by Godfrey J. Ellis – Summer 2019
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How Many Apples in a Seed?
by Godfrey J. Ellis This article describes my conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It appeared in the book, Stories of Conversion: Why We Joined (Vol 1, 3rd edition – Edited by George Hara and P. Lewis). Some of the stories in this book (1st and 2nd editions) had been previously […]
Tuxedo Plumber
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Late Spring 2019 The paintings of Mont St. Michel in 1994 were the last pictures that I painted as I got caught up with life. Almost 25 years passed. At the very end of 2018, our bishop, Joe Miller, hired me to ghost write a book for him on business […]
Slam Dunk
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 2019 This was the second cartoon that I drew for the book. It is meant to be a pun on the idea of increasing one’s “net” of business contacts.
Miller’s Flour
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon illustrates diversity in business meetings. The book recommended that those wanting to join what is called a “networking group” visit at least six different networking groups before deciding which one to commit to. I wrote that readers needed to make their choice with at least as much proactive care […]
On “Your Honor”
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon was drawn to illustrate the balance between casual informality and stuffy formality in addressing people at business meetings. I pointed out that the popular trend in the US is to try to level the field and make everyone “equal” in every way. That’s okay in many situations, but there […]
Plan B
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon shows very little art ability and is as simple as simple can be. However, it is my and my wife’s favorite illustration for some reason – perhaps it’s simplicity. What does it illustrate? Why, simply to always have a Plan B in your back pocket in case things don’t […]
Whad-d-I-Do?
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon illustrates a concept used by Joe Miller called the Curse of Knowledge. He makes the point that we don’t always know what we know and tells the story of trying to teach his son how to drive a car. The lesson assumed his son knew things that he didn’t […]
Abe and the 12% Haters
by Godfrey J. Ellis All of us have detractors and haters and we all have our fans and supporters. It’s a part of life. In the book, we talk about not letting the negative opinions of, at most 12% of the people we meet get us down. One of the examples to illustrate this point […]
Communication Sucks
by Godfrey J. Ellis This drawing is to show the difficulty with communication in the English language. Even if the speaker chooses words wisely, the listener must then decode the words into an assumed interpretation based on culture and personal experiences. The cartoon asks how phrases such as this one can be effectively shared.