No, not bicycling… It isn’t the wheels that are spinning. It’s my head!

I’m in the middle of what feels like an endless cycle of effort: like being on a treadmill and having absolutely no control of the speed or the pitch and all you are doing is fighting like hell to keep up. And, it isn’t any one thing…

I could lay it all off on the magazine writing I do, but I’m caught up. Actually, if you want the truth, I’m slightly ahead of the deadlines on both magazines: a great feeling if I do say so myself. And, if that was all I was doing I could take a deep breath and maybe even relax a little. But, and you may have already guessed this by now, it isn’t… And, I can’t.

I just finished writing ‘my’ article for our newsletter, AutoInsights… And, a response to a number of the comments on the Counterman.com website – one of the two columns I write each month. There have been forty-one comments on this one particular article – a significant number of comments for a trade magazine, especially one in our industry. And, that deserves (demands) my attention.

Before that, I felt compelled to comment on a blog post penned by the president of one of the trade associations I belong to. Most of the time I’m able to persevere and have the discipline to ignore posts like these regardless of who the author might be. But, this time the subject was one I have written about extensively myself and just couldn’t stay away. I wrote a blog post for my other blog at: CaptainCarFix.blogspot.com. And, a guest editorial. So, it isn’t as if I haven’t been writing.

Quite the opposite, really. I think I’ve been writing too much – just, nothing for here which is why I’m writing this now when I should be getting ready for bed. Guilt is perhaps the most powerful of all motivators and I’m feeling pretty guilty about focusing all my efforts elsewhere.

So, here I am, apology and explanation in hand… With a promise to be more diligent, even if it is unclear who – if anyone – is out there. Regardless, I’m here and as long as I have the keyboard I guess that’s all that matters.

When I return, I’d like to share some of the ideas that have been bouncing around in my head: ideas from the latest of Seth Godin’s two newest books, Tribes and Linchpin. There are some important ideas buried in the pages of both and I think they are worthy of sharing. Until then, it’s time for me to quite…

Know how I know? Lesley, my wife, just told me so!

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