bytestories by Bill JarrardLatest stories by Bill Jarrard on www.bytestories.comuuid:677fb246-2e28-4c10-8ddd-093d0ed5361f;id=262024-03-29T13:05:27Z7d13a2ec-bb07-4d03-953f-3fc3335cab87Sleeping Angels - a story and poem of lost angels 2020-10-15T14:16:28+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comSleeping Angels
It started with science
Then they burst into life
Expecting one, instead two miracles...85b15616-017b-4fc8-b3e4-46d92bed9393Before I die I want to…2015-11-19T04:13:45ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comOn a flight to Brisbane I watched a number of TED Talks, including the inspiring Candy Chang who shared her story of converting an abandoned house in...59ee5a8a-d1ee-4705-ba6f-2ad9ac6a12f1How Lucky is She? It's only a tumour!2015-08-12T05:39:57+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comYou know the scenario. The 'inspirational' speaker is introduced. She has survived a plane crash, he’s lost 90 KGs and has now climbed Everest, he’s...f519f185-a49f-4098-9b3f-d0f8ecf61193Woo Hoo, It's Monday2014-04-08T03:52:18+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comYears ago when I actually worked for a living (I like to tell people I’m not a consultant, I’ve just been successfully unemployed for 23 years) I alw...313f770d-a1dd-4ae4-9328-e0086404f980Antidisestablishmentarianism - Power of Words2014-01-14T22:45:42ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comThe power of words was one of many lessons my dad taught us as we grew up. Each evening mum would have a 3-course meal for us to enjoy around the din...02e82028-44be-4cda-803d-54f5a494e1aeBrain Break Imagineering - Need an idea? Take a nap!2013-07-03T07:53:40+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comI’ve always been a visual person, which is why I like the creative thinking skill of Imagineering – imagine what might be and engineer it into reality....ebd52412-bf32-46d2-ac25-794fa94b23aaTony Buzan, Mind Maps and Multiple Intelligences - Seven People That Changed My Life 72013-04-07T16:59:05+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comI first started using Mind Maps in 1988, but it was 1993 when I read The Mind Map book and first learned of Tony, and began the real shift of my focus to Deliberate Creative Thinking....22329b05-0eb3-4224-97ff-ff1cee99a38dJennifer who showed me no challenge is out of reach - Seven People That Changed My Life 62013-04-03T15:50:21+01:00Bill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comI 'met' Jennifer on 4 Jan 1997 while waiting in an office to see if anyone was using it while its normal resident was on leave....eb70c3f5-a7c2-41a0-92a7-cc5d7b47954fBill Conway to Dr. Deming - Seven People That Changed My Life 52013-03-29T03:55:07ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comShortly after becoming a senior manager I attended a 6-week residential executive program at the Australian Graduate School of Management....f9c400ed-5577-4a6c-b89c-985e64871398Edward de Bono’s Serious Creativity - Seven People That Changed My Life 42013-03-26T06:36:09ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comIn 1986 I was in my first senior management role. Alan had promoted me to manage Admin for the bank’s data processing which as usual I wasn’t qualified to do....5c1b8c42-15d4-4fbd-85db-f9de55ca6a19Alan encouraged me to get my fingers burnt - Seven People That Changed My Life 32013-03-24T07:51:50ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comAt 30 I started thinking about getting a serious job and I had the great fortune to meet Alan Findlay a man with a vision for what I might do and the courage to give me a chance....c8d0e50a-b10a-45ef-9ae4-7006ff263f66The Girl on the Beach - Seven People That Changed My Life 2 2013-03-22T22:13:25ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comIt was summer 1974 around my 21st birthday and I met a girl on the beach at Surfer’s Paradise who would cause me to explore the world with new eyes....52d54123-044a-4634-9513-6d97a92e489eSeven People That Changed My Life - 1 : My parents and our move to Australia2013-03-21T05:31:26ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comParents always have a significant impact on our life’s journey, after all without them we wouldn’t even be here. My parents Bill and Gladys were and are I’m happy to say two of the best....c5ef707e-6a84-4da8-ab01-5aa6e51985deSeven People That Changed My Life2013-03-21T05:19:26ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comOne’s life is in part shaped by people we meet, whether we realize it or not, and in an average lifetime of 25,000 to 30,000 days we will meet a lot of people....c4d50f6a-ec44-4be3-a003-651018bde35eReal Adventures and Lessons from a young Boy’s Life2013-03-14T22:45:31ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comAs we get older, I’ve just turned 60, we realize if we’re lucky, that much of who we are and have been was formed in younger years....f1cb7f47-9a95-40ba-a459-e2b1494a4b5dMy North End Years2013-03-13T02:29:26ZBill Jarrardhttp://www.bytestories.com/author/Bill.Jarrardauthor+Bill.Jarrard@bytestories.comMy North End Years
Dark and stark, remote and forbidding
Ridden with crime and full of danger
So said some, so said many - of my North End...