

Don't Forget to Vote!......................................................................................Blog #31—November 2, 2014

The Power to Change.......................................................................................Blog #30—October 30, 2014

The Importance and Power of Language.......................................................Blog #29—October 28, 2014

What's Different from Other Self-Help Reads?............................................Blog #28—October 26, 2014

Something Worth Doing Before December 31st..............................................Blog #21—October 8, 2014

The Blog Post I Hoped I Wouldn't Have to Write...........................................Blog #20—October 7, 2014

If at First You Don't Succeed......................................................................Blog #19—September 25, 2014

What Happens When I Fail?.............................................................................Blog #18—March 17, 2014

Who is the Most Important Person in an Organization?..............................Blog #17—February 4, 2014

Finding Freedom in INTRApersonal Competition.......................................Blog #16—January 20, 2014

The Satisfaction of Goal Achievement............................................................Blog #15—January 14, 2014

Combatting "Insanity": My 2014 New Year's Resolution..............................Blog #14—January 6, 2014

Resolutions that Stick: The SMARTIES Principle..........................................Blog #13—January 2, 2014

Getting "Lucky": Auburn and Ohio State...................................................Blog #11—December 2, 2013

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Speakers & Presenters.............................Blog #7—November 1, 2013

Self-Action Research and Existential Growth.................................................Blog #5—October 21, 2013

Welcome to Freedom Focused.............................................................................Blog #1—October 8, 2013


—Dr. JJ

January 11, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA


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