James Barbour

Joined April 2025

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An award winning Broadway star, best-selling author, and host of the Star Power Podcast. With over 40 years on stage James now helps entrepreneurs and artists build powerful personal brands through storytelling, mindset, and reinvention.

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The Illusion of Progress
It started on a quiet morning that didn’t feel like much of anything. The kind where you wake up, pour your tea, open your laptop, and realize you’re already exhausted — and the day hasn’t even begun.
By James Barbour3 months ago in Lifehack
Time: The Currency We Forget We’re Spending
Time. It’s the one thing none of us can borrow, buy, or bargain for. We get what we get. And yet, it’s also the one thing we treat like it will never run out.
By James Barbour3 months ago in Motivation
The Strength We Forget We Have
Life has a way of pulling the rug out from under us. One moment you’re standing steady, the next you’re flat on your back wondering what just happened. A plan falls apart, someone walks away, a door you thought would stay open slams shut.
By James Barbour4 months ago in Motivation
Clarity Comes After Action: Why You Don’t Need the Whole Plan to Begin By
Most people wait for the “perfect plan” before they take their first step. They wait for the conditions to line up, the answers to be clear, and the path to be mapped.
By James Barbour5 months ago in Art
The Courage to Reinvent When No One Is Watching
There’s a moment in every life when the spotlight fades, the applause dies down, and the stage goes dark. And it’s in that silence—not on the stage—but in the stillness behind it, where the real reinvention begins.
By James Barbour6 months ago in Motivation
The Bridge Between Who You Are and Who You Want to Be
“The life you want isn’t built in one leap. It’s built one plank at a time.” — James Barbour® We all have a picture of the life we want.
By James Barbour6 months ago in Motivation
The Stonecutter's Lantern
There was once a stonecutter who lived in a quiet village at the edge of a valley. Every morning before sunrise, he walked to the base of the cliffs with his hammer, his chisel, and a single lantern.
By James Barbour6 months ago in Motivation
Hope Isn’t Fragile
“You don’t need to know how it will all work out. You just need to believe that it can.” — James Barbour® We live in a world that often confuses cynicism with intelligence.
By James Barbour7 months ago in Motivation
The Burn Is Where the Growth Happens
The Burn Is Where the Growth Happens By James Barbour® There’s a moment in every workout where your body starts to talk back.
By James Barbour7 months ago in Motivation
The Lighthouse Doesn’t Chase the Ships
By James Barbour® There’s a stretch of rugged coastline I’ve visited many times—windswept, raw, unbending. And at its edge, perched on a jagged bluff, stands a lighthouse.
By James Barbour7 months ago in Motivation
The Strength You Borrow From Tomorrow
The Strength You Borrow from Tomorrow There is a quiet kind of power in hope. Not the loud, cheerleading kind. Not the motivational-poster kind. But the kind that whispers when everything else has gone still.
By James Barbour8 months ago in Motivation
The Most Important Work Happens When No One’s Clapping
There’s a moment in every creative journey where the applause stops. The lights go down. The curtain falls. And for a brief, unsettling second, it’s quiet.
By James Barbour8 months ago in Motivation

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The Illusion of Progress

Time: The Currency We Forget We’re Spending

The Strength We Forget We Have

Clarity Comes After Action: Why You Don’t Need the Whole Plan to Begin By

The Courage to Reinvent When No One Is Watching

The Bridge Between Who You Are and Who You Want to Be

The Stonecutter's Lantern

Hope Isn’t Fragile

The Burn Is Where the Growth Happens

The Lighthouse Doesn’t Chase the Ships

The Strength You Borrow From Tomorrow

The Most Important Work Happens When No One’s Clapping

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