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1 year ago

Pic de Jour

Jim Murray · Pic de Jour: Pic by me (The view from the terrace of the Megalomaniac Winery) thought by Jakob Dylan, son of Bob.

1 year ago

Things Have Changed

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2 years ago

5 Tips From The World’s Best Business Coach….Bob Dylan

Jim Murray · Back in another lifetime, I was fortunate enough to have met and talked one on one with Bob Dylan for about half an hour. This was back in the 70s when he was just about the biggest thing out there. · The story of how this came to be is a long one, and would probably make a good ...

2 years ago

How Bob Dylan Made Me What I Am Today.

Jim Murray · Bob Dylan turned 81 years old on May 24. And because he has been a constant in my life for the past 16 year, this is a tribute him. Happy Birthday, Bob. · I don’t have many heroes. But I have a few and highest ranked among them is Bob Dylan. The reason he is my hero is that it wa ...

4 years ago

From Chaos to Clarity of Purpose

Jim Taggart · Do you like a world that’s orderly, where at work you know what’s about to hit you–basically a predictable environment? · Or do prefer the unknown, never quite sure what each day will bring, and not just at work but your personal and family time? · Older folks will remember the c ...

4 years ago

What It Really Means To Be A Writer

Jim Murray · One of the first things you learn about op/ed blogging is to write about what you know. · One of the things I know best is myself. I was lucky enough to discover at a very early age what I wanted to be in life, and that was primarily a writer. · Not a Canadian writer, or a white ...

4 years ago

SuperHero For The Week of November 18 – Bob Hoffman

Jim Murray · Bob Hoffman is the owner of the the Type A Group, a San Francisco marketing company. And like most people that I have encountered in advertising, he’s a bit of a skeptic, a bit of a smart-ass and a big chuck of what he calls a contrarian. · A contrarian is the guy who usually zig ...

4 years ago

Six short stories

Royce Shook · Story 1: Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all the people gathered in the center of the village. The priest looked over the gathering crowd and noticed that although everyone in the village was there ready to pray only one boy came with protectio ...

4 years ago

Some Insight Into Storytelling Courtesy of Bob Dylan (And Me)

Jim Murray · Very early on in my life I discovered that I had an instinctual understanding that one of the most important things in life was maintaining a balance. · A balance between what you want and what you need. A balance between generosity and selfishness. A balance between work and pla ...

4 years ago

The Big 72 DPI Con

Jim Murray · This is an op/ed post, which means it's my opinion, and that it won't necessarily be the same as your opinion. If you're opinion differs dramatically, put it down in a post. · Every Sunday morning, with few exceptions (for vacations), my life as a professional communicator is br ...

5 years ago

Medical Humour

Royce Shook · My thanks to George who sent me these, I think they are very funny, enjoy · Medical Exams · 1. A man comes into the ER and yells...' My wife's · going to have her baby in the cab.' I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress and began to take off her under ...

5 years ago

What’s Your Leadership Lens?

Jim Taggart · How do you perceive the world? · Is your glass half empty, or half full? · When you interact with people, whether at work or in your community, do you inherently trust them? · As human beings we haul around a lot of baggage, the accumulation of years and years of experiences: par ...

5 years ago

MisAdventures in Mid-Life Dating: The Talk, The Result, The WTFFF?

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian · Last Saturday was the day of "The Talk." You know, that's the talk that results from those words that freeze every man's blood solid, "We need to talk." · We men all know that "We need to talk," really means, "You had better listen to me talk!" · Coco initiated The Talk. · For th ...

6 years ago

How to Hack Through the Bullshit to get to A-HA!

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian · Someone once told me the most common element on Earth is iron (symbol: Fe). I don’t think so. I think the most common element is bullshit (symbol: BS) or is that a compound? I was never any good at Chemistry. · Math, however, is a whole different story. People say that numbers do ...

6 years ago

Family History is it important to you?

Royce Shook · A post on A Satisfying Retirement led me to my thoughts, on this issue. In his post, Bob Lowry (The blog's author) asked, What about you? Are you interested in all the twists and turns of your family's past? Do you have old documents that trace your ancestors back to some histori ...

6 years ago

Is the Responsive Web a Mobile App Killer? Pt 1

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian · Google thinks the Responsive Web will kill many mobile apps. So do I. To be sure, when Google gets behind something it tends to happen.  · Remember when they said they would photograph every address in the world?  · Did you laugh?  · I know I did. Then Steet View popped up. · It' ...

6 years ago

Why Can't I Write? (Stop being afraid and start using your hands)

Robert Cormack · “If you wait for inspiration, you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter.” Dan PoynterBob Dylan was once asked where his songs came from. “No idea,” he replied, adding that he rarely looked. Mozart told Antonio Salieri the same thing. Symphonies formed as easily to Mozart as “a horse p ...

6 years ago

One Of The Best Ways I Have Found to Balance Your Perspective On Digital Marketing & Advertising

Jim Murray · I have a secret weapon in my battle to stay on top of what’s what in the zany world of digital marketing and advertising. (DMA for short). · I came across this weapon, more or less through the osmosis of having been in the marketing and advertising business since dinosaurs roamed ...

6 years ago

Writing. It’s like Heroin Without Any Of The Downsides.

Jim Murray · “There’s no mystery to it and it’s not a technical trick.The scheme is for real….you can manufacture faith from nothing and there are an infinite number of patterns and lines that connect from key to key – all deceptively simple. You gain power from the least amount of effort, tr ...

7 years ago

The Family Gathering

Jim Murray · On Sunday about 60 people, half of whom I know, will be gathering in Niagara Falls to say a final goodbye to my brother in law Bob Twidle who passed away 2 weeks ago. · It’s not a funeral service or even all that much of a memorial. It’s just a send off and a lunch. · My sister S ...

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