I haven’t announced this site yet, so it’s kind of a tinkering project. But for anybody who finds it – Hi, I’m Tim Gray. This site is a rebrand and consolidation of what I’ve previously been doing at Words That Change The World (focusing on communication skills and services) and The Upward Path (big picture […]
Web pages – check them out before you check them off
When you create a new site, or new content, it might be something you’re eager to tick off your to-do list so you can move on. But please remember the visitors you’re making it for, and pause awhile to make sure it will actually work for them. I see so many instances where this clearly […]
A simple structure to take the stress out of your About page
The About page of your website is the place where you talk about yourself, in a way that you probably don’t on other pages. It’s about you – but in a way that serves your visitors. People get hung up on their About pages, and from what I’ve seen there are two reasons. They don’t […]
Do you belong to the 21st century growth tribe?
This is a term that popped into my head the other day. I was pondering ideal clients, niche, etc, as I do every so often. I’ve always struggled with it, and I know I’d help myself if I were clearer. The thing is, I kind of know who I’m aiming at, even though it’s rather broad […]
Coffee table Christianity
This has bugged me since I was a teenager. The tendency to social Christianity – claiming it as a badge of social respectability, especially when it’s obviously hollow. I have an over-developed sense of integrity, and as a young man it caused me great stress that I couldn’t call myself a Christian while my upbringing […]
The control reaction driving the world
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don’t. – Robert Benchley There are a zillion ways to classify people, and one of the most important is by mental elasticity. Most of us like to know what’s what. If […]