{"id":2895,"date":"2008-12-30T18:19:52","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T01:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/30\/thank-you-2008\/"},"modified":"2009-02-02T20:51:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T03:51:03","slug":"thank-you-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/30\/thank-you-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been the busiest year of my career by far, I’ve traveled (and held blogger dinners<\/a>) in great cities like Tampa, NY, Virginia, Hawaii, Colorado, Austin, Dallas, So Cal, Barcelona, and Tokyo; I’ve accrued many-a-frequent flyer mile. I published several research reports<\/a>, (won an award<\/a>), did more public speaking<\/a> than ever before, delivered above my average of client engagements, was quoted a few times in the press<\/a>, and grew this blog and twitter account, even though I’ll still get paid if I stop blogging.<\/p>\n

Of course, not everything went well. There’s always room for improvement, I need to be better prepared for client engagements (I didn’t do hot on at least two client engagements<\/a>), I was criticized a few time by bloggers, got duped by Janet<\/a> and need to check my ego before I get trapped<\/a>. Outside of work I need to stay on top of my health, and I need to do better at balancing personal and work life.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one change is that I’ve now been given the stigma of ‘guru’ which I really dislike<\/a>. Why? I want to be known for what I can do, not just thought leadership. I produce research reports (products) and help my clients make decisions and give them recommendations (services). <\/p>\n

As a result, you’re going to see some changes in my behavior this year, I’m going to do less ‘talking’ and focus more on ‘listening’ and ‘energizing’ (what we call ‘word of mouth’), that’s why I’m taking a Twitter hiatus<\/a>. Perhaps most importantly, I plan to continue to ‘support’ my community<\/a>, many people are going to be hurting as they wont be working, keep an eye on this blog in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Update: To cap the year off the Top Chocolate Blogger<\/a> brought me some treats, thanks Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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