Michael, Great timing for me on this post. I just finished John Maxwell's "PUT YOUR DREAM TO THE TEST" (Published by TN, of course!) and listed about 7 bad habits that I need to overcome to achieve my dream. I cannot do them all at once, but look forward to working with my Building Champions coach to put a plan in place to break those habits. This will give me a head start!!

Sally, I think you are on to something with the teenage son thing!

Mike, Great simplification. I could use some work on the Outposts as well as doing a better job of tying it all back to home base.

Very clear direction on communicating vision. I expect nothing less from John and his simple, pragamatic, effective teaching style. Thank you

If you speak with my wife, she really claims # 8 for Facebook, and don't even mention Twitter. I have been attempting to explain to the GenX-er's that the Facebook/Twitter generation actually feel that social media actually feels more personal than a phone call to some folks and that text messaging for a teen is very personal...Ulitmately, it's difficult to overcome several of these with those who simply don't want to change...

The price point would have to be much lower. I would prefer to do it off my current laptop and it sounds like that reader technology is not that far off, so with a 3-year payback, I have to believe the technology would change must faster than my payback...

35-36 books?! You REALLY have to be a reader! My goal is one book per month, so that is a 3-year payback. Too long for me knowing that in less than 12 months the technology will simply change too much. Bring me a reader for the laptop and I'm in! I like the 'look' of a nice book on a bookshelf and the ease at which I can go back to pull it off the shelf, but the reader has so much potential in terms of bookmarking, blogging, and presentations. I think THAT is where the value needs to be...not in the price of the book...

From an operational perspective, I think publishers will need to get to more of an on-demand type of printing, thus reducing the wasteful inventory in the pipeline. I don' tknow the data on spontaneity of book purchases, but I have to believe the old theory of printing a BUNCH reduces cost must be challenged in this environment. Outside of that, I look forward to participating in shaping the future of the industry.

Great post, Michael. My recent thoughts on what not-to-do have been more internal than external(www.john-gallagher.blogspot.com), but as I move forward in a new career, I must get better at this. I will work on this during Spring Break next week...or wait...maybe I should have "don't work on vacation" on my not-to-do list? ;o)

Great post, Michael. I recently blogged about my NOT to-do list and it was clear that the number 1 things I needed NOT to-do was worry about things outside of my control. WORRY is an energy vampire. IMAGINATION is an energy lifter. I clearly know the physical and mental differences in how I FEEL between these two.