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I don’t care what anyone else says – we are living in absolutely amazing and fascinating times!  I totally believe that innovation is going to continue to drive us to fantastic heights (it may take a while and be painful in the interim, but there’s a lot to look forward to).

I know the doom and gloom police are going to come after me, but there are things happening right now…actual physical products and breakthroughs…that make me feel like I used to feel when I was a kid reading Science Fiction books and thinking "wouldn’t that be cool…!".

This started because of a discussion I had this afternoon talking about my Christmas present this year.  I got an Ipod Touch.  I’ve had an ‘old school’ Ipod for about 4 years and always really enjoyed it, but it never really struck me as a ‘wow’ type of thing.  It had great functionality, it could do what it did really well and was very intuitive, but it wasn’t really something you would show off.

The Ipod Touch does all the stuff my original Ipod did and a huge amount more.  Music, movies and there are thousands of applications that you can download via the wifi capability.  If it was just eye candy, then it wouldn’t be a big deal, but there’s a lot of cool things you can do with it, some of the even practical.  I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials, but you need to check one of these out (or an iPhone). 

But the really cool thing is that as great as the Ipod Touch is – there are lots of other amazing innovations out there (most of them with a bigger long term scope).  Check out a few recent ones that I thought were really cool!

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photo by wili hybrid 

It’s the dawn of a new year – new opportunities, new challenges.  2008 is (thankfully) in the history books and 2009 is going to be a big improvement.  Now is the time to pull together your plans for you and your business and layout the roadmap for a successful year and the start of something big.

Here are the 10 things you need to do to make sure you and your business achieve the success you’re aspiring towards.

Chances are that you’ve already got a good start on a few of things, but the key to really making things happen is take consistent action.  It’s not enough to make a great plan, the real benefit comes from the follow-through.  How many of these are you currently doing?  (and if you need help making it happen…give me a call!) 

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