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Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Generations, Personality Type

Dreams and myths are constellations of archetypal images. What then is an archetype? Jung said we have a”preconscious psychic disposition that enables a (man) to react in a human manner.” Archetypes may emerge into consciousness in piles of variations....
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Sticks and stones will NOT break bones, but words CAN really hurt you

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business

Words really do matter in advertising. Advertising written well will cause the reader or listener to take abrupt and unexpected changes in direction. Advertising should align with what really touches the customer, moving them and their hearts with meaning. Advertising...
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Rite of Passage

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Personality Type

For the first half of our life, passages are fairly easily marked. We go to school, get a job, find a mate, raise a family and contribute to our community. But a strange thing happens on the way to the finish line. The built in “life detector” begins to...
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Are you kidding me? 2,630,000 hits in .07 seconds

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business, Personality Type

“Jack of all trades, master of none” turns up more than 2 ½ million hits with a Google search. The phrase is the title of a book, a CD, a blog, a TV sitcom, and I’m certain a number of other things. Thinking about this old standby as it relates to...
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Hotcakes & Outtakes

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business

“Hangin’ On To The Good Times.” The catchy riff of the lyric is repeated over and over… “and we were fightin’ the good fight, hangin’ on to the good times.” This past week I had the pleasure of talking with (or emailing...
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.

Soil and seed can be like the chicken or the egg.

by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business, Personality Type

What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in...
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