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I was just telling my friend Martha about my love affair with podcasts – actually, I’ve been telling everyone about this – sending clients my favorites to inspire them and more!

I connected the dots also – how with my strength (see Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham) of input being all about being a lover of collecting things – I’ve collected Web sites, books and now podcasts – anything to inspire everyone I know into positive action in their lives – living the life they want to live.

Martha encouraged me to turn my blog into a mini digest about what I’ve been listening to on podcasts lately.  What’s positive in podcast land.  Actually, she said if I didn’t do this she would – gosh – that got me going!  So dear reader – for the time being – please come visit here to learn about what I’ve been listening to lately – and be ready to be inspired!

Ok, you know this is funny – I just reread my earlier entries on this blog – and both of them are about podcasts – disguised about something else – but about podcasts none the less.  What a hoot!

So Martha – thanks – I’ve been doing this all along and I haven’t realized it – this blog is all about the positive podcast –  move in a little closer so I can share with you!  Oh and I will also share books, articles – audios – whatever else can inspire you into action into your best life – but for now, it’s about podcasts.

My new favorite podcast is “Learn from my Life”  - you can visit these great new finds at learnfrommylife.com – if you visit their site, you’ll find these young guys are up to more than podcasting – that’s just the beginning – they’re about moving great ideas around the planet – creating community around that!

One of the joys of tuning into a podcast that has been going on for a while before you get there is that you can listen to what’s been going on with the podcast before you arrived – tons of programming.

The two most significant podcasts these guys have been doing lately are with Dan Pink and Daryn Kagan.  Truly two great examples of learning from someone’s life.

Dan Pink used to be chief speech writer for Al Gore when Gore was VP.  Pink had to reinvent himself and reinvent himself he did.  His first venture was to align himself with Fast Company magazine.  Then he wrote Free Agent Nation, A Whole New Mind and now The Adventures of Johnny Bunko:  The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need.  I’ve been a Pink fan for a long time, recommending his books to clients – especially A Whole New Mind.  But I found his appearance on the learnfrommylife podcast to be a great venue for him to shine in.  He literally told the audience his story – warts and all – and we can all certainly learn from that!

The other learnfrommylife podcast that really jazzed me was an interview with Daryn Kagan, former newscaster with CNN – she was with them for 12 years before they didn’t renew her contract.  She says while that was a bummer, it allowed her to really see what she wanted to do with her life.  And what she has become is a positive newscaster!  She’s created her own platform on her own Web site – darynkagan.com where she collects inspirational stories and invites participants to post stories she should explore.

She uses primitive equipment such as having her interviewees supply their own video feed – but it seems to be working for her – she solicits her own advertisers and she’s doing a great job of inspiring people through books, Webcasts and other means of broadcasting her interviews.

Do yourselves a favor – check out learnfrommylife podcast – and let me know what you think?  How has this podcast been helpful to you in getting on with what you want to do with your life?  How does it positively inspire YOU?

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