‘Featured’ Archives
Targeting Relational Customers
Thursday 1st, March 2012 Did JCPenney just shoot themselves in the foot? Circling the drain, around and around, waiting for the final gulp to swallow them down. JCPenney has been targeting the Transactional Customer its entire existence. SALE! SALE! SALE! The more they shouted, the more people came. They kept shouting trying to be the [...]
Angel. Broken.
Angel. Broken. In fantasy, wings appear on faeries, sprites and pixies. In religion, wings appear on angels, spirits and demons. In mythology, winged creatures are messengers of the gods. In dreams, wings represent a release of creative forces. A character having one wing is said to be lost in dreams. Sleeper, Lost in Dreams by James [...]
Manley’s Muscle Bound Money Makers – Fundraising For Non-Profits
Fundraising for Non-Profits at Wizard Academy Nic Wildeman of Lionfish Gloria Wildeman of Lionfish Jaimie Trussell of Missouri State University Alvin Thiessen of Al Group of Companies Bob Smith Jim Peters of GTM/Tshirts 4 Troops Tim Waisanen of GTM/Tshirts 4 Troops Ron Parrish Bowen Parrish Colin ONeal Jack Nikcevich of Young [...]
How I found Wizard Academy
My story about how I found the Wizard Academy is a telltale sign about my general nature. I drove by that sign at least twice a day, five days a week for about 4 years and had no idea what the Academy was. I thought, “there are a fair number of old hippies that live out here,”, scratch my head and not give it much more thought. Then a friend [...]
I Love You, Daddy
By Keith Miller | December 2, 2011 This post is really different for me to write. It is about the process of making the transition from a life of faith in the God Jesus called, “Father,” to the end of that life in the process we call “dying”. As I am writing this draft, Andrea and I are now in the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in [...]
A Visit From Saint Nickolas
by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that ST. NICHOLAS soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And [...]
A Modern Journey of the Hero
by Dr. Richard D. Grant, Jr. Ph.D. The Twelve Steps are a hero's journey. They enact the classical pattern of the hero's adventure as described by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The mythological hero, setting forth from his common day hut or castle, is lured, carried away, or else voluntarily proceeds, to the threshold of [...]
Happy Holidays from Wizard Academy
Thursday 1st, December 2011 Was it a good year? Did you sell your business? Did you start a new one? Here at Wizard Academy we had a good year. Actually a VERY good year. The tower opened. Need I say more? Here's the thing… We had a lot of help. A few years ago Monica Ballard visited our Journey of the WiseMen and said, "I can [...]
