You Don't Need More Motivation. You Need a Promise You Won't Break.

Every time you break a promise to yourself, something breaks inside you. 

Jason unpacks Bandura's self-efficacy research, Festinger's cognitive dissonance, Forbes Feb 2026 on why self-promises collapse, and the Carey Center's truth: 
"When you break your promises, you break yourself." 

Then: how small kept promises restore the self-trust you've been quietly destroying.

#TheJasonHewlettShow #TheFullStory #ThePromise #BrokenPromise #SelfTrust #Psychology #BanduraSelfEfficacy #CognitiveDissonance #JamesClear #KeepYourPromise

Transcript

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Alright, here we are. Have you been stuck in the line at TSA lately? Yeah, it's a real issue, and yet there are a couple of good things that come out of it, believe it or not. So, my question today is: what is the promise of the TSA worker? And what's your promise? Welcome to the Jason Hewlett Show. Return the cart, keep the Michael promise. Load the truck, show up, get ridiculous, take care of the body you can give it. Because character's a habit. Habits are built one cart at a time. I'm Jason Hewlett. This is the Jason Hewlett Show. Yeah, welcome to the show and thank you for taking the time to be here. This is episode 10, believe it or not. And so it's an amazing thing for us. In fact, I've changed a little bit of the format here in my office as well. I've moved the screen over a little bit to the side, so I'm going to be looking even further away from the camera, but I know you understand because that's how these things go. But uh wanted to welcome you to the Jason Hewlett Show where there's lots of F-words, faith, freedom, family, fatherhood, fitness, funny, farce, as well as the fulfillment of your promises. So today we're going to talk one word, promise. And we're going to do the freedom of speech section about what is your promise to your job? And would you still show up if you weren't getting paid? Yeah, we're going there. And the full story in the news feed are going to be combined today. TSA agents are going without pay. Did you know that? TSA agents are not getting paid in a lot of places and still showing up. Millions of travelers are affected. What's your promise to the people protecting you? Faith and Hope section. We're going to talk about giving of your time and talents to bless others and the parable of the talents. And then we'll talk about father time, one of my favorite subjects tonight. My son finds out where he's going on his two-year mission. Yeah, we have no idea. You don't choose. So we'll see where he ends up. And then the funny factory. We're not going to go so funny tonight, rather, we're going to go for the entertaining factory, if you will. And we're talking about uh the piano man. And we're going to be talking about the promise of the performer no one knows by name. And then as we wrap with the fitness minute, of course, this show is brought to you by the amazing Cardio Miracle, the world's best nitric oxide supplement and product that you can put in your body for greater health. So thank you to Cardio Miracle for the sponsorship. And I'm going to talk about my honest struggle with my weight currently and some of my new promises. And so all of that, we're jumping in right now. Thanks for joining me. All right. I love that music. That's cool. So let's talk about freedom of uh of speech, if you will. So what is your I'm I'm just gonna kind of give it to you straight because my question is, what is your promise in your job and to your job? Have you heard about TSA and what those people are going through? Uh I mean, we're gonna uh we're gonna talk about it in the news feed as well, but let's talk about your job for a minute. Would you still go to work even if you weren't paid to do so? That's a hard one to think through, right? What if there is a shutdown of some kind that made it so you didn't get a check? How long can you hold on? And how much money do you have saved to make that happen? What would you be willing to do for your employer or for humanity in general, if a job can't be paid? Now, I I would love for you to comment on this and put it into the chat. The challenge with uh sometimes the chat, I can't necessarily see it or acknowledge it, so I apologize if I don't see what you're having to say. But yeah, let me know what you would do. And if you've ever been in that situation, I'm sure you probably have had something of this happen in your life. But, you know, I'm I'm thinking also of like charity workers, really. You know, dentists and surgeons, those people who've traveled the world and give up their time and their talents for the greater cause and good of humanity. You know, you may say, well, they're rich. They're rich and they can do that because they're loaded. Well, contrary to popular belief, most of those dentists, surgeons, and others that donate their time and talents are actually strapped to make it work. They have to leave their business behind for a major lag, and and they could be at home killing it, making all this money. Instead, they go to Africa for a few weeks or months and make a huge difference. So I'm not just talking about that type of person that you might think, oh, they're really wealthy, they can do that. I'm thinking also about like the crossing guard, the teacher, the emergency worker. Would you keep the promise to your employer if you knew they weren't going to make payroll? Maybe it's a startup and they can't do it. What would you s I mean, would you stay? So these are all questions of moral fortitude, really, character, and equ equally you need to save yourself. So that's the other flip side of the coin, right? There's a reason you put your oxygen mask on yourself when the plane is going down, and then you help others after you're okay. So you can't help others if you can't breathe. So, what is your promise to your employer, to your job, and to humanity overall? I mean, would you work for free? Would you be willing to do it? I mean, the real test of a promise isn't when a conditions are favorable, but it's when the paycheck disappears and you still show up. And when I talked about the charity worker, I mean, that's a myth. They're not all rich. Most of them are strapped because they give so much time. And and they go anyway. I mean, it's what a promise to humanity looks like. When it comes to that crossing guard, the teacher, the MT, we all know stories like this where there have been problems and they still showed up. So will you keep that promise to your employer? And remember to put your mask on first, obviously. And yet, how can we still make sure that we're that kind of a person? So motivation is a spark, a promise is a furnace. We you don't have to feel a promise to keep it. The mood will leave and the promise stays. But goals versus promises, you've heard me talk about this before. I say, why set a goal and you can make a promise? And that's because if you've ever made a promise, you know, or if you make a goal and you don't hit it, then you just set another goal. But if you make a promise and break it, that's a one and done. And so a goal is a wish with a deadline, and a promise is a covenant. So I do like to say stop setting goals and start making the right promises. It's not to say to not make any goals at all. Go ahead and set all the goals you need. Those are the particulars to reach the promise proclamation. And of course, making sure that we are constantly keeping the promise to those who matter most to us. So that would be our family. Of course, that would be God. Um, that would be even our employer. And so, would you do for free your work if you didn't get paid for 30 days? I mean, this is an interesting thought to me because I know a lot of people that wouldn't show up. And I'm grateful for the people that do. And I don't know if you're saving enough for a rainy day, but it's probably the right time to start saving some money if you haven't been. I know for me that's a really hard thing because we stretch as much as we can. And so, saving some money, you know, we've got to start doing that better. And I encourage everyone to do the same. So, who's watching whether you keep a promise to your job and what are they learning from you? I'm going to tell you some stories over the next few episodes and within this one that are going to show you how to keep a promise to your employer and to yourself, to your audience, to those that are important to you. And as we transition out of this into the news uh feed, the question truly remains what is your promise to your job, to your employer, and to humanity? These questions cut deep, but the science of what happens when you break your promise to yourself, that's even darker. Full story right after this. Welcome to the full story. Uh workers can just quit if they want, or they can show up, not get paid, keep their job for when the payment comes back, right? That that's what we're doing here. They're doing. And here's the question for us the passengers. So TSA is having a major meltdown and breakdown. Obviously, through Congress, some mandates happening, they're not getting paid for like a month in a lot of cases. And and the the so the people who are usually ticked off at TSA, which would be passengers like me, if you travel, you know how frustrating TSA is. I mean, I don't know if they actually have really saved us from a lot of uh, you know, terrorist activity. I don't think so. I mean, we don't know. It might be very minimal. I'm grateful for what they've been able to do, but honestly, TSA is a hassle. It's a pain. And I'm usually ticked off at TSA. They just stand there, they take too long, they're annoying, they're not nice, they're curmudgeons, essentially. And I I know some of them, and that's kind of how they are anyway. So it's like a bummer of a job, right? But now, can I still hate TSA? Can I still be mad at them every time I show up and they're not moving, not helping, not talking, telling me to do something different. Every single person tells you something different. I need your phone, I don't need your phone, I need your ID, I don't need your ID. Why do you have your ID out? Because the last guy needed it. Well, we don't need it here. I mean, it's almost like they're reading from a different handbook at all times. So I have issues with TSA and the people that I have had to deal with through the years of traveling, especially since 9-11. I mean, the TSA stuff's been crazy. And yet, can we still be mad at TSA? Probably not right now. They're doing their best and not getting paid. Oh man, that shifts the way we see it. Hopefully, it shifts the way you do it. I mean, now imagine knowing someone's not getting paid at all that's serving you. If every person that walked by, here's a solution. Every person walks by and hands a dollar. Okay. One dollar per person. I mean, that would solve a lot of problems. It wouldn't solve the whole problem, but it would at least be a big take. Maybe it's a collection plate, like at church. You know, give as much as you want. You don't have to give a dollar, you can give a hundred. If you don't have cash, could there be a Venmo set up for TSA? Now, if not any of that, because maybe you're thinking, oh dude, that's like that's like bribing them to let me through the line. That's illegal. Okay. Well, then do it after you're out of the security line. Once you've finally made it past everything, then say, thank you for your service and hand them some money or as a tip for serving. You know, it makes more sense perhaps than the tips I have to leave for someone who does nothing at a kiosk in the airport as well. I don't know if you're as bothered by that as me, but it's like, I'll take this drink and then I go and I scan it for myself, and then the person who's standing there that did absolutely nothing but live next to me, breathing, then hands me the receipt with a pen and says, Here's your opportunity to tip me for doing nothing except for standing it, right? I know they're getting paid. Why do they need a tip for that? Uh maybe that's just me, but it's crazy. I think it's absurd. If someone actually does a service, I want to tip them. If an Uber driver does a great job, I'm gonna say thank you, Uber driver, and here's your extra tip. If a barista gives you the right drink and makes it nice and is kind, yeah, here's your tip. If a waiter helps you out, here's your tip. Okay, but come on, kiosk guy. So let's talk about TSA. Can you tip TSA? I I don't know, maybe not. So, what's what could be your promise to TSA? I never thought I'd talk about this. I I I've had such a a battle with TSA for so long. I I don't know why I thought this would be interesting to talk about, but because I've been standing in airport lines for the last few days and weeks, I've experienced some of this. So, what is your promise to TSA? Can you be kinder? Can you just be nice? Can you be more patient with them? Uh, have you had if you've had to run in with them before, which I have, I mean I've been stopped by TSA, they've gone through everything, they've shredded it, ripped it apart, uh, taken things away. I mean, it's annoying, and it's like, I'm not gonna do anything on the plane, I don't know why why you're taking away my nail clippers. But are you now grateful they're paying for it? Like, aha, you're not getting paid, so here you go. I'm gonna be mean in this line. Well, what is the promise of the TSA agent? They're showing up in a way most people likely would not. And to me, that's a standing ovation worthy moment. They are going to have a renaissance moment of being the good guy. TSA. The tables are turned. So this has affected me personally. Uh I went to the airport way early the other day because I had to, because I didn't know if the line was going to be six hours long. And so I got to the airport, and guess what happened? I got there six hours early, and I went through the line in less than 10 minutes. I mean, I was like, oh geez, I'm grateful that I didn't have to do the line thing. And then I got to sit in the airport for the next six hours. So you you pick your poison, right? But I made a little video of it. Uh, I hope it'll play. It's very quiet because I was in the sky club at Delta, which Delta never lets you in three hours prior to your flight. But I showed up six hours early and they're like, oh, we don't know what to do. And I was like, hey, I came early, so I don't have to clog up the funnel at the TSA. There was no problems. So I'm happy to do whatever you want. They go, go to the other club and Terminal B. So I walked all the way down Terminal B. They were like, okay, you have like 75 passes. So yeah, like I have so many credit cards with uh American Express and Delta that they're like, okay, we'll let them in. This is me talking about it. Let's see if it plays.

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Well, I'm in the Sky Club, and it is 12 o'clock. My flight is at 540. Yes, that means I got to the airport six hours early. I could find because of the TSA challenges and things I've experienced already this week. I decided I need to get here a ridiculous amount of time early, and a delta was cool enough to let me in the club. You're not supposed to come in here unless it's three hours from your flight. They rarely check anyone at six hours, but I explained why. They said okay.

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I'll be in Orlando by midnight.

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Pretty quiet video. Hopefully, you can hear it. I was trying to be so quiet because there are people all around you that you're not really even supposed to be on the phone or talking too loud or making a video. Absolutely not. But I thought I better share. This is what I did, and I'm here early. And my promise to the TSA agent is to just be kind and be thankful that they're there. My and and really to just be, you know, a smiling face. Maybe they don't see many of those. I know they don't generally ever see anyone happy with them. It's okay to be smiley at them now. It's okay to say, hey, thank you for being here. We really appreciate it. Like they appreciate that. Well, I mean, anybody appreciates appreciation. And so what's what's your promise to the TSA? What's your promise to yourself to be that kind of person that they go, oh, what a nice, what a nice person for coming through here and being kind to me. As uh, and this is just one small step at a time. This is one small promise that we can make that'll make us feel better, that'll make them feel better, and we can be grateful for the work that we do all together in moving humanity forth. So thank you to the TSA. That's the news feed. Well, actually, that's the full story. We're now gonna jump into the news feed about a story about some ticketing issues I had for a hockey game coming up next. All right, quick story from the newsfeed. This just happened. It's uh it's a story and it's a warning. So don't know if you've tried the apps lately that you can get on your phone for a sporting event, but I know I've used them for many years and never had a problem. Usually I use the app that goes with the arena I'm going to, but this day I decided to do something different. I decided to download a new app, and that was a major mistake. I found the cheapest seats possible, and I and then I bought them, like saved five dollars from the normal app, and I paid dearly. In other words, my tickets never showed up for my whole family. I was I I was refreshing the whole day. I was trying to figure out how to get these tickets. I was calling them and texting, I couldn't get a hold of anybody. This is one of those apps called Vivid. So I'm just sending out fair warning because Vivid really did a number on my enjoyment of this day, and it took a week to get this resolved. So I'm only sharing it as a warning because you know, maybe it's best to not look for the cheapest seats. Maybe you should always use SeatGeek if SeatGeek is the arena's choice of ticketing for your apps. So that's that's where I'm at. It was I bought four tickets to the Utah Mammoth. It's a new hockey team we have in town. They came from Arizona. We're so thankful we have a team here that it's sold out almost every game. It's so hard to get a ticket. They were playing on March 14th against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and obviously we got beat, but I showed up at the game knowing I didn't have any tickets, I went to the front desk uh and I said, Hey, can you find my tickets? They said, They're not here. I posted about this whole experience online a couple days after this happened. And the news in my area was following the story. Like they reached out, and two days ago they said, Hey, uh, we want you to talk about this on the news. And I was like, Really? Okay, so I went back to the arena, they filmed me doing this story. This was on Channel 2 News in Utah where I live, and it was the 10 o'clock story. And so I thought I'd play it for you because it's interesting. And I'll tell you the resolution of and and how this all came to uh an okay ending as uh after you watch this video. Here we go.

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Tonight as well, after a man says he spent hundreds of dollars on tickets, tickets that never arrived.

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He bought Utah Mammoth tickets for his family. Even after several confirmations, he says he was empty-handed when he arrived at the arena. David Ochoa spoke to him and joins us live from outside the Delta Center. So, David, what happened once he got there?

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Well, he was told that his tickets didn't exist, but the employees were able to find him some standing room tickets that he did buy so that he could enjoy the game. But that meant spending even more money than that he had already spent. And he spent that whole game worrying about all of that money. Tusks up. Jason Hewlett and his family were excited to see the Mammoth play two Saturdays ago. He had bought four tickets off the Vivid app. But hours later, the tickets were still nowhere to be found. I'm downloading and refreshing over and over again, and it will not come up.

SPEAKER_04 20:49

Despite several confirmation emails, nothing was showing up. I tried it so many times I finally screen recorded it and sent it to Vivid and said, Where are my tickets?

SPEAKER_01 20:59

Even without the tickets, they still made their way to the arena, hoping for the best. But instead got the news he didn't want to hear. You have no tickets to the game. Vivid's website says it's a marketplace that facilitates transactions between fans looking to buy or resell tickets. Hewlett says he was told someone likely posted the tickets that he then bought. But then someone outbid him and the seller went with that person. I've never had that happen with any seats I've ever bought to anything. But despite the game being sold out, Hewlett was able to buy standing room tickets and still enjoy the game. Afterwards, he went on a mission to get his money back. I hunted them down, direct message, private message, tagging them, social media, through their website, online uh phone calls, nothing. Vivid offers a money back buyer guarantee, but after a few days, there was only one thing that would answer his questions. And after a week with no communication, Hewlett says the money was quietly put. Back into his account. So it took a whole week.

SPEAKER_04 22:03

It took a lot of hassle.

SPEAKER_01 22:07

Now I reached out to Viva to see if this is a common experience for people, if it was a glitch, or if anything else happened with him that was special, or if this just something that happens sometimes. I didn't receive anything back. Reporting live from the Delta Center, Dave Ochoa, KU TV, two news.

SPEAKER_04 22:25

Alright. So that's funny. I hope you could hear it as well, because that seemed like it might be a little low on the volume. But you know, it's interesting to be conned, scammed, have somebody cheat you, and to fall for it. You know, uh it's gonna happen more and more as the world turns into chat bots, AI, all these things. And it's funny that only chat bot would help me because I couldn't get a real human to acknowledge anything. So this was a nerve-wracking and disconcerting feeling. I I mean I worked so hard to get my money back, but I was just grateful that the arena took care of me. They found some tickets that, yeah, were more expensive even still. I mean, I I lost so much money this day. But we had a great time. I sat through the entire game trying to figure out how to get my money back and then through the next week. And as you heard in the story, yeah, I did get my money back. They never told me it was back, it just sort of appeared through American Express. And so, here, you know, here's the here's the connection that I want to make with you today is that it's probably best to purchase things on a credit card, you know, you get your money back. Use the apps that you believe in, have used before, and understand how to use, and always have a backup plan. As I drove to the arena with my kids and my wife, I was like, guys, we might not be able to get in, so we have to have another plan if we can't. And uh, they were ready for the emotional, okay, we might not be going to the game tonight. It's not a make or break thing, it's not like we went to Disneyland across the world and had to, you know, come home because it was closed or we got a scam ticket. That happens to people. It's so sad. And so I guess it comes down to keeping the promise to continuing to not give up and uh and and finding a solution for your family. But we're talking about promises today. So the promise is to yourself and the promise is to your family. And when you buy tickets for your kids, that's a promise. You know, I'm taking you. And and then when a faceless marketplace dealer uh lets a different seller or buyer grab your tickets, it's it's just it's just bonkers. So that's the system failing the family. And so beware of scams, protect the promise, and if it happens to you, fight like it matters because it does. And I'm grateful that we were able to get our money back and still have a great experience. Uh I let me show you the picture of us at the game. Yeah. Yeah, so that was the picture they used on this on the broadcast. And if you're listening, this is just us at the hockey game. We had actually great seats. They were really close and nice, and so we're grateful we gotta still go to the game. It was awesome. And so the people are still showing up when uh, you know, when when you wouldn't blame them for walking away like a TSA agent versus the scammer online who's kind of messing with your family and ruining things. You know, there's an ancient story about someone who kept every single promise across thousands of years, no matter the cost, and we're gonna go into faith and hope right after this. In this faith and hope segment, let's talk about Matthew 25. I probably refer to Matthew 25 more than any scripture that I talk about, and this is from the New Testament in the Holy Bible. The King James Version is the one that I'm usually referencing. And in Matthew 25, there are nice stories in there, but the one in particular we're going to talk about is the parable of the talents. Yeah, you've heard about this one. A master or or the Lord, as they say, gives three servants different amounts before leaving on a journey. Two of them invest, two of them double their talents, and then one buries it in the ground. So the master returns, and the two who invested, they were doubled what they were given. And then the one who buried it, what did he say? I was afraid. I hid the talent in the ground. All right. Here's what stops me. He didn't lose it, he didn't steal it, he just didn't use it. And that was enough. That was enough for God to say, What are you doing with the gifts I gave you in this metaphorical sense? Because at the time of this being written, it was more about money and how we do things with that, and yet it's also this parable of what do you do with what God gives you? And so God gives you something. He gives you talent, time, a skill, voice, money. And the promise isn't just to keep it safe, even though that is part of it, it's to give it away. It's to multiply it, it's to share it with the world. If we don't do that, we're breaking a promise to God. And, you know, we talked about the charity workers in the freedom of speech section about dentists, surgeons, people who leave their practice for weeks to go serve in Africa. They're not burying their talent, they're investing it back into people who can't ever pay them back. Like there is no way they can ever pay for that. And then the TSA agents we just talked about, they're investing their talent in a system that isn't paying them at all right now, and they're still showing up. So the promise of talent isn't to protect it, it's to deploy it. It's to use it, it's to let your light so shine, to bless others with what you're given. That's the covenant. And in Joshua 23, 14, it says, Not one of all the promises, good promises the Lord your God gave you is failed. Every promise has been fulfilled. And he keeps his promises. The question is whether we'll keep ours by using what God gave us. And so, the promise of the talent is to deploy it, not bury it. And today, someone in my family is about to deploy everything he's ever known. Father time, right after this. Yeah, tonight on Father Time, my son finds out where he's going on his two-year mission to someplace on the planet we literally have no idea. Now, if you don't know, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A lot of people know them as the LDS and or Mormons. But in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for young men and and sometimes young women, it's more of like a it's more of like a commitment that we are are said to do as a young man, whereas a a young woman can choose um if they want to go or not. A young man goes on a mission for two years, and you don't choose where you go. You can't request Hawaii. I mean, if you're a concerned parent, you can't say, please let them just go down the street. No, these are truly for the young man, put hair on your chest moments for the young man. My oldest son is already out nearly eight months. Let me show you a picture of my son. Well, let me just show you my family first. This was the pictures we took before Redford left, and he's the one in the blue. He had to shave that mustache off, and now he wears a white shirt and a tie and a name tag. You've seen these guys walking the streets all over the world. And then Romney is the one in the white, the big one next to me. He's he's opening his mission call the night. It's crazy. I can't believe it. That we get to finally find out where he'll be for the next two years. So both these young men are going to be gone for two years. It's crazy. They won't see each other for three years now, if you do the math, because Redford's been gone a year in August. We're expecting Romney will be leaving in August. So here's Redford, the oldest boy. Ella's our oldest uh our oldest child, and I'll be talking about her as well in a minute. But let's talk about Redford for a second. This is his mission pictures that he sends us. He's in Argentina, he is learning Spanish. This is not a paid situation. This is full-time service for two years. And so this is a family. I don't know who they are. That's his companion over there in the other side of the picture. So this is my son taking the selfie, Redford. He's Elder Hewlett and his companion, Elder Whipple, over there, they became good buddies. They, you know, you get paired up with someone you've never met. You get paired up with somebody and you have to live with them and figure out how to function together. Redford even celebrated a birthday in February, and this nice lady gave these missionaries a treat for his birthday when she found out about the birthday. I just am so thankful for the families and the people out there that are kind to these servants of the Lord. No, no, not everybody uh, you know, appreciates what they're doing or likes what they're doing. And yet, one of the greatest blessings of your life is doing a mission. When you're fully focused day and night, helping and serving and loving and teaching others to come to Christ, it's amazing. So this was us saying goodbye to Redford. We were at the airport, and this was at like 5 a.m. This was a devastating moment to say goodbye for two years. If you've ever said goodbye to someone for like a month, it's hard. Imagine two years, you're not gonna see them talk to them. I mean, we talk on the phone, but gosh, that's hard. To think now that both boys on either side of me in this picture are going to be gone for two years. It's a that's a daunting thing. And to think from three years we won't have our whole family together for sure. But these are some of the blessings that we get. The picture from Redford, he is here. He is in a successful moment of baptizing someone who's converting to Christ, who's embracing God's love in his life. Um, you know, I mean, this is a guy who you might look at and say, Oh, I don't know if that guy would embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ. Well, that's exactly the point. You can't judge who is going to have their life changed. You just teach everybody. And when they make that commitment to enter the waters of baptism, it's a very special thing. These families that they're bringing into the gospel and into the light and into serving Christ, it is a humongous thing, and we're so proud of Redford for what he's doing. And so, who's leaving next? My gym buddy, Romney. Yeah, Romney's uh he and I hang out more than I've probably hung out with any of my kids because we work out together, we hike together, he's Mr. Buffman, he's he's been to summits of mountains with me. This is gonna be really hard on me to lose another son to a mission, and yet it's the greatest blessing in the world for our family to have them all going out into the world in their own capacity in time. And it's one of the greatest blessings in my life. I went to Brazil on a mission when I was 19, came home at 21, a changed person. I learned Portuguese, so excited. Redford's learning Spanish. Their mother went on a mission to Honduras, she learned Spanish. And uh we don't know if our oldest daughter and our youngest son will go. I mean, it would be great. We're hopeful. But I I'm just saying, if you see missionaries, if you see some some guys like this walking the streets, I don't know. You listen to me, you watch me, I mean, then you could always say, Hey, I'm not part of your religion or faith, but I'm not interested in jumping in the water either. But I'm happy to have you share a message of hope with our family. Come in, get some water. I mean, I'd appreciate that if you saw my son. That's a kind thing for you to do for those who serve. And hey, maybe it'll be my son or my daughter knocking on your door. I'll I'll let you know soon when my son ends up going and getting called will post it online. And trust me, I'll be s you'll be sick of hearing me talk about how proud I am, as I'll talk about him for two years. But I hope that you'll consider for yourself uh what would you be willing to do for two years of unpaid service or full-time service? Could you or would you? And what promises are you making to your children by how you respond in the moment to them making such a commitment? It's amazing. So tonight we find out two years, somewhere on the planet, the promise of a mission, the promise of a father letting go and a mother. Oh man. I mean, well, we've been uh we've been going deep on some interesting topics here. Let's jump into the lighter side of things and go into sort of uh the funny factory. Here we go. So let's talk about in the funny factory. Instead of just going full funny, I want to entertain you a little bit. I have the piano set up next to me here in my office, and this is the promise of the piano man. I know you know, if you've followed me, that you've heard me sing the piano man. I don't sing it like Billy Joel or exactly like him. I don't sound like him, but I I love this song. It's my favorite song. Uh, it's actually the song that I learned how to play first on the piano, and it's how I learned the harmonica. So it's an important song to me. But Billy Joel wrote this song in 1973 about the people in a bar. He was living in Los Angeles, he had just had a really bad experience in New York. He had a manager that was crazy, he was losing all of his money, felt like he was trapped. He literally changed his name to Bill Martin for a minute and decided to be a piano man in LA. He met a gal who became his girlfriend later's wife. He wrote most of his most famous ballads about her, such as Uptown Girls, She's Always a Woman of Me, Just the Way You Are. And she's a waitress practicing politics in this song. So I was thinking it'd be fun to just play the song for you, my own version of it. And then uh I can tell you a little bit more about the stories behind these people because there are stories there. And the story about the piano man himself, Billy Joel, the in my opinion, one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived and singer-songwriters. So let's go to the piano. Here we go. Yeah, I didn't even have to get up out of my chair. Hey, okay. I put the harmonica on. Yeah. There we go. Put on the headphones so I can hear the piano. Hopefully, you can hear me. I sure hope so. It goes like this. The regular crowd shovels in.

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There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic engine. Well, I'm not really sure how it goes. But it's sad and it's weak and I'm complete. With my worry on the man's clothes. Oh la-da-da-da-da-da-da. Sing us a song on the piano man. Oh, sing a song tonight. When we're all in the mood for a melody. We've got us feeling alright.

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We're gonna skip two verses just because of time. But you know him.

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Then let's wrap it up with this. It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday. The manager gives me a smile. Cause he knows that it's me, the man coming to see. Don't forget about the life for a while. The piano it sounds like a carnival. And the microphone smells like a beer. And listen at the bar, and put it right in my jaw, and say, Man, what are you doing?

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The piano man, Billy Joel. Let's go back to the desk. Well, I hope you enjoyed that. I hope you could hear it. I hope that turned out alright, and I love playing that song. I play it different every single time because that's how I like to do it. I like to think about the idea of the piano man himself. The fact that he is in the bar doing his thing, playing his song, doing his best, and of course, cash tips are always appreciated, right? But what do you think a piano man may even uh appreciate even more than that? Maybe your full attention. Maybe you singing along. Maybe you smiling and admiring their gifts. That's payment enough in many ways. Now, please give tips where they're appreciated. Of course, we've talked about that today. That's part of the overriding piece of this whole podcast today and broadcast is to say give, share, multiply your talents, your strengths, um, figure out a way to make it so that others can understand that you admire what they do and their service to you. And my history with this song is that I've played it hundreds of times, and it's blessed many lives, it's blessed my life to know this song. And um, I mean, the people in the bar in the song, those are real people. Those are people that he listened to and interacted with while he was Billy Joel, was figuring out what to do with the rest of his career. He was he was kind of down and out. That's when he wrote the song that became the greatest song of his career, in terms of the one that he can't not play at every single show. And so, you know, every performer wants a great audience, every performer wants to get paid. And as you think about the TSA connection, as you think about uh, you know, the missionaries you might see walking down the street, just opening your door, smile on your face, giving something is a very important thing. And so we've talked about the piano man, I mean the promise to keep playing when the room maybe notices or doesn't, but the body keeps score too, my friends. And so when it comes to that, the consistency promise, we're gonna wrap up this episode today with the one promise that matters and changes your health. So let's talk Fitness Minute right after this. In the Fitness Minute, brought to you by Cardiomerical, the world's best nitric oxide product. Um, let me just tell you a little bit of a story about my my situation with um um currently. I I mean I've been traveling, I I've had a lot of events in the last couple of weeks, and so it's been a little bit crazy compared to what I'm used to uh over. Last few months. And so I I've let some of my w weight come back on. I mean, it's a frustrating thing. And I the travel, the late nights, the schedule, I'm trying to eat right, and then it's like you're eating out of a vending machine. And so I I haven't kept exactly the promise to my body. I've I've been feeling like I'm almost falling apart a little bit. And yet, uh, as I felt it, um, I mean, not just physically, but mentally, when I don't work out, I'm I'm kind of an angry person. And so I the self-trust starts to erode. And you know, when you you start to think, okay, how can I get back on track? Well, the one thing that has actually kept me in it is cardiomerical. And cardiomerical is this wonderful supplement that gives you nitric oxide in your blood in your blood, in your body. And so when you drink this in a little bit of water, you can take this while you're on a flight, and it will actually help with the blood flow so that you can have greater clarity and greater energy. It almost cuts out your jet lag. It's pretty cool. For somebody that has blood pressure issues and other things with the high stress that we're all experiencing, having nitric oxide in your body actually helps to manage all of that situation because when we have blood flow that's properly happening through our bodies, we feel better. And so um consistency in the gym, consistency in eating, consistency in taking a helps uh health supplement, it beats intensity every time. And uh, I mean, I don't need to go harder. I don't need to just go out and and hit the gym like as hard as I've ever hit. I'm just going to go back to the gym when I have those opportunities. And when I'm out of town, I'm going to continue to commit to walking and to doing what I can in the hotel room, the push-ups and all of those types of things. But the point is to just keep going, to not stop, to be consistent as best as possible, to choose to put the best things in our body that will help us to feel great. The promise to our fitness and to our health is so that we can obviously feel great. But when we feel great, we're able to serve more. We're able to keep greater promises to others. And, you know, these are like maybe new promises you could make today. And I'm going to make a promise today that I'm not going to slack off in the next couple of weeks, even though we're going on a very cool vacation coming up for spring break. I'm just saying, like, I'm not going to slack off. That's where I get to get back into a routine of doing the workouts. And I just can't wait for that kind of a moment to reset. As we're coming into essentially the first quarter wrapping up of this year. Now, this could be the start. I mean, maybe the New Year's resolutions have worn off. January, you know, usually by the third week, you're done. So can we start again? Yeah, this is a great time. And I'm making a promise to myself that I'm going to do that. And I take my Cardio Miracle every single day. So, Cardio Miracle, if you want with this QR code, you can actually go to the website, grab some. It's a 60-day money-back guarantee. It's a great drink. It'll help, it'll change your life. And I I talk about it because it's a family business, and it's an important thing for everybody. So that's why we tell everyone wherever we go. It's a it's an important thing for all of us, and it's something, you know, every day, not perfect, not heroic, just consistent. Just keep keep that promise to ourselves. And you know, consistency is the promise your body needs, and one rep, one walk, one commitment that's kept at a time. So let's bring this all home. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for the nice things you've sent me about how much you're enjoying this uh broadcast and show. I appreciate it. I would love if you share it with others. And I really appreciate if we have you know more opportunities to interact. Um, it's we we started with a question, you know, that what would you do with your job not paying you? And so I would ask today, what is your promise to your job? What's your promise to TSA? What's your promise to a stranger serving you? What's a promise to a young man coming to your door and talking to you about something you probably don't want to talk about in religion or faith, and yet they're there to bless your life and share some light. Like I say, my son finds out tonight where he's going for two years. Uh, we have no choice, no conditions. It's a full promise. Then there's the piano man, he keeps playing in front of rooms and everyone forgets his name. Like they're saying, You're what are you doing here? You're too good to be here. The TSA agent who keeps the promise and keeps scanning even when the paycheck disappears. About the charity worker flying to Africa when the practice takes a hit. Uh yeah, I've gained some weight this year. I've broken promises in my body today, new promises, small ones, kept ones. And so I'm excited about what's going on in the future, looking forward in faith, having the mindset of as a man thinketh, that's how we have life happen in a great way. You don't need more motivation. You need a promise you won't break. I'm Jason Hewlett. This has been awesome to be with you. Thank you for coming to the Jason Hewlett Show. I'll see you next Thursday. And until then, keep the promise. Take care.