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Welcome to episode 126 of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast! Just in time for the new year!

Running time: 45:30

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Happy New Year from beautiful Cincinnati, Ohio!

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2010 is gone and 2011 is here. I thought about recording this at the end of 2010 and calling it Looking Back, Looking Forward. 2010 was a great year in many ways for me and my family.

+ Theme for 2010: Be More Helpful. Later, I also added: Have Incurable, Tough-minded Optimism.

+ I also set out to read 52 books in a year. Didn’t make it by a long shot, but I did wind up reading 12 books! Still way more than I had read in 2009.

+ Public speaking: spoke at quite a few groups around town.

+ Had some great interviews and got to work at a payroll processing software solutions company, doing Microsoft Dynamics CRM for several months. Even though I was laid off, it changed the way I look at business and relationships.

+ New Media Cincinnati: urged the group to try hard enough to fail at things in 2010, to take risks. We had some great learning experiences and formed a Steering Committee to guide the direction of the group.

+ Theme for 2011: Focus – Intention – Deliver. Evaluating my attention – is what I’m doing right now getting me where I really want to go? Why am I involved in this activity? When I say I’m going to deliver on something, I will deliver. Ship and get over the “preciousness” of my work.

+ Read Seth Godin’s book “Linchpin”

+ Keep on reading at least 1 book per month.

+ Look for additional opportunities to speak in public.

+ Find meaningful work – whether it’s as a freelance/independent contractor or working for someone else. Get paid! (back to the whole focus and intention thought).

+ New Media Cincinnati: grow the Cincinnati social media community – in numbers and in digital literacy.

Music: some of the music in this episode came from Music Alley from Mevio:

MinusBlue, “Ocean Sky”

Moloko, “Pure Pleasure Seeker”

Doug Ross, “Distractions”

Eric Wilson, “Now”

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*While this episode has been released on April 1, 2011, it was in fact, recorded on January 2, 2011.

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