Last weekend my wife Cheryl and I ventured to In Step Running and Waking Center in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, a shop local mecca of restaurants and shops. Cheryl had come in search of new running shoes. Our salesperson Amy did such a great job properly analyzing our running shoe needs and … [Read more...]
Twitter is the New #ShopLocal
Local merchants are real people with an authentic desire to provide sustainable quality goods and services to their communities. Because I want to support these merchants, over the last year or so I have become a fan of shopping local. In the Twitterverse there is a hash tag #ShopLocal. Attaching … [Read more...]
New Source of Daily Inspiration
I am often asked how I sustain a positive and upbeat attitude. Referring back to My Top 10 Personal Development Success Tips, take a look at tip #9. Everyday (Monday - Saturday) for at least the last five years and probably longer I have read Ralph Marston's The Daily Motivator web-site. In my … [Read more...]
More Time Through Radical Thinking
If you are like me you need more time and energy to sustain all the wonderful projects and relationships in your life. Until recently my own linear thinking had me believing the conventional wisdom that time and energy are finite. Neither assumption is true. Let me explain. Recently while loading … [Read more...]
Living the Dream
At approximately 4:00pm yesterday I walked into AJ Bombers restaurant, sat down in "our booth" (the first booth my wife Cheryl and I ever sat in at Bombers) next to my friend and owner of AJ Bombers, Joe Sorge. Across the table from us sipping his Lakefront brew was Chris Brogan. YES! That Chris … [Read more...]
Five W's Twitter Presentation
My presentation as a member of the social media panel at the Wisconsin Publishers' Production Club. I was asked to speak on Twitter. The slides just provided talking points but should give you a flavor of the conversation. During the presentation I also addressed the following list of bullet points … [Read more...]
Fit Milwaukee is Real, Authentic and Sustainable
I have these three friends Anne Munkwitz (@bananza), Tracey Gessner (@tmgessner) and Brennan Stehling (@BrennanMKE). Together they started Fit Milwaukee. Yesterday two teams of four people (who did not even know each other one year ago) ran a marathon relay together. Some people ran and some of us … [Read more...]
vBlog – Twittering with a Real, Authentic and Sustainable Voice
Periodically I will be making vBlog posts. Just as my writing has improved dramatically over the past five years so will my "camera presence." I guess when Mom told me "practice makes perfect" she wasn't kidding. Anyway, enjoy and please let me know what you think, I'd love to hear the vBlog tips of … [Read more...]
Life at a Conference the Real, Authentic and Sustainable way…
If you follow me on Twitter you know that recently on a moment’s notice I spoke to about 150 people on the topic of social media...what follows are my speaking notes.... 1. I am Jim Raffel and most of you know me as a "color guy," after all, my company ColorMetrix does sell the best color … [Read more...]
Q: Work More or Less? A:Yes
I suspect the title of this post leaves you thinking "huh, he wants me to work more and less, how does that work?" Well, let me explain how this works. My friend Joe, who has only known me for a few months, somehow managed to crawl inside my brain and figure out what makes me tick (perhaps even … [Read more...]
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