KYW Episodes

Kick-start Your Week (KYW) with inspiring quotes, thoughts, and profound words to live by
Aug. 5, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 08.05.24

Your perception is YOUR reality. Everyone sees things differently because each person's perspective is unique. Always keep that in mind. Btw, "crocodile" is spelled just like that.

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July 29, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 07.29.24

“8 Mile” from Eminem is a song is about the troubles one goes through trying to become a success.

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July 22, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 07.22.24

“You must build practices that prevent you from falling prey to those basic instincts that make you a short-term thinker.” — Dave Asprey (best known as the founder of Bulletproof Coffee and the entire Biohacking movement)

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July 15, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 07.15.24

In light of this past weekend's attempted assassination of President Trump, we share this quote: "There is beauty and power in unity. We must be united in heart and mind. One world, one people." — Lailah Gifty Akita

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July 8, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 07.08.24

"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?" — Bell Hooks

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July 1, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 07.01.24

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Oscar Wilde

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June 24, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 06.24.24

“Jump” from Van Halen is a song about perseverance and going for it — "might as well jump" — in the most difficult of times.

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June 17, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 06.17.24

“Crazy, but that's how it goes. Millions of people living as foes. Maybe it's not too late. To learn how to love and forget how to hate.” — “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne

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June 10, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 06.10.24

"A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him." — John Wayne

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June 3, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 06.03.24

“That is what life is about. We do not get redos, but we do get second chances.” — Jeffrey Fry

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May 27, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 05.27.24

“Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.” — Chuck Norris

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May 20, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 05.20.24

"Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals. I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven." — Pete Townshend, The Who

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May 13, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 05.13.24

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” — Lewis B Smedes

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May 6, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 05.06.24

"Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much." — Oscar Wilde

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April 29, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 04.29.24

“We all have inner demons to fight. We call these demons fear and hatred and anger. If you don't conquer them, then a life of a hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, a life of a single day can be a triumph.” — Yip Man

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April 22, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 04.22.24

“Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard, and supported by the whole universe.” — Cleo Wade

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April 15, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 04.15.24

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” — Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

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April 8, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 04.08.24

“Don't throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up.” — Tim O'Brien

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April 1, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 04.01.24

“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” — Mark Twain

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March 25, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 03.25.24

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” — Aristotle

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March 18, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 03.18.24

"Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be." — St Patrick

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March 11, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 03.11.24

“It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.” — Gaius Julius Caesar

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March 4, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 03.04.24

“Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time — surrendered to life” — Eckhart Tolle

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Feb. 26, 2024

Kick-Start Your Week - 02.26.24

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.” — Arthur Conan Doyle

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