Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Damn Texting Cartoon

This cartoon was inspired by something I saw on one of my speaking trips. A man and wife were seated in a nice restaurant waiting for their meal. Throughout the entire dinner he ignored his wife preferring to text whomever about whatever. No wonder family relationships are in trouble. When they left I immediately took out my pad and paper and sketched this cartoon.





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Monday, December 28, 2009

Update: New Cartoon

Hope you all had a happy holiday and didn't eat as much as I did. Will I ever learn? It is snowing gently here in central Canada as I write this to you. The trees on the golf course across the street are covered with clean crisp snow flakes and it looks like a post card scene. There is just so much beauty around us and so many of us don't slow down to appreciate it.

ANYWAY... here is another cartoon to promote enjoyment and reduce the stress of life. Enjoy. Mike





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Sunday, December 20, 2009

A Quote by Billy Graham on Humor

The popular Evangelist Billy Graham once said this about the value of humor and laughter in our lives.

" Laughter helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast the unbearable."

I totally agree with this quote but continue to be puzzled as to why people don't unleash this fantastic therapeutic power in their lives.

" If it feels great to laugh then why not laugh to feel great."

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

A Story from My Collection

Here is a sample of one of the stories you will receive when you subscribe to my Collection of 30 stories ( Let Me Tell You A Story.

Get the entire collection FREE when you order my audio CD " The Art of Storytelling"

Story #2

There once were two adult brothers whose father was in jail
for murder. He had been a criminal all his adult life and it
had finally caught up with him. One of the brothers had
followed in the Father's footsteps and was in and out of jail
for various offences. The other brother was a well respected,
successful businessman and was living in a nice house with his
beautiful family.

When a journalist heard of the two brothers and their
differing life situations he thought their story would would
be interesting to his readers.

He arranged to interview each brother individually and
prepared a set of questions he wanted to ask.

Both brothers were asked this question and their answers were
revealing. Why did you turn out the way you did?

Both brothers had the same answer..." How could we have turned
out otherwise with a Father like ours?

Thursday, December 10, 2009

30 Stories from Mike's Story Collection

Hi. I have recently put together a series of 30 stories from my collection of over 500 for your use and enjoyment. You probably know that I am an strong advocate of storytelling in speeches, sermons,seminars, classroom lessons and in general conversation. If you are interested in having 2 stories sent to you each week for 15 weeks for less than .75 a story. visit here. You can become the storyteller everyone wants to listen to.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Become a Storyteller People Want to Listen To

Anyone who has heard me speak knows that I'm a big time believer in the art and power of storytelling. Every speech I deliver is generously laced with stories that amuse, inform, entertain and challenge my audiences.

Ever since we were young children we've had a hunger for stories and this hunger does not vanish with age. I read recently that we, as adults, listen to over 100,000 stories a year and I have no difficulty believing it. I think the number is actually higher when you consider that one phone call from a friend can contain over a dozen stories.

If I were asked to identify the secret to successful public speaking I would say, without hesitation, the ability to tell a great story.

Storytelling isn't just vital to public speakers, it is a very important skill to have in any social situation.

To learn more about how you can master the captivating art of storytelling in your personal and professional life visit my storytelling website.

When you order the audio Art of Storyttelling CD you receive a free subscription to my 30 Inspirational and motivational stories FREE. Have 2 stories sent to you each week for 15 weeks.

Saturday, December 05, 2009

I couldn't resist this one

Hello to all. Hope you enjoy this one and don't mind the crude term. It just wouldn't have been as funny with anything else. Mike




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