Page 1 of Jay Hopson's writing

1. Three Steps To Becoming Who You Want To Be Don't give up on your dreams! Do you remember when you were younger and the possibilities seemed endless? Have your dreams faded with age and obstacles? The only things keeping you from being who you want to be, are the stories you tell yourself... (posted by Jay 2 years 244 days ago.)

2. Learn To Love Your Diet Who can get excited about broccoli? Those who love to eat broccoli, that's who. Most of us have formed an opinion about broccoli (or any food) from our earliest childhood memories. Chances are you didn't like it the first time you ate it. You may... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

3. Sowing Mental Seeds For Success Ever wonder why you have trouble getting ahead financially? That very thought could be your reason. Researchers are coming more and more to the conclusion that our thoughts actively work to produce like results. In other words, if you believe it's... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

4. Better Swimming By Mental Imagery Winning athletes do it, as well as successful business people. More and more motivational researchers are catching onto the fact that your habitual thought patterns affect your performance in every day life. It really isn't that much of a surprise... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

5. Color Yourself Happy Many of us are plagued by self doubt and feelings of general unhappiness, but we don't have to live that way. Despite your circumstances, you can be happy if you are willing to take some steps to make it happen. We are responsible for... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

6. Lessons in Leadership If you find yourself leading in any capacity whatsoever, you owe it to those you lead to learn about self talk and motivation. There is little we can do that will help other people more than to teach them to motivate themselves. Inner motivation... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

7. Three Daily Steps To Better Health Our health suffers if our minds hold the wrong perception of who we are. We each have a mental picture of who we are, and our lives will follow blithely along the same path if we continually allow that mental image to be grasped through the lens... (posted by Jay 2 years 246 days ago.)

8. Self Improvement Versus Self Talk How many self improvement books have you read and how many tapes on the same subject have you listened to over and over again? There's a huge sellers market for self help in America. But, the fact is that nothing seems to last for long. If there... (posted by Jay 2 years 248 days ago.)

9. Five Ways To Increase Personal Sales The professional sales person is always in need of a mental tune up. Those who face constant rejection must have an internal motivation system always up and running. Listening to tapes, motivational quotes and inspiring speakers help... (posted by Jay 2 years 248 days ago.)

10. A Surefire Way to Lose Weight Most of us have had a weight issue in our lives, some more often than others. After a lifetime of seemingly losing the weight loss battle, many of us begin to lose hope on dieting and exercise. Waiting until Monday to start dieting... (posted by Jay 2 years 248 days ago.)

11. How To Feel Attractive, Young and Sexy We can lead a dramatically more productive and fascinating life if we have confidence in our appearance. Very little gets accomplished by those who are unsure of themselves. Few of us will even try to approach the opposite sex if we believe we'll... (posted by Jay 2 years 248 days ago.)

12. Rebuild Your Will Power Will power. We don't want to really look at that word as it looks like work! But what can one accomplish without will power? Imagine the child learning to walk. If she didn't have the will power to keep going after the first few falls, she would... (posted by Jay 2 years 251 days ago.)

13. How Do You Build Self Control? Self control. Have we forgotten this virtue? It has become unpopular to mention in polite society, but self control is the only way to become successful at any endeavor. Weight loss is not possible without self control. I know all the diet books... (posted by Jay 2 years 251 days ago.)

14. Control Your Own Destiny We think that circumstances control our existence, but what if we are controlling our circumstances to some degree. Researchers now believe that much of what happens to us is influenced by what we think. That's right! What you thought about... (posted by Jay 2 years 252 days ago.)

15. Fostering Foibles 2: How Do You Handle a Runner? Denise was a runner. At fourteen, she'd been shuffled in and out of foster homes for two years. Very few foster families in our county would accept her, because of that reputation. Unhappy with her situation, she made life difficult for any family... (posted by Jay 2 years 288 days ago.)

16. Fostering Foibles So, how do you handle it when two foster daughters come back from town with numerous little trinkets you know they had no money to buy? Well... here is how we handled it. Whether right or wrong,I think you will find humor in the situation. I've... (posted by Jay 2 years 294 days ago.)

17. A Lesson in Humility Most of my Christian life I have struggled with pride. From the moment I was saved, I always wanted to do great things for God. I would travel to the next revival and watch for a move of God at every turn. Always wanting to be the best and do... (posted by Jay 3 years 307 days ago.)

18. Unslumping Yourself in the Midst of a Slump "When you're in for a slump, you're not in for much fun. Unslumping yourself is not easily done." Dr. Suess What's your impression? Are we in for a recession or a depression? Does it matter? I am of the opinion that all that matters is your... (posted by Jay 3 years 308 days ago.)

19. Regaining the Faith of our Forefathers Would the United States today, be such a world power if our forefathers had not been men of faith and Christian values? With such tirades as we now hear from the politically correct and the godless, we must reexamine some of the truths of our... (posted by Jay 3 years 312 days ago.)

20. Go Bible, An Audio Bible You WILL Use So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 12:10 For many the study of the bible i (posted by Jay 3 years 316 days ago.)

21. Should We Remain One Nation Under God? The moral fabric of our nation is constantly being bombarded with half truths and the rewriting of history by those who belong to a religion named secular humanism. Though probably still in the minority, this group screams the loudest, so they... (posted by Jay 3 years 318 days ago.)

22. Seven Tips to Make a Friendship Last Lasting friendships result in a great deal of pleasure and fulfillment in life. Friends smooth out our rough edges, improve our personality, and can add a sense of gratification to our daily activities. These seven tips will help you... (posted by Jay 3 years 319 days ago.)

23. Building Trust in a Relationship Relationships need trust to develop and flourish. A friendship with no trust can be compared to a plant without cultivation or water. Sooner or later it will dry up and die. And like a plant that is too far gone, trust, applied too late... (posted by Jay 3 years 319 days ago.)

24. Alafair Burke… in Her Father's Footsteps Several years ago I came across a series of crime drama books written by James Lee Burke and fell in love with Lee's writing. His very readable tales usually include the daughter of Dave Robicheaux named Alafair, so imagine my surprise after... (posted by Jay 3 years 320 days ago.)

25. Can Tim McGraw Revive Character in the American Cowboy? Puget Sound: Amphitheater Tim McGraw was getting warmed up for a song onstage when he got involved in a scuffle with a belligerent fan that made national news, gossip and video sites like TMZ.com and YouTube.com McGraw saw an aggressive... (posted by Jay 3 years 321 days ago.)