CHALLENGING THE UNKNOWN

The following piece from my new collection “CREEK SONGS (and Other Seductions), is certainly one of my personal favorites. One of the first comic books I bought as a kid was Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown. Over time, it has emerged as my all time favorite – quite a distinction when you consider that… [Continue Reading]

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THE BEST THING FOR BEING SAD…

Food for thought (by way of friend and mentor, Hutt Bush) “The best thing for being sad is to learn something.  That is the only thing that never fails.  You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your… [Continue Reading]

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TELL YOUR STORY, GROW YOUR BUSINESS

  Creativity. Clarity. Connection. To make your business work, you’ve got to make a critical connection – with your clients, your employees, your potential end-user. You need to communicate – clearly, creatively and compellingly – the distinctive aspects and advantages of your particular product or service.   The Simmons Group is a marketing communications firm… [Continue Reading]

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DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?

  “There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces  that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me, And … [Continue Reading]

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SHINY THINGS

  “When you’re a child, the world is full of shiny things — arrowheads and anthills, tiny skulls and frogs eggs, gopher holes and bottle caps, snakeskins, and polliwogs and strange, cool artifacts that came from outer space (maybe). You can’t grab them, touch them, taste them fast enough. Wonder is part of your daily… [Continue Reading]

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ONE PERCENT. LESS THAN ONE PERCENT, ACTUALLY.

 That’s what separates us genetically from a creature that is as happy in the trees as he is on land, whose upper body strength is more than five times that of a man, and whose powerful jaws could take your hand off with a single bite. A creature that came before us and still shares… [Continue Reading]

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About Scot Simmons

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Published author, award-winning copywriter, veteran educator and Creative Director-for-Hire, Scot Simmons is a multi-faceted master communicator and creative thinker with an extensive background in … [Read More...]

Who Is Mr. Coleman?

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In Mr. Coleman, Simmons introduces us to two unforgettable characters: Mr. Coleman, a chimpanzee raised by a human family, and Tim Cameron, the nobly-intentioned but emotionally conflicted man who … [Read More...]

Creek Songs

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Can you hear it? Life. Exploding, singing, shining all around us. “When you’re a child, the world is full of shiny things -- arrowheads and anthills, tiny skulls and frogs eggs, gopher holes and … [Read More...]

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The following piece from my new collection “CREEK SONGS (and Other Seductions), is certainly one of my personal favorites. One of the first comic books I bought as a kid was Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown. Over time, it has emerged as my all time favorite – quite a distinction when you consider that [...]

There is greatness and distinction in each of us. That power is embodied in the story we have to tell about our journey, our business, ourselves. TRUE: EVERYONE HAS A STORY. TRUER STILL: EVERYONE NEEDS A ONE-SHEET. Your business card is not an all-access ticket.You need more. Something that speaks to the bigger picture — [...]

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BATB06p15

CHALLENGING THE UNKNOWN

The following piece from my new collection “CREEK SONGS (and Other Seductions), is certainly one of my personal favorites. One of the first comic books I bought as a kid was Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown. Over time, it has emerged as my all time favorite – quite a distinction when you consider that [...]

NEW REALITY: CONTENT IS KING – PART 1

OK. Got my CEO hat on this time around to discuss a subject near and dear — and vitally important to all of you out there who have yet to embrace the new realities of business building.. The Web is here. It’s not going away. And thanks to the worldwide Web, there is a new [...]

ZEN AND THE ART OF SWIMMING

I got back in the water today. I’ve been a swimmer all my life. A real one – you know, back and forth in a cement pool with timers and judges and a bunch of guys trying to beat you to the finish. That kind of swimmer…since I was 10. I strayed for awhile, but [...]

THE BEST THING: REPRISE

“The best thing for being sad is to learn something.  That is the only thing that never fails.  You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by [...]

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