Love is the killer App: Book Review

                                                                                         

                                                                                 Jim's Review

     This a thin book with a powerful message that Tim Sanders delivers with lots of strategies, tip and resources

                                                               10 out of 10 stars

                                                                                  About book

Are you wondering what the next killer app will be? Do you want to know how you can maintain and add to your value during these rapidly changing times? Are you wondering how the word love can even be used in the context of business?

Instead of wondering, read this book and find out how to become a lovecat—a nice, smart person who succeeds in business and in life.

How do you become a lovecat? By sharing your intangibles. By that I mean:
Your knowledge: everything that comes from all the books that I’ll encourage you to devour.
Your network: the collection of friends and contacts you now have, which I’ll teach you how to grow and nurture.
Your compassion: that human warmth you already possess—in these pages I’ll convince you that you can show it freely at the office.

What happens when you do all this?
* You become a rich source of information to all around you.
* You are seen as a person with valuable insight.
* You are perceived as generous to a fault, producing surprise and delight.
* You double your business intelligence in one year.
* You triple your network of personal relationships in two years.
* You quadruple the number of colleagues in your life who love you like family.

In short, you become one of those amazing, outstanding people to whom everyone turns, who leads rather than follows, who never runs out of ideas, contacts, or friendship.

Here’s the real scoop: Nice guys don’t finish last. They rule!  Learn more and buy book

I am Mother (2019): Movie Review

                                                                                           

Jim's Review

This is all about a mothers love brought by an andriod and her daughter.

Daughter (Clara Rugaard) is growing up wit android mother (voiced by Rose Byrne). 

Until daughter begins to show interest in the outside world and finds another woman (Hilary Swank) and this causes more questions than answers on her life and people around her.

The climatic end will have consequences for everyone involved and beg the question is a mother's love enough?

7 out of 10 stars

About film:

Humanity is on the brink of extinction, but a robot raises a girl on a remote base to give humans a second chance. However, the arrival of another human leads to doubt for the girl and everything she believes in.

Tunnel (2016) : Movie Review

Courage, Desperation and Determination
                                                                    

              Jim Pagiamtzis review
               Fantastic film on the journey of car salesman who get stuck in tunnel and the journey he goes on to get out. Amazing sequences and supporting cast makes this a must watch movie!

       10 of 10 stars

                 Movie Plot
                  A car salesman (Ha Jung-woo) fights for survival inside a collapsed tunnel while rescue workers race against time to free him.


                                                     

Book Review: Murder at the Mendel

                                      

       Jim Pagiamtzis review:
 
        A twisted tale of  Love, Murder and betrayal between friends put you on journey of learning why 2 murders happened with a twist you will never see coming!" 
 
        Book plot:
      As a child Joanne was friends with Sally Love and her parents, but the friendship languished after Sally’s father died and she moved away, eventually becoming a very controversial artist.

 When the Mendel Gallery opens an exhibition of Sally’s work, Joanne is eager to attend and to renew their friendship. But it’s not so easy being Sally’s friend anymore, and soon Joanne finds herself ensnared in a web of intrigue and violence.

When the director of a local private gallery is brutally murdered, Joanne finds that the past she and Sally share was far more complicated, and far more sordid, than she had realized.
  

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Journey to the premiere of Dawn Hughes and the Rise of Eve Fantasic

    It was an amazing and exciting evening at The Great Hall in downtown Toronto as Dawn Hughes and Rise of Eve Fantastic was going to be shown to friends, cast and family.

  It was great to meet the entire cast and crew of the film. I was excited to see my part as security guard on film. I had been on set in late November 2016  for a few hours for my part.

   The first six episodes are great

   Check them out watch  ( I am in episode 4 at the 1:41 mark)

                                    

my security guard hat

My role show to the audience in episode 4

Izzy sharing about the evening agenda

panorama of the Great Hall

Izzy sharing insight about the cast and crew

Live reading of part of film

             

Book Review: Love Yourself Successful

                                                                                          

            I had the great honour to meet Katrina Sawa at the Public Speaker Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas on June 14-17,2015

         " Katrina puts you on journey to discover and learn more about how to love yourself successful with right questions and your put at the answers. She shares proved strategies and loving advice to empower you to succeed" Jim Pagiamtzis

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Book Review:The $100 Startup

                                                                     
                                                            




In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living.

Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck.  Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. 

There are many others like Chris – those who’ve found ways to opt out of traditional employment and create the time and income to pursue what they find meaningful.  Sometimes, achieving that perfect blend of passion and income doesn’t depend on shelving what you currently do.  You can start small with your venture, committing little time or money, and wait to take the real plunge when you're sure it's successful.

In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and from that group he’s chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing case studies.  In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their personal passions that could be monetized, and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment.

Here, finally, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who’ve learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment.  It’s all about finding the intersection between your “expertise” – even if you don’t consider it such -- and what other people will pay for.  You don’t need an MBA, a business plan or even employees.  All you need is a product or service that springs from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid.

Not content to talk in generalities, Chris tells you exactly how many dollars his group of unexpected entrepreneurs required to get their projects up and running; what these individuals did in the first weeks and months to generate significant cash; some of the key mistakes they made along the way, and the crucial insights that made the business stick.  Among Chris’s key principles: if you’re good at one thing, you’re probably good at something else; never teach a man to fish – sell him the fish instead; and in the battle between planning and action, action wins.

In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold.  Today, we know that it’s up to us to change our lives.  And the best part is, if we change our own life, we can help others change theirs.  This remarkable book will start you on your way.

"Chris Guillebeau takes you on a journey and share stories from entrepreneurs from all over the world on how they created a startup and succeed. He gives you the formula for you to learn, do and apply and succeed in your business journey" Jim Pagiamtzis

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Book Review: Joy and Love: Maximize Joy in your live and love in the world by John Robinson Jr.

                                                         
                                                                                     


             It was amazing journey to have opportunity to meet John Robinson Jr and great honour and awesome experience to read this awesome book.

           I met John Robinson Jr. at Author's event in early 2013. There were 60+ plus amazing entrepreneur and professionals who were in the process of writing books or had completed their books.

              I had brief and memorable conversation with him and went on my journey that night. Fast forward to December 2013 and I sent a message to him if his book has been completed. (Currently read and review books on my blog since mid 2012)

           I was on weekend trip to Niagara Falls,Ontario and felt that was great place to read it!. He sent me a copy via Kindle and went on my way to the Joy and Love capital of the world.

            Reading the 1st few pages I was fascinated on his journey on why he wrote the book, and the amazing journey he was on completing it.There were some great exercises to complete from videos to watch and word association game to complete. The were inspiring and powerful with great message.

              The journey of success begins for many of us in many ways from finding love, enjoying our career and being with friends and loved one.

            Joy and Love will captivate your interest and bring you on path of learning important life strategies on health, friendships and power of your energy has for you and others in quest of life.

          "Joy and Love is about the journey we travel and the people we meet and connect with. John Robinson Jr. shares a brilliant aspect of life is what we make it and we do have choices on how we define it" Jim Pagiamtzis


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