Show Your Work!: Book Review

 Jim's Review

  An amazing book from beginning to the end!

  10 out of 10 stars

                                                            

    In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey―getting known.

Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery―let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.

In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity― what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing―and the dangers of oversharing―to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age. 

Book Review: Bad to the Bone: True Story of David Tuccaro Jr. by Marala Scott

                                                                                

Bad to the Bone by Marala Scott

     "In insightful  read in the journey of David Tuccaro Jr.and the challenges he faced in his own beliefs and the twists and turn he went through, ultimately coming to a climatic conclusion that we leave you inspired and empower to live your life to the fullest." Jim Pagiamtzis

        
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Networked your way to  Success!

It has been interesting journey of success. It was ten years ago 2003 and I was searching for success. Had

 gone to school got jobs and was living an ordinary life. I knew  I was capable of more.

I went to google and search for networking events in Toronto and found lots of them!  Within  a year I

have found  two mentors who had significant impact in my life and I was now in a extraordinary journey

of success.

The act of participating through volunteering and partner with successful mentors who had succeeded

in business. I began to understand what I was really capable of doing not just for myself but for others I

would meet in my journey

                                                                       Persistence paid off

Through persistence and determination I began to understand more about myself and the interactions I

Had  with people daily. Realized there was  lots  of opportunity available had to be willing to accept it and

move  forward with it.

During this time I have met many incredible people from Robert Cialdini, Jack Canfield , Robert T

Kiyosaki , Blair Singer, Ruben Gonzalez, Dr. Robert Rohm and Casey  Combden . Amazing leaders who have had  major impact in my success

The ability to go out meet people shake hands and being be able learn, do and apply success principles

has  been the pattern I have been doing for many years.

Writing 3 (paid) articles for a local online library website and successfully leveraging  into numerous

speaking engagement in Toronto and the United States had drawn a lot of attention and admiration

from many of my entrepreneurial friends.

In 2011 I was part of mastermind group, Jean Guy Francouer was part of the group had written 4 books,

bought  and  sold companies for many years, was extremely impressed how I had leveraged the articles

  and e-books to get speaking and further writing opportunities on blogs etc.

                                         “ Persistence  + Practice = Results” Jim Pagiamtzis formula of success

 Being persistence and willing to practice daily and will become a result. The most important this is to

keep the momentum moving and never stop. The P-A-R system I share deals with this. Being able to

 Present yourself with the right attitude and dealing with responses will yield success.

There are three things I do daily. Read, Listen  & Associate.

1^st  Read

I always enjoyed reading science fiction and murder mysteries when I was younger, just switched to

personal development books and learn from the success of others.

2^nd Listen

 There are audios, webinar and podcast happening daily in all sorts of topics. Just join a few groups on

LinkedIn or sign up for couple of newsletter or just ask a friend in entrepreneurial business they can

refer you some titles.

3^rd Associate

There are some many mentors and leaders available that you can learn from. You have be teachable and

coachable  to learn. Along your journey your mentor s and leaders may change, you will make new

 associations  through  networking and being part of business

You do these three things over and over you will be evolve in become a better you and have the

 Opportunity  to empower and inspire thousands in your journey of success.

Fast forward to today and I am living a extra-ordinary life of business, life and success.

 Speaking,

teaching, writing and empower myself and others that they  too can have an extra-ordinary life!

500 Blogs

It has been an amazing journey since 2008 since I started blogging. From my first blog which got post on 2 others sites and lead to a referral in less than 48hrs, to leveraging articles into paid speaking opportunities and multiple books.

Since then I have written multiple blogs on various websites from Toronto Public Library, Klemmer  & Associates. Staples, Metroactive.org and many more.

Sharing topics from Networking, Mentorship, Leadership, weekly newsletters from Get Connected 21st Century.

Using the blog as a platform to promote other articles from Marc Gordon, Jack Canfield, Cory Olynick  to promoting weekly events happening in Toronto.

Creating the Spotlight feature in January 2012 has been an amazing journey in "ask 2 dynamics questions and you supply the answers!"  Have written about 40+  amazing  entrepreneurs and professionals in my network. In July 2012 started the Power talk series where I brought out these amazing people and ask them to speak for 10 minutes on a topics to inspire, empower and encourage.

It was a huge success and I got great feedback from attendees. I had two more event in September and December and which went well.

We had a special event in October in  association with Justin McMakin founder of  Full Media Centre where Justin McMakin shared his Marketing Funnel system and I shared presentation on Social Media Made Simple and How to become a Networking Success. Many great connections were made that evening.

I have been a avid book reader from many years so I tool the opportunity to write book reviews and share them on my blog. It has been great experience to share what I have learned but to also encourage and empower my connections to do the same.

Lastly would like to thank all the readers for reading and sharing my blogs with your network.

Look forward to sharing more amazing spotlight features, book reviews and articles.

I will be accepting articles submission for my blog in 2013! Articles must be 500 words or less and edited.

Jim Pagiamtzis
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