A Zillion Sound Bites

Even though January 2012 was the mildest I can ever recall, it did bring in the new year with a snow storm of topics, information overload and media frenzy.  Pick a subject, any subject, and you'll have more than enough to watch, read, hear or search. It's easy, at least for me, to feel overwhelmed with the enormous amount of "stuff" that comes my way.  And every bit of it claims to be factual.

I learned a few years ago to use and trust Snopes.com as a source to check for validity on many urban legends, myths, news items, claims and stories.  I'm a huge fan of the site and have refuted material often enough that any number of people have taken me off their email list because they know I'm going to do the double check.  That's okay with me!

Nearly every day I have the opportunity to meet with people who have wisdom and expertise on one topic or another, and I always come away enlightened. These experiences have taught me one thing for certain: There is always more to the story.

But rather than belabor what you already know, I want to show you my new office poster that I have hung on the wall where I can read it easily any time I need to.  A good friend of mine sent me an email copy of the Holsteen Manifesto and said, "This reminded me of you."

I ordered the poster that very day. This is how I choose to fight the crazy storm of mixed information, to sort out what's important, to  focus on what I am here to do, and to always be reminded that life is indeed short.

Looking forward to a great year for everyone,

Jenni