This week on NoCryZone, host Jim Best broadcasts from Cairo before setting off to explore the legendary Nile River - and dives into one of the most vital conversations of all: what it truly means to be human.

We’ve all said it - “I’m only human.” But somewhere along the way, that phrase became an apology. In this episode, Jim reclaims it as a declaration of strength. Being human isn’t a limitation - it’s an incredible advantage.

Through his signature clarity and grounded insight, Jim explores four human powers that define growth and sovereignty:

• Movement — You’re not a tree. You can change your environment, your mindset, your future.
• Learning — Turning every experience into wisdom is your superpower.
• Adaptation — Adjust without abandoning your principles.
• Connection — The courage to reach out, empathize, and grow together.

This episode will remind you that courage, compassion, and creativity are muscles - and they only grow when you use them.

Tune in for a dose of perspective that’s bold, liberating, and distinctly NoCryZone.

Because the most empowering way to live… is fully human.

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In this NoCryZone episode, Jim Best tackles one of the most overlooked habits holding people back from their potential - the quiet, polite, socially approved act of shrinking yourself.

We don’t disappear overnight; we disappear in millimeters - every time we downplay a win, silence an idea, or soften our truth so others stay comfortable. Shrinking feels safe, even noble. But it drains confidence, dulls creativity, and erodes authenticity.

Jim exposes why we do it, how the world rewards smallness, and the high cost of living below our own potential. He then reveals practical, powerful ways to stop shrinking — to reclaim confidence, voice, and visibility — and how that shift ignites the Perpetual Momentum Engine that drives lasting growth.

This episode is a direct challenge to play bigger, live truer, and stop apologizing for your full presence.

Because the moment you stop shrinking, you start expanding - not just yourself, but what’s possible for everyone watching.

Key themes: Authenticity • Courage • Confidence • Personal Sovereignty • Momentum • Growth

Listen now - and step into your full size.

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Where vitality meets purpose - and enthusiasm becomes your most powerful advantage.

Most people treat enthusiasm like weather - something that comes and goes. But what if you could create it on demand? What if enthusiasm wasn’t a mood, but a mastery?

Welcome to Intentional Enthusiasm, the podcast where author and thought leader Jim Best reclaims enthusiasm as a purposeful, powerful force - not the noisy cousin of positivity, but the disciplined art of living with energy, focus, and direction.

Drawing from his upcoming book Intentional Enthusiasm: Purposeful Force for Your Optimal Future™, Jim explores what it means to be “filled from within” - to harness enthusiasm not as a reaction to life, but as a way of animating it. Each episode blends insight, story, and practical strategy to help you:

• Fuel belief, focus, and creativity through self-generated energy.
• Reignite your spark when the world wears you down.
• Use enthusiasm as your professional edge - not a personality trait.
• Turn inspiration into momentum, and momentum into mastery.

Because enthusiasm without intention burns out.

And intention without enthusiasm burns down.

But together - they form the sustaining flame of a meaningful life.

If you’re ready to live from a renewable source of energy and joy, this is your space.

Upwards to Your Life Well-Lived™

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What if the voice in your head isn’t telling the truth - it’s just telling you what’s familiar?

In this episode of The NoCryZone, Jim Best explores the quiet habit that shapes all others: your self-talk.

You’ll discover how your internal “tape loop” - that constant narration of thoughts, doubts, and predictions - can either reinforce your growth or restrict it. Jim breaks down the invisible architecture of mindset, showing how to recognize your mental loops, interrupt the ones that hold you back, and record over them with language that supports your Perpetual Momentum.

If you’ve ever wondered why progress feels hard to sustain - even when you’re motivated - this episode will change how you think about thinking.

Learn to stop arguing with your old self and start recording over the past. Because momentum multiplies when your self-talk stops rehashing yesterday and starts reinforcing your future.

Tune in, stay aware, keep taking effective action, and stay in The NoCryZone.

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Welcome back to The No Cry Zone, where happiness, success, and personal growth are not just ideas - they’re commitments.

In this episode, Jim Best asks one deceptively simple question: “What are you working on?”

It’s the question that separates motion from momentum, busy from better, and progress from performance.

Jim introduces the concept of Mega Advancers - the key areas of personal growth that create a ripple effect across every part of your life. From communication and emotional maturity to self-image mastery, focus, resilience, authenticity, and decisive action, these are the upgrades that make everything else work better.

You’ll learn:

• Why vague goals like “getting better” keep you stuck in the fog of self-improvement.
• How to define what you’re working on in clear, momentum-building terms.
• How expanding your comfort zone - not escaping it - leads to sustainable growth.
• Why clarity is confidence, and confidence builds momentum.

Whether you’re working on communication, rebuilding resilience, or reclaiming your focus, this episode will help you turn awareness into advancement - one clear decision at a time.

Challenge of the Week: When someone asks, “What are you working on?”, answer with clarity, not apology.

Next Episode Preview: How to measure progress in ways that keep you moving — because invisible progress can feel like failure, even when it’s not.

Stay in the Zone. Expand your comfort zone. Build your momentum.

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Welcome to the No Cry Zone - where you are always welcome, but regret has no place. I’m your host, Jim Best, coming to you from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on a very special day: the First Annual Maximum Momentum Day!

This episode is more than just a conversation - it’s a commencement. Think of Maximum Momentum Day as our annual ignition switch, the rally point where we stop waiting for momentum and start building it intentionally. I’ll introduce you to the Perpetual Momentum Engine - Mindset → Focus → Action → Habits → Momentum - and show you how to get it running in your own life.

Together, we’ll explore:

• Why momentum should be fun and celebrated
• How small shifts in what you do or how you view things can unlock big progress
• How to align habits with the expansion of your comfort zone instead of reinforcing its walls
• The importance of sharing your commitment publicly to spark admiration and accountability

Maximum Momentum Day is about choosing motion, growth, and possibility - and it’s only the beginning. October becomes Maximum Momentum Month, giving you time to set meaningful goals, build momentum-building habits, and finish the year strong.

Join me in making today your spark. View something differently. Do something differently. Start the engine - and keep it running.

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This is the capstone conversation that ties everything together before September 30, 2025 - Max Momentum Day.

Jim revisits the four steps we’ve built this month - Mindset, Focus, Action, and Habits - and shows you how to lock them into a single, self-sustaining flow. You’ll learn:

• Why crisis-free living is essential to keeping momentum alive.
• How habits transform productivity into character-building.
• What it means to become a “net positive” - and why that makes you a bigger, steadier person.
• How to prepare for next week’s Max Momentum Day with one bold commitment that sets October in motion.

This is the episode that launches you forward - from understanding momentum to living it.

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Welcome back to TheNoCryZone - where all are welcome, but crying, complaining, and excuses stay outside. I’m Jim Best, coming to you from the beautiful French Riviera in Nice, France.

In this episode, we unlock the third element of the Perpetual Momentum Engine: Action.

If you’ve been waiting for momentum to magically appear before you move forward, you’ve got it backward. Momentum doesn’t precede action - it follows it. Today, we’ll talk about why the first step is the hardest (and most important), how to turn a single action into unstoppable forward motion, and why clarity plus consistency is the formula that keeps momentum alive.

You’ll also discover 12 common reasons people fail to create momentum - and how to avoid them - so you can stop starting over and finally build progress you can sustain.

Whether it’s writing a paragraph, signing up for a class, or calling that friend you’ve been meaning to reconnect with, today’s episode will help you take that first step - and keep stepping.

Listen in to learn:

• Why momentum is a result, not a precondition
• How action + direction = momentum
• The single shift that makes action easier and more natural
• How to prepare for next week’s topic - Habits - the secret to living inside momentum

Join me as we build towards Maximum Momentum Day (September 30) and roll straight into Maximum Momentum Month in October. Take an action and watch how quickly momentum joins you.

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