2009 is just a little over a month away and brings with a lot of excitement and opportunities. Some people will take advantage of these opportunities, while others, who believe that things “too good to be true” will let them simply pass by. Thousands of resolutions will be made to lose weight, stop smoking, etc and some will make those changes and discover their inner strengths, while others will soon forget about those resolutions in the first place. I am hoping to be among the few who see their promises through. I will soon be outlining the steps that I am taking to make certain that my goal of helping 10,000 people a month comes true.

So why wait, lets start working towards those goals right now. The following posts are a terrific starting point because these are amongst the most popular posts on this site:

• 8 Points to a Great Voicemail Greeting
• 6 Steps to Being the Life of the Party
• 3 Reasons You DON’T Set Goals
• 6 Effective Ways to Introduce People
• How to Breathe Properly

For a very long time, I was updating this site every day. I would look forward to sitting down in a comfortable chair, brainstorming about what I would write for the day, and then getting to work. It was peaceful, relaxing, and best of all; it was an incredible opportunity to help me towards my greatest goal in life, to positively impact the lives of 10,000 people per month.

Well today I went for a nice walk in the rain, and thought long and hard about all of my goals and what I had done to work towards them in the past 6 months. I focused on this website and why I had taken this incredible opportunity to nothing more than an afterthought. In fact, my last post was about 2 months ago. I realized it was because I stopped writing what I felt in my heart, and instead I wrote what was in my brain. I went from using my emotions and feelings, which I believe to be my greatest strengths, to quadruple checking everything, and being logical.

Being logical works for some people, but to truly express myself, I have to use my emotions, my feelings. When I stopped doing that, this stopped becoming fun.

So from now on, I’m going to make more frequent posts, I’m not going to write as if I am writing a book but rather what I’m feeling, and most of all, I’m going to have fun again!

As many of you may know, I am directly involved with the Microsoft Windows Mojave Experiment. For more information on this project, please read my posts titled:

• The Microsoft Windows “Mojave Experiment”
• The Microsoft Windows “Mojave Experiment” Part 2
• Microsoft Mojave Project and Me

On September 6th and 7th, The Microsoft Windows Mojave Experiment came to the Best Buy in Lynnwood, WA (about 20 minutes north of Seattle). The mission was simple, show average retail customers what Microsoft Windows Vista was all about. The mission was dangerous, after all Windows Vista doesn’t have the greatest reputation out there, but armed with our trusty Windows Vista laptops, we were ready to face the challenge!

The purpose of the event was to encourage consumers to “decide for yourself” about Windows Vista, and not base everything off of rumors, commercials, early horror stories, etc. The event was a tremendous success. As a matter of fact, plenty of people who had just finished purchasing their new Windows Vista computers came in to learn how to use their new computers. More than that though, the event took great strides in connecting customers with Microsoft and Microsoft with its customers.

Well I am happy to say that on September 27th, the “Decide for Yourself” event is coming to the great city of Hot Dogs, Deep Dish Pizza, and ‘Da Bears”, Chicago. The event will be held at the Evanston Best Buy, located at: 2301 Howard St, Evanston, IL 60202. So if you are in the Chicago area, stop by and say hello!