Jim Pagiamtzis review
"Think book and powerful read. I found myself stopping multiple times and making notes! This is a book that I will read again for sure. So many easy ideas to execute
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I took a quick walk to burn some calories.On my way back I picked up the Canadian Immigrant Magazine (free) my friend writes and article for it, then I visited the Book Library on Bloor and Walmer road and got two books that I want to read.
Lastly I passed by a street vendor who sells dvd, books. I was holding the magazine with the books inside and while the vendor as talking to patron I scouped up dvd 42 ( I know not nice).
Opportunities happen sometime you just have to do it! ( not often though)
All I got for free except for one of them? which is one is it
It was awesome day to cycle from Bloor and Bathurst all the way south to the Martin Goodman Trailer and then go east all the way to edge of the Gardiner Expressway to the 30 Booth Avenue to Cinespace Film Studio.
I locked my bike and then took 90 minutes bus ride to Bowmanville, ONT to the Canadian Tire Motorsports Speedway to appear in the film. The art of racing in the rain. Based on a book Actor Patrick Dempsey bought the rights to and now producing a movie.
It was hot and cars were racing fast and furious around the race track!
We were done at 8pm and then 90 minute bus ride back to Toronto and the cycled back home. Reach back at 10:30pm took a shower and crashed into bed
Life of an actor!
Patrick Dempsey in Bowmanville Dairy Queen read more
The Art of Racing in the Rain IMDb read more
cycling south on Bathurst Street
Jim Pagiamtzis Cycling in the six
bike parking at Cinespace Film Studios
Jim Pagiamtzis at Cinespace Film Studio at 9:00am
Jim Pagiamtzis leaving Canadian Tire Motorsport Racetrack in Bowmanville at 8:00pm
This all started in Summer of 1996 when I read the book Jurassic Park: The Lost World and then one year last the movie was released. I got my movie ticket and was 1st in line. Telling everyone I had read the book and was excited to see the book on the silver screen.
I got out of the film and was extremely disappointed in what I had seen on the silver screen. They had made multiple changes to the book to film. A fellow movie goer tried to ease my pain she said "welcome to Hollywoood!"
The book review:
" A page turner that will have you want to be part of the excitement. Dinosaurs are running loose!"
Jim Pagiamtzis review:
"Jurassic Park returns and the twists and turns and multiple plot lines come crashing together in epic thrill ride! All Star cast brings the dinosaurs to land and dire consequences!"
Movie plot;
John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) summons chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to his home with some startling information -- while nearly everything at his Jurassic Park had been destroyed, his engineers happened to have a second site, where other dinosaurs were kept in hiding. It seems the dinosaurs on the second island are alive and well and even breeding; and Hammond wants Malcolm to observe and document the reptiles before Hammond's financiers can get to them.
It was going to be great moment to meet Guillermo Del Toro again!
Quick back story.
In October 2016 I had the great experience to be on set of Shape of Water in Hamilton and Scarborough playing at 1960's Ad man. It was great to see iconic director in action for two days!
Fast forward to Sept 2017
Shape of Water premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Sept 7-17 and will be released in theatres in December 2017
The Art Gallery of Ontario had a book signing for Guillermo Del Toro new book at home with Monster and new exhibit.
I lined up at 3:30pm and patiently waited to meet him. I didnt get in until 8:00pm!
Huge thanks to John who I met in line for the great conversation and get me some water :)
John was retired and did work in the music industry. He had worked for the Obama administarion for 7 years in Washington,DC in the education sector.
I finally go the moment to meet Guillermo Del Toro and hi brought few pictures of dressed in 1960's man
He said "oh yeah that was in Hamilton!"
I said" yes it was and it was great experience to see you in action for two days on set!. Would you sign them please?"
He said "of course!"
With that the cricle was complete. Being in the movie and getting a picture with him!
You have great work and life and experience and you decided to write a book, Can you share why?
I wrote this book Jim because 1st it validates my Purpose. I believe we are all books being lived out. I am a page in your book Jim and you are a chapter in mine. That said we all have a message to share that can make this world a better place by personally developing ourselves.
Most of us just choose to exist rather than living. This brings me to my 2nd reason. Living to me is leaving a legacy behind for those to follow when I am beyond the grave. Leaving a legacy allows you to transcend time.
I believe professionals, working a career/job should look into entrepreneurship because being and entrepreneur, you get to control your own economy. 85% of the people you meet do not like their job. They are unhappy, miserable and give off negative vibrations. When you find your PURPOSE, which I can help you with and mix it with PASSION, you can MONETIZE it because everything can be monetized. Most people want to spend time with their family & friends doing what they Love but they are stuck in a rut and dying daily. I have discovered my Purpose & Passion and I am living my Dream.
2nd
Why should professionals working a career look into looking into entrepreneurship and having a plan
I can sum up the answer to your Question in one word but I am sure you want the long version.
Jim I want you to imagine I have a pair of binoculars in my hand. Is it safe to say before the binoculars was a product it was an idea? Is it safe to say the idea came about because the binoculars was a solution to a problem? Therefore the binoculars came into existence with Purpose.
Let's shift now to this earth. Man has learned that every living thing on this earth from the birds to the bees and the water to the trees, has a Purpose! I conclude with this, if man's creations has a purpose, and all of creation has purpose, why not man? I believe each and everyone of us was given certain gifts and talents that when discovered, harness and practiced will lead us to our destiny.
It was great experience to read The Lost World book and then I went to see the movie. (read below)
The Lost World -book
I remember being in the line up at Varisty Theater in Toronto anticipating watching this movie. Since I read the book I was curious how it would look on screen.
The movie end and I was very disappointed they had changed the end and the plot! There were a few other movie goers who agreed. Then one person said "That's Hollywood for you!"
Jim Pagiamtzis review:
" Its page turning experience that goes deep in the character and action keeps you intrigued all the way to the end!"
Book review
Six years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, chaos theorist and mathematician Ian Malcolm, who survived the events of the previous novel, teams up with paleontologist Richard Levine to search for a "lost world" of dinosaurs following rumors of strange animal corpses washing up on the shores of Costa Rica. They eventually learn of Site B on Isla Sorna, the "production facility" where the now-defunct company InGen hatched and grew the dinosaurs for their Jurassic Park theme park on nearby Isla Nublar.
Afraid that the Costa Rican government will find Isla Sorna and destroy the dinosaurs, Levine hastily embarks on an expedition to the island without Malcolm, who eventually learns that Levine has gone missing there. Malcolm goes to the island with a rescue team consisting of Jack "Doc" Thorne, an engineer and retired university professor; Eddie Carr, Thorne's assistant; and two stowaway children, R.B. "Arby" Benton and Kelly Curtis, who were working as Levine's research assistants as part of a school project.
The group arrives on the island with weapons and a conjoined pair of RV trailers that serve as a mobile laboratory. They find a geothermal-powered complex of abandoned InGen buildings, including a worker village, and a laboratory that the group explores. They eventually find Levine, who is overjoyed at the trove of information he can glean from this "lost world." Simultaneously, another group—geneticists Lewis Dodgson, Howard King and "celebrity" biologist, George Baselton—learns of Levine's expedition and go to Isla Sorna with plans to steal dinosaur eggs for Biosyn, the rival company of InGen. Dr. Sarah Harding, an animal behaviorist and former lover of Malcolm, is travelling with them. The antagonists attempt to kill her, shoving her off the boat, but she survives.
Levine and Malcolm make many observations of the dinosaurs' behavior from the "high hide", an enclosed blind that is set above the ground on scaffolding. They soon learn that Dodgson's group has arrived on the island. Dodgson's group is attacked by a pair of Tyrannosaurus as they try to steal eggs from the animals' nest, resulting in Baselton's death. Dodgson and King become separated after the attack.
While inspecting the T. rex nest, Malcolm finds that one of the infants had been injured and has a broken leg. He instructs Eddie to kill it because it has no chance of surviving in the wild. Unbeknownst to the group, Eddie refuses to kill the injured animal and brings it back to the trailers. When the group discovers the animal, Malcolm and Harding begrudgingly agree to set and cast its leg while the rest of the group returns to the high hide. As night approaches, the nocturnal Velociraptors emerge from the jungle and kill King. As Malcolm and Harding finish setting the rex's leg, the parent rexes come looking for their infant and attack the trailers, pushing one of them over a cliff and injuring Malcolm. Thorne rescues Malcolm and Harding, while the raptors attack the high hide and kill Eddie. The group later takes refuge from the raptors in the general store of the InGen worker village. The group attempts to formulate a plan to reach the landing site where the helicopter is set to meet them in the morning. When Thorne ventures out into the village to search for fuel, he survives an encounter with a pair of chameleon-like Carnotaurus.
The next morning, Dodgson is confronted by Harding, who exacts her revenge by pushing him out from under a car where both are hiding from a T. rex. Dodgson is captured and fed to its infants, while Harding sets out to reach the helicopter before it can take off without the group, but she is too late. The group then discovers a boat docked on the island. As the group sails away, Malcolm reveals information that he discovered in the laboratory: during Site B's active years, InGen fed the young carnivorous dinosaurs sheep extract infected with prions, which causes a disease that shortens the dinosaurs' life spans. Although the scientists contained the disease, it began to spread once again after they abandoned the island. Malcolm suspects that the disease will lead to the eventual extinction of the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna.
About 48 hours ago, I went to the Archangel Summit. This event brought together over 1,300 people to learn from some of the most inspirational entrepreneurial peeps who are killin’ tha game right now.
Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, JJ Virgin, Giovanni Marsico (the creator), Nicholas Kusmich (who blew everyone’s minds with his emcee skills), Natalie MacNeil, Gretchin Rubin, Robin Sharma and Dan Martell were a few all-stars that rocked the stage.
Being at the summit and with 1300 people was jolt of energy I need for sure! There were lots of people I knew from Sujit Reddy, James Erdt, Todor Yardonov, Melissa Moniz, Crystal Chen, Michael Santonato, and his partner Louise, Katia Millar, Leyla Razeghi, Julie Boyer, Ash Silva
I made an effort to meet new people and I heard some great true stories from Thomas Kustra, Dr. Satdip L.S. Binning, Dr. Angela E Lauria and her husband and Leslie Milthorpe
Gwen Elliot shared this in her article on Medium.
"I noticed something quite inspiring. Everyone was telling me some real shit. From dealing with depression or anxiety to relationship challenges to ‘everything’s falling apart,’ I was moved by the raw honesty that people were willing to share. And of course there were really good things happening too - from books deals, to businesses thriving, families doing well etc"
Jim Pagiamtzis and Archangel banner
Jim Pagiamtzis recognized as being AWESOME!
Seth Godin sharing
Launch of Gratitude app
Gary Vaynerchuk doing Q & A
And this happened: James Erdt ask a question which made the crowd go will.
He wants to raise 2 million dollars to buy a ranch for At Risk Youth and Gary Vaynerchuk gave him a few strategies and just before he went to the next question he said "hey buddy put me in for 50K!" The crowd went crazy!! People went nuts throwing business cards at him offering their services and more money follow
Here are his own words from the Facebook post:
"During the Gary Vaynerchuk question & answer session, I went out on a limb and presented a question asking how I could raise $1 million on social media with his professional advice to open up a ranch for at-risk teen boys... Not only did Gary Vee answer the question with absolute passion, extraordinary ideas and irreplaceable experience... He did something that erupted a standing ovation in the entire room!! As I was returning to my seat, Gary says "Hey wait bro... put me down for the first $50,000 towards the ranch." Everybody in the entire building went crazy… I've never had more high-fives, congratulations, hugs and biz cards thrown at me offering services supporting the ranch including video, photography, web development, real estate guidance plus more guardians, teachers and coaches ready to work with the boys supporting their rehabilitation, growth and healing.
So then as I leave the auditorium and head back stage to talk to some of the speakers, one of them came up and privately gave me another $10,000.
Shortly thereafter a fella in his 20s came up to me and mentioned he was so moved by what just happened that he's going to give $500!
Then I get a text from a dear friend, Todor Yordanov:
I have 20k people on my list and will send out your video when ready AND I am matching Gary's $50K! Let's go BIG!
At this point everybody is out into the lobby after the event and I couldn't even make it from one side of the room to the other without people stopping me to congratulate me on this epic day and victory!! I am so grateful to everyone who expressed their kind regards, warm wishes and love! You know who you are and myself plus the teen boys thank you. With your kind support they will have a future… I promise you that.
Then it gets better… My friend Jim Pagiamtzis came up to me and offered an additional $1000 on the spot!
I can truly say I've witnessed a miracle. Within 1 hour we are $111,500 closer to opening up $2 million ranch! It's happening!!!"
After he finished I rush up to the front and this happens!
Jim Pagiamtzis and Gary Vaynerchuk
Jim Pagiamtzis and Archangel media wall
Todor Yardonov , Jim Pagiamtzis and James Erdt celebrating something very special, more on that later!
Gary Vaynerchuk participated in 10 second game with an attendee
We also got some free gifts below: I will read and review on my blog
#askgaryvee book
Great insights shared by Gwen Elliot in her article below:
Since I felt so comforted by people telling me what’s really going on for them at the event, I felt like today was the day to share tha truth I’m feeling (behind the online highlight reel) and how I’ve coped with compare and despair mode. Here are what I’ve learned TO DO and what NOT TO DO when faced with an inspiration hangover.
What Not To Do:
Cancel all social plans and stop talking to people IRL. This was honestly what I did. I had plans to co-work and plans in the evening that I totally shut down. I let anxiety win, and figured I needed to be alone to ‘figure it out on my own.’ This truly did not work.
Push the Feelings of Dread Down with Pumpkin Scones. Yeahhhh. The next day I became an emotional eater. When I go to Starbucks to get a donut (yes…a donut from Starbucks), then notice I’m back in there devouring a pumpkin scone a few hours later, I knew it was not for the enjoyment of the food, but to try to push down feelings of sadness. Though delicious, it was a temporary band-aid solution.
Stay Silent. I considered sharing this sooner and kept saying ‘eff it…’ and then watched more Gary Vee videos. Apparently that does not work ;). If I’ve learned one thing that has helped, it’s that being open and sharing what you’re going through to the right people can calm dem nerves and help you get back to feeling like yourself.
Watch More Inspiration Content. This can be like an addiction. I found myself wanting to go back to watching more and more inspiring content and not deal with my own shit because it was an incredible way to numb out.
What To Do (What’s Working):
Go Outside. Getting fresh air, and being in nature really does wonders for the body and soul! Especially if you’re indoors for a day, it’s so powerful to breathe in the fresh air when you can.
Allow the Breakdown. I love the saying ‘you breakdown before you breakthrough.’ One teachable that stuck with me throughout the event was how every speaker turned their pain into something powerful. When pain is just sitting there inside your body, it’s no fun. So I figured I’d at least share what I’m feeling in case it can help someone else who’s feeling the same way.
Focus on Helping Someone Else. The moment I started focusing on helping the entrepreneur’s I’m working with or responding to emails/FB messages asking for help — I started to get back to centre and feel more like myself.
Comfort Yourself. Sometimes you really do just need a pumpkin scone to feel a little bit better. Then you feel ready to go for the real healing.
In conclusion: suffering sucks. And suffering in silence REALLY sucks. So I hope if you’re feeling the heaviness of life right now, please don’t let it take you out of the game. There really is a blue sky behind the storm clouds… and perhaps even a rainbow!
