• The Story
  • The Blog
  • Contact Me

jimraffel.com


  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler

You are here: Home / Archives for real life

Swearing, vocabulary and the pregnant pause

March 25, 2011 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

When I wrote "Replace “ums” with Pregnant Pauses when Speaking," I never expected to circle back to the post as a way to swear less on social media - and in real life, for that matter. It is, however, that simple. When you feel like letting an f-bomb (or some equally offensive language) fly - stop! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development, Writing Tagged With: communication, language, pause, pauses, pregnant, profanity, real life, social media, swear, vocabulary

Twitter Follow Friday – Meet 'em for Coffee

April 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Twitter is new. Together we are all learning how to utilize Twitter as a tool to facilitate communication. Without any real plan or intention I have been moving towards turning Twitter "friendships" into face to face meetings. Coffee Meetings: This week's Twitter Follow Friday (the blog edition) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Twitter Tagged With: coffee, Follow Friday, human interest, meeting, online social networking, real life, talk, Twitter

Unplugged on my Birthday

April 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Today I turn forty-six (and still feel 26). Following are some unplugged thoughts I had this morning. Warning this post is probably rated like PG-13. I decided to cuss a little like I do in real life. 1. I want world peace (no really I do). On my birthday even I get to be idealistic. I spend the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: baseball bats, blog, feature, human interest, my birthday, real life, unplugged, world peace

Commitment Sets Priorities

March 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Commitment is turning my choice to deliver 31 blog posts in the month of March into reality. Delivering 31 blog posts in the month of March has required a commitment to new priorities. I made a commitment to myself that writing every day is a priority for me. Reality set in and I realized there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Choices, goals, motivation, personal development, priorities, social media Tagged With: choice, commitments, goal setting, goals, priorities, raffel, real life, setting priorities, Soclai Media

Bloggers of the Female Persuasion

February 28, 2010 By Jim Raffel 13 Comments

Alrighty then, it's Sunday funday, so I am going to have a little fun with this blog post. There is a group of female bloggers that I follow regularly in my Google Reader feed. As a group they provide daily inspiration and perspective in my life. Oh, and quite a few laughs along the way. I've had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blog, bloggers, daily inspiration, female, fun, inspiration, internet, motivation, persuasion, raffel, real life, technology

Get 30 years of business experience delivered to your inbox

Email Newsletter Signup

Each blog post will be delivered directly to your inbox, as well as unique content only for newsletter subscribers.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

About Me

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler
Click here to learn more

Search My Site

Copyright © 2025 James J. Raffel · jimraffel.com runs on the Genesis Framework