2010 is here, now!

It’s resolution time and some people may already be producing those resolutions that will be quickly ignored when the New Year vices are in full swing but I wanted to put out a reminder to resolve to do things a little differently. Here are some tips based on what I have learned from this year….either I missed out and wanted to do them or I did them and it worked!

Make Social Media goals part of your 2010 and I don’t mean add 10,000 followers on your Twitter account. Make a resolution to increase your network by a certain amount of “meaningful” connections. It includes, meeting people online, working with them, and if at all possible make sure a percentage of them you physically get in front of and get to know! (Online Dates don’t count)

Find a social media platform you feel comfortable and blog, blog, blog, blog! Don’t be afraid, don’t worry about your grammar, don’t worry about whether people will “get it”, don’t worry that people won’t feel the same way you do, just don’t worry. The best way to solidify your strengths is to teach others about them. You will do better yourself and you will help someone else get better. (Call me, you can guest post for me anytime! TR is sooooo coool) Oh, and thanks FOHBOH.com….haven’t had free time since you got me started!

Find someone that is scared to death of the whole social media thing and help them to understand it. Introduce them to all of your connections, e-mail them blogs that will have meaning to them, invite them to a Tweet Up, do something that brings someone else into the world that you have learned and taken so much from…didn’t someone help you get into this wonderful land? (@sexythinker, thanks for making me learn to type weird $%^& like @sexythinker….who would have thought)

Attend a conference in your area of interest. Only the coolest people go to conferences and the relationships developed there create the best networks of support and future opportunities. (Read Chris Reed’s “Badge of Honor” for some validation of this point-hang in their Joni…..I will be there!)

Create another stream of income….no matter how small. Consult, create, coach, develop, open….hell deliver papers on Sunday morning if you have too. Find a way to enhance your current income base. Trust me, a couple more bucks coming in is a great motivation to create more bucks coming in. (Plus you can give yourself the title “entrepreneur”…Freakin’ Pat Katz…..he put the multi in multiple streams of income)

Join or participate in an organization that helps feed other people beside yourself. There is nothing more fulfilling then helping someone else. Grab your best friend, find the local mission, kitchen, soup line and SERVE. God blessed you with food, now bless someone else with it. (Thanks Faith Mission and Share Our Strength!)


I could type more…..
What other ideas do you have for New Year’s resolutions that aren’t the norm like lose weight, stop drinking, etc., etc., etc.

I need more! 2010 is the year of great things….let’s start now!