Toby Bloomberg, author of the very successful Diva Marketing Blog, asked me to write up my story for an online collection, dubbed Blogger Stories. Blogger Stories chronicles the stories of how the blogosphere has touched people’s lives and, in doing so, opened the door to new way of creating relationships and opportunities.

Here’s an excerpt, “Starting a new business is always a challenge. When Geoff Livingston launched his new marketing company the information he found on blogs not only guided him on his new path but inspired him to start his own blog. He began his blog as a way to chronicle the challenges of a small business owner. Soon he found his posts were helping people make their dreams come true, too!�

You can read the whole entry and many other blogger stories at www.bloggerstories.com. A seriously, random act of kindness and an honor from Toby.

Dale Carnegie continues. It’s been great so far, with last week’s class focused on creating idea innovations with processes that assure individual safety. In short, how do we create environments where people can be inspired and free to create. This need is a little alien to me, as I am a big risk taker and would rather fall down and get up, than not try at all.

Of particular note was a repository of ideas, which may not appeal to the situation, but are “parked� there until the exercise is over. In theory, the validated ideas could always be drawn back into the discussion for further dialogue.

Last week was a hard wearing one, so mercifully this weekend arrived. Rest and relaxation. I hope to catch a movie later today.

I’m actively looking at resources, and determining which ones to deploy. Hopefully, one of my candidates will work out, but one cannot assume anything. Nor should I move just to ease the workload, so if the right one doesn’t come on board, then the search continues.

One must be ready for all possibilities. As one of my board members likes to say, “Always be prepared for the worst.� And so chess pieces are getting aligned, with client service at the top of mind.

Monday’s quotes:

We have a responsibility to make sure that the limited resources we have are spent efficiently and effectively and that programs achieve their mission,� James T. Walsh.

“The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear,â€? Ralph Waldo Emerson.