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Today’s playlist is a little harder.  I think I needed it to get over the morning hump.  Now I’m rocking the cube with a pretty wide variety of tunes. 

Breathing – Yellowcard
Say This Sooner – The Almost
Beautiful Lie – 30 Seconds to Mars
Sooner or Later – Breaking Benjamin
I Constantly Thank God for Esteban – Panic! at the Disco
Cold Hard Bitch – Jet
Rockin’ the Suburbs – Ben Folds Five
Unconditional – The Bravery
Never Know – Jack Johnson
Amber – 311
Vermilion – Slipknot
Come Back to Bed – John Mayer
Fall to Pieces – Velvet Revolver
Superstar – Saliva

There you go.  Now I’m back at it.  Have a great afternoon and post your comments.  I’d love some new ideas for good work tunes.

Here are a few resources I like when I’m stuck.  These people/places get my mind spinning again when I start to slow down.  take a look.

ProBlogger – if I’m a Luke Skywalker, this guy is Yoda
http://www.problogger.com
In fact, the close observer might notice the not-so-subtle cues from his 31 Days series.  I’m learning all about the neat little additions one might add to increase shareability and peak interests as well as general instruction on becoming a better blogger.  Ultimately though, you will decide what I take from the series and the blog as a whole.

NWASocial – my local people resource
http://socialmediaclubnwa.ning.com/
A spin off of the national Social Media Club, I’m just starting with the local chapter and believe me, this is proving to be quite a resource.  I spent my first meeting getting to know the group and listening to their experiences, good and bad, in bringing social media to their industries and brands.

Organizational champions – inspiration to be inspiring
http://www.organizationalchampions.com/
Mike Thompson has written a book Titled Organizational Champions and this is the blog leading to that release.  I’m really looking forward to reading the book but until then, at least I’ve got the webcasts and blog entries to tide me over.  Mike, one of the founding fathers of Thompson Murray turned Saatchi & Saatchi X has a pretty good dial on the business world and really gets me fired up to get out and affect change.

Twitter – a link to links
http://www.twitter.com
I’ve made at least a marginal effort to follow those tweeple that share common interests and in many cases are in my industry.  Many of my follows post interesting marketing and advertising links as well as links to the constant wave of twitter analysis throughout the web.  I sift through links and find little nuggets of insight and marketing gold.

Experimentation – if it hasn’t ever broken you’re not trying hard enough
I believe that experimentation is at the heart of learning.  I’ve always been the type that learns something by trying, and masters something by making mistakes.  So that’s where we are today… experimentation.

This is my “toolbelt” in as much as these are the resources that I keep close while working.  I’m always looking for new additions.  What research materials to you use in the day to day?

The Organizational Champion Webcast – Ep. 05
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This is a great series that inspires me to be a champion for what I work on daily, step outside the day-to-day process, and really analyze the entire objective of the projects I manage to affect a  better result.