Steve Jobs (2016): Movie Review

                                                                      

 Jim Pagiamtzis review
   Tremendous performance by Michael Fassbender portraying Steve Jobs and Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman. The journey of success and failure of Apple and other business launches. The relationship between his ex-wife and daughter play a key role in this amazing film

10 out of 10

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 movie plot
With public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Steve "Woz" Wozniak get ready to unveil the first Macintosh in 1984.

Jobs must also deal with personal issues related to ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. and prepares to release a new computer model in 1988. 

Ten years later, Jobs is back at Apple Inc. and about to revolutionize the industry once again with the iMac.


                                       

Life (2017): Movie

                                                                 

             Jim Pagiamtzis review
                 Aliens in space again!  In this film an extremely smart and intelligent alien is created that sends the crew on wild ride of cat and mouse.  Ryan Reynolds has a short and sweet part in the film. Jake Gyllenhall & Rebecca Ferguson provide the heart pounding action and the team work that puts them on crazy journey.  The ending will create more questions than answers that may leave you confused.

    7 of 10 stars



                  Movie plot:
                      Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) aboard the International Space Station are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

                                                   

The Self Help Addict: Book Review

                                          

           Jim Pagiamtzis review:
             Daniel Gefen shares insights on his journey of creating impactful information to the world. He shares strategies, tips and expertise advise that you can use to create your own podcast and succeed!
 

               About book.
            Break free from the self-help cycle and join the world of successful leaders. IN THIS GAME CHANGING BOOK YOU WILL LEARN: - How self doubt, procrastination and indecision create a cycle of self-help addiction - Why people invest in self-help books, courses, events and come out still feeling unaccomplished - How you can make your fears your friend and achieve anything your heart desires - The importance of always taking responsibility for what happens in your life - How much abundance there is in this world and that there is enough money, love and happiness for everyone to have a lifetime supply - How to go from a consumer to a creator - The art of taking action, because without action nothing gets done - How to become accountable so you avoid putting things off - The power of decisiveness and how to avoid feeling overwhelmed - The secret to getting high and staying high (without drugs) - Why you have already won - How the real hero, that you have searched so long and hard for, is you

   Learn more Daniel Gefen and his book learn more

Special Post: Speaker Journey HIred by Constant Contact in January 2012

Speaker Journey: I got hired by Constant Contact on January 25,2012 filled the contract and sent it in. The next question I had to ask is Where do I speak?
 I remembered  that ESN with Lawrence Clifton Beesley had event in the morning of the 26th.

I called Lawrence and explained the situation and he said no problem Your IN!

I hung and then I said now what do I do! No time to practice.

 So printed up the slides of the powerpoint practiced all little in the evening and the morning.

 Got there a delivered the presentation.Lisa Kember response was priceless.

 Great idea and persistence.

That a new record for sure! it was amazing two years to share all over Ontario.



                                           

Special post: Speaker Journey- Jim Pagiamtzis in 2008

                

Speaker Journey: It all started in 2008 when I got hired to speak for Enterprise Toronto and the rest is history! An amazing adventure speaking all over Ontario and into the United States. I have met so many people in my who have assisted, promoted and hired me! Huge thanks to Lisa Kember hired to share part of ALE program with Constant Contact. Erik Swanson who I met in 2014 in Toronto and referred me Tonya Hofmann where I started the Public Speakers Association. Doing various training programs to share my expertise, speak at schools and participating with Junior Achievement of Ontario and most recent Company Program. Look forward to the next 10 years inspiring, training and teaching the future leaders.

 

Jim Pagiamtzis at Enterprise Toronto in 2008

Journey to appointment in Vaughan (Ontario)

Jim Pagiamtzis at Fastenal store on Pine Valley Drive and Steeles Ave east

                                               

    The goal was simple:

       Get to Pine Valley Road and Steeles Ave East for a job interview at 11:00am

  I did my research on the employer and where they were located

   Started my journey downtown Toronto at 9:15am  and took a quick subway ride east to St. George Stationa nd then Northbound to Wilson Station.

       When I got to Wilson station headed toward the bus terminal and noticed the second floor was under construciton and quickly ask lady that was wearing information vest "Where do I get the 165 West bus" she responded on this floor to your left.

  The bus showed very quickly and headed across Wilson and then north on weston.

  I got off the bus just half a block from Steeles and started walking to cross the street. When I noticed the bus turning left!  I waved to the driver if he was going across Steeles and he waved his finger with the no sign.

 Proceed to cross the street to get the bus going across Steeles ave East. I had about 35 minutes to ge to the interview. I figured lots of time, so I started to walk and look over my shoulder for the bus. Nothing appeared.

 It was a hot and muggy day in Toronto, figured I could use the exercise and burn some calories!

  Just as reached the next bus stop the bus shows up and I got on flashed my metropass and ask the driver if he went to Pine Valley Road and he said "Yes I do about 5 blocks away"

 I stayed near the front as he continued to journey, what I failed to recognize is these were 5 very long blocks!

   We reached Pine Valley Road and Steeles and I got off the bus and looking north and began to walk.

   I was looking for 7000 Pinevally road and I look at the first building and it said 30!

 Wow I have lot of walking to do. There is a bus that goes north but you have to pay an extra ticket to use it. Figured I would walk and burn some more calories!

   About 10 minutes of walking I started to figure there was something wrong. When I check the address on Google maps before my journey it show that it was very near Pine Valley Road and Steeles avenue east

  So I began to look around for a Taxi to hail. nothing in sight!  I had about 10 mintus at this time to get to the interview. I was beginning to panic and get very frustrated and upset a myself of messing this up.

   After I got over that would you know it a Taxi shows up and I flag him down.

   I get in and I said "need to get to 7000 Pine Valley road in 5 minutes!"

  He said "great I think 700  is on the right hand side"

  I said " oh that make sense, I was looking on the other side at the small numbers"

   He kept on driving and looking at the numbers, we go back very near the intersection and I see a sign that says 7000 on it. " We are here" I said

 Taxi driver says something very funny " don't you have phone with internet?"

  I said "yes I do!, unfortunately I didn't thnk of using it!"

  I gave him the money owed plus a tip

  I literllary walk in at at 11:00am and greet the secretary

  Moral of the story: The journey begins with small steps, don't get hung up on buring calories, make sure you know where the end is! 

Special Post: Jim Pagiamtzis’s lifelong journey of education

      Education is a lifelong journey, and some people don't want to stay still. At Centennial College, we set our alumni up with transferrable skills that let them move around, if that's what they wish.

That was the case with Jim Pagiamtzis, who graduated from our Business Management program in 1994, and moved on to a varied, successful career in areas as diverse as marketing, public speaking, and even acting.

 He used his business knowledge as a platform to pursue a variety of interests on his long, colourful journey, and regularly uses his skills to give back to Centennial College, the school that helped set him up. Here's his story. Read More

Jim Pagiamtzis Centennial College Alumni

                                 

Journey to using Line 4 (TTC Toronto)

  I had scheduled a  meeting with a client and I have to get to Don Mills station to meet her.

  Didn't realize until I was on my way that I had to take the very new Line 4 to get there!

    It began on Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) then going north using Line 1 (Yonge North) then take Line 4 ( Sheppard-Yonge) to Don Mills

    It's always a great experience to see new parts of the great city of Toronto!

Line 4 map

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Jim Pagiatmzis getting on the train for line 4

                                       

The Big Reveal............

                 Jim Pagiatmzis does the Big reveal of.....................

                                                              Fitbit Charge2



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                     Journey with the Fitbit read more
                      

                                               Fitbit I had from 2012-2016

What do all this books have in common?

                                                     

               These are some awesome professionals and entrepreneur who I have met in my journey in the last 10 years.

         Murali Murthy I literally met for a few seconds at the Canada Job Expo two years ago. He was passing by with his family at the event. Got his card and the rest is history. I edited wrote testimonial for his second book and spoke at the book launch party in December 2013.

    Ahamad Shah Duranai we had met at various networking events. He told me about his book journey I offer to edit and read it and the finished product turned out great!

  Barb Sawyer I met three years ago at Constant Contact event in Toronto. She told me the title of her book and I got excited. I edited her book and she has great success speaking and holding training seminars on it

  Hirantha Nandasena I met by accident. I was listening to radio show and he was speaking before my friend was speaking. I was so impressed by his story and journey that I tracking him down online (he was very impressed by that!) we had a coffee and offered to edit his book.

 Assisted him in having a book launch in Toronto at Chapters Indigo at Toronto Eaton Centre. It was great experience!

 He has since spoken at the Canada Job Expo multiple times.

 You save the best for last!  Dianne Ojar Ali we met a training seminar 5 years ago.(actually met the whole family at this event)  We became great friends and did numerous speaking engagements together.  I connected her to Gerry Roberts who had produced thousand of successful books.

 I edited her book and provided testimonial.

 The moral of this story. You meet many people in your journey of success. Many of them are would be authors. You don't know until you ask and listen to them.   Everyone has a book in them including you!

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Book Review: One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity by Following Your Dreams

                                                 

 " You are taken on journey that you will give your emotions are roller coaster ride from the begining to the end of this awesome book" Jim Pagiamtzis

Are you looking for a vehicle to break through the roadblocks and detours that have sidetracked you on life's highway? "One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity By Following Your Dreams" presents the inspiring stories of 16 people who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in order to live into their dreams. Through their powerful stories, these dreamers share a road map guiding the reader to discover how to live their life with vision, courage, determination and passion.

Incorporating holistic self-assessment tools and self-motivational techniques, "One Door Closes" will help you to develop the skills to take 100% responsibility for your life, as you clarify and set your goals-and then use the power you already have within to achieve those goals. • Enhance your sense of worth as an individual
• Learn why it is important to check in with yourself periodically as a blueprint for a more satisfied and productive career and personal life
 • Identify your true passion
 • Discover how to reach your dreams AND be inspired!

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Blogumentry: May to August 2015

                   Enjoy the amazing videos!

                     Panam/Parapan games event Harbourfront in Toronto June  2015
       


                                             



                                    


          Public Speaker Association: Toronto June 2015
                                         

                              
                               

                   Jim Pagiamtzis sharing July 2015


                                     


          Public Speakers Association July 2015

                                         



              Jim Pagiamzis sharing July 2015

                                          




       Jim Pagiamtzis sharing at Canada Job Expo July 2015 (4 awesome videos)
                                  




                           




                            


                              

 Fito Blanko singing at Nathan Phillips Square on July 25th
                                      



Check out next Fall videos coming soon









                          

Book Review: Escape from Ireland

                                                                          

Escape from Ireland is a memoir that gives insight into Irish attitudes and traits as seen though the eyes of a new immigrant. With a mix of warmth, joy, and hope, it explores the highs and lows of settling in a new country. 

Humorous trials are endured like Irish speed dating, disastrous home renovations, and maniacal bosses. Escape from Ireland shows how hard work and determination, combined with an easygoing, fearless attitude can bring great success against the odds

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     "Escape from Ireland is an epic journey of success, failure, relationships that have twist and turns and family drama all in one book"  Jim Pagiamtzis

Book Review: Dream Star

                                                 

            Dream Star is a little star who is sad because his light doesn’t shine as brightly as all the other stars. Join him on his quest as he finds out why and learns the power of his purpose in the heavens.

Candy Barone believes there is a special light inside us and creates stories to show how powerful that light can be.

       " It''s amazing short story the reminded me when I first met my two mentors and the journey I started where they both saw the shining star I had become way before I saw it" Jim Pagiamtzis


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Jim Pagiamtzis and the Dream Star

Book Review: for one more day

                                                                          

 

The book's theme is mortality: it analyzes how people might react to the chance to have a dead relative back for a day.


The book tells the story of Charley "Chick" Benetto, a former baseball player who encounters a myriad of problems with his career, finances, family and alcohol abuse. This leads him to become suicidal. Charles goes on a drunken rampage and decides he is going to end his life in his old home town, but when he misses the exit, he turns around driving down the wrong side of the highway causing an accident, Benetto flees to his old home – his suicide attempt an apparent failure – to see his mother, who had died eight years prior.

Benetto returns to his old family home, and spends one more day with his mother, where in a number of previously unknown factors related to his difficult childhood and troubled relationship with his father are revealed to him. His mother assists him in resolving his issues and getting his life back on track. The day ends when Benetto regains consciousness at the scene of the accident in a police officer's arms.

The book's epilogue describes how Benetto was inspired by his experience to quit drinking and reconcile with family, including his daughter, Maria, before his death five years later.

 At the end, Maria is revealed to have been the narrator of the story.

  "An epic journey shared on the power of family and ability to move forward to live your life to the fullest" Jim Pagiamtzis

Special Spotlight: Jairek Robbins

                                                                  

1st

It has been great experience to read and learn from JRC Weekly Insights newsletter. You have share your personal and professional journey. Why the reason to start sharing your journey using this medium?

—> We use a TON of different mediums to reach people. Our goal is to create as many different channels as possible to reach people in the way they like to receive it most. We use Podcast, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Guest Interviews, Snapchat, Radio, TV, Live Events, Retreats, Coaching, Online Programs…etc. just to name a few :) We would LOVE to connect with you @JairekRobbins on most all channels! 

 

2nd

Now more than ever personal development has been an important aspect for professionals and entrepreneur in their journey of success. Can you share 3 key areas the should focus on and master?

I’d say the MOST IMPORTANT areas for people to focus on would be… 

1. Getting a CRYSTAL CLEAR Ideal Day/Life Vision - www.JairekRobbins.com has a free kit on how to do this! 

2. A SOLID daily Mourning and Evening Routine. With so much craziness going on in our day to day lives we need a way to “Turn on” and “Turn off” each day. Our mourning routine is … 

Am Ritual

Meditation - 20 min (still)

On the Treadmill-- 

Gratitude - 5 min

Goals 20 years - 1 min

Goals 10 years

Goals 5 years

Goals 1 year

Goals 6 months

Goals quarter

Goals 1 month

Mental rehearsal for day - 5 min

Incantations - 10 min

Intention/Prayer - 3 min

3. Have fun and live a life with NO REGRETS Read more

 

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Performance Coach & Lifestyle Entrepreneur
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