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Blog Talk Radio in the Washington Post

I’ve been scouring the daily news for articles that get my creative juices flowing and, not surprisingly, there was a particularly relevant one today in the Washington Post Style section: the column by Howard Kurtz entitled, “With Blog Talk Radio, the Commentary Universe Expands” [note: free sign-in to the Post is required]. Of course, for some time now, I’ve had my own weekly internet radio show on Blog Talk Radio: The Frazzled Entrepreneur Program. The current week’s program is always available to readers of The Balance Beam just by clicking on the player in the left-hand column (follow the pointing finger).

The “mass media” is more available now to more people than ever before. You don’t have to be an Edward R. Morrow or Walter Cronkite to find an audience for what you believe is important. Of course, the vast difference between the media of the past and the future is the quality of the message. Once upon a time, the Fourth Estate saw its role as a sacred trust: the decision-making process of an entire democracy rested in the hands of journalists. Now, it seems as though much of driving force devolves to the need to express oneself at any cost.

I believe that the mission of the Frazzled Entrepreneur (and, by extension, The Balance Beam) lies in its potential for people to use our information to extricate themselves from the sense of being overwhelmed by all that’s in front of them to do. Here’s an insight for today: the price of success is having to do more than is humanly possible to accomplish. How well you can manage that feat goes a long way toward determining both your future success and your health and well-being. Think about it.

Meanwhile, if you missed Kathleen Gage last Thursday on my Blog Talk Radio show, you still have time: click here to listen to her interview right now. And, you won’t want to miss Dr. Joe Capista, Amazon best-selling author of What Can a Dentist Teach You About Business, Life, and Success? Dr. Joe will be my guest this Thursday evening at 8:00 pm (Eastern Time). Click here to be taken straight to this program. What’s your commitment to yourself and creating the life for yourself that you’ve always wanted? If that’s your objective, then you owe it to yourself to spend some of your personal resources to make sure that you attain it. It’s your choice.

H. Les Brown, MA, CFCC

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