
An expert uses precise knowledge to fix a stalled factory by turning the right screw, earning thousands and showing how years of experience can lift productivity and help others.
You are special and created in the image of your creator, with the ability to do special things. Go out and do what you were made to do.
Overcome complacency and boost motivation by embracing new experiences you haven’t tried before. Remember a playful anecdote about cat food to stay curious while keeping safety and ethics in mind.
Explore how memory, forgiveness, and a mother's love through cooking fuel motivation and personal healing on a journey of growth.
Learn to be in the moment and focus on who you’re with or what you’re doing. Put your phone away and avoid multitasking.
Challenge the idea of forgive and forget, acknowledging you may never forget terrible things. Learn not to carry the hurt like a soiled rag, and practice forgiving without holding on.
Let your spark be something good that ignites others to achieve things without hurting them.
Reject the word luck and embrace effort, showing that harder work increases luck, while cutting daily latte expenses funds a cruise, and prayer follows after you do all you can.
Expose gossip as a poison that harms joy, creativity, and the lifeblood of relationships, and commit to lifting people up by using your tongue for encouragement or remaining silent.
Discover Zig Ziglar's motivational insights and resilience by choosing forgiveness and turning adversity into growth.
Discover three claimed biblical moments that suggest Italians appear in the Bible. These moments include garlic and leeks longing, Peter's Italian temperament, and the lunch-bearing Italian mama.
Explore how affectionate terms like honey and sweetie can spark offense and shape daily interactions. Learn to communicate with consideration and kindness, even when intent is to compliment.
Prioritize regular date nights to strengthen your marriage; protect this practice as sacred, even amid busy seasons.
Recognize that one small disruption can spoil the punchbowl moment; avoid being that disruption and inspire a positive start to your day.
Experience how Vicks vapor rub in a vaporizer eased a baby's congestion and inspired gratitude, as taught in the 30 days of motivation course.
Reframe what you call a hard job by reflecting on the gross, unfamiliar tasks featured in dirty jobs and recognizing that teachers often work 10 to 14 hours a day.
Practice patterns relentlessly to build muscle memory that shapes your habits, choosing kindness over anger and swearing, and reinforcing good behaviors.
Learn to identify the ERS, avoid toxic users and abusers, and prioritize your well-being by removing harmful people from your life.
Learn to avoid assumptions about others' lives and communicate clearly, recognizing that missed calls can be misinterpreted and the need to check in before drawing conclusions.
Discover your purpose in life by using your gifts to serve others and, if you choose, serve God, inspired by a tale about aliens who came to serve man.
Live your life with nothing to prove, nothing to hide, and nothing to lose. Answer only to God, avoid worrying about others, and pursue a life without regrets.
Embrace your authentic self to fuel daily motivation across 30 days. Affirm that you are amazing just the way you are.
Identify three archetypes: sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves, and explore how sheepdogs protect the herd, wolves threaten them, and the Good Shepherd guides and warns against deception.
Prioritize time with loved ones and embrace grief to heal, because life is short and opportunities to connect may not come again.
In this video, my Italian grandfather shares his advice for having a more successful life, and he shares a tip for how he stays so young looking. Here's a small preview of his advice...
1. Why Italians pronounce their country Eat-aly
2. What pill he takes EVERY day
3. Something you must have in your life to enjoy it fully
4. His secret to looking so young
5. Make love
When he's not taking a nap or eating meatballs, Papa Jimmy is available to share his wisdom with your group. Contact him at www.jamesdivine.net.
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Meet James Divine
There once was a little boy named Jimmy whose mom told him he could be anything he wanted…a policeman, a doctor, a lawyer, even the President of the United States. I exceeded all her expectations and became a music teacher!
I’m now a grown man with four kids (I married my high school sweetheart) and nine grandkids. I love eating pizza, mountain biking, spending time with family, and long walks in the mountains holding hands (sorry, I reserve that for only one person, and it’s not you). My shoe size is 9.5 but please don’t send me any shoes…I’ll tell you more about that in a minute.
I teach middle school music at a Title I school, still finding time to speak, write, and podcast.
Now for the boring, adult stuff…
I earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s College in Maine and received my music education from the Army School of Music, graduating from the basic, intermediate, and advanced courses over a span of ten years, serving in Virginia, Japan and Colorado. I retired from the Colorado National Guard in 2006. I earned a teaching license from Western State University in Colorado and completed a master’s in music education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. I believe in the value of life-long learning! I just don’t like standardized testing.
Member of the following:
Colorado Music Educator’s Association
American School Band Directors Association
Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy.