EPISODE DESCRIPTION:
If you’re looking for some quick relief from the chaos of the world, here’s a thought for you: Actually, a thought for every day, which comes to you each morning in your email. It’s called Thought for the Day, which has been delivered daily for the last 25+ years by W. G. (Bill) Williams, to a list of friends, clients, and strangers who asked to be on his list. It’s a highly eclectic collection of stories, advice, wit, nostalgia, humor, random thoughts, and timeless absurdity. In today’s episode I talk with Bill about his long, wide-ranging career as a writer, editor, director of instructional television, communications consultant—even a Registered Investment Advisor. Now semi-retired, Bill has published 20 Years of Internet Humor and other Interesting Things, a book filled with internet oddities, clever commentary, and quirky gems—the wisest, most wonderful and weirdest moments Bill has discovered over the years. Bill will share many of these discoveries, his stories, lessons learned (and still learning), his singular talent for making people laugh and think at the same time.
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Bill Williams worked his way through Texas Tech as a photographer and writer while getting a BA and MA in Broadcasting and Journalism. He went to the University of Texas in Austin as Director of a four-city instructional television network and also taught Television Directing. He then became Director of Instructional Television at Bowling Green State University in Ohio before starting his own communications consulting business in Washington, DC. After 20 years at that, he changed careers and moved back to Ohio as a Registered Investment Advisor in order to give his two young daughters the chance to grow up around friends and relatives. Based upon his 30 years of sending out a “Thought for the Day” email to friends, clients, and interested strangers, he’s published 20 Years of Internet Humor and Other Interesting Things.
Contact: bill@wgwilliams.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-williams-2488b0b/
Website: https://wgwilliams.com/Ron Roel You’re probably familiar with the notion of a bucket list: Things we want to see, experiences we want to check off before we “kick the bucket.” Maybe the Great Wall of China. Skydive. Run the marathon. Do something big, something personally significant. I have a few items on my list—a Trans Canada Rail trip to
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