A few of you have inquired as to who won the contests featured in our weekly newsletter.  Lukas Forschler out of Phoenix, AZ won a Cold Stone gift card for submitting the best photo (featured below), and the Deadly Creatures game just released on the Wii is still up for grabs…the game goes to whoever submits an interview suggestion for someone we interview.  You can submit your suggestion by emailing me.    

Last year we interviewed a guy with a shirt that read ‘No one reads my blog.’ We feel the same way, which is why this newsletter is dedicated to shining light on what goes on at www.pursuethepassion.com.

We’ve got two blogs. One is for the interviews done in the Pursue the Passion program. The other is the blog where Zach and I rant and rave about anything workforce related, or whatever is going on in with PTP.

Here’s a few posts from the interview blog:

Tommy Thwaites: The Man Who Brings You Your Morning Coffee:

D’Wayne Edwards: Jordan Footwear Designer:

Emilee Warner: The Queen of Nashville:

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Here’s a few posts from the journey blog:

What I learned from speaking to 600 freshman high school students:

How To Conduct a Pursue the Passion Interview

Is Kanye Entering the Third Stage?

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We encourage you to comment on the website, pass cool posts along, and avoid deleting posts without reading them as much as possible. Happy holidays.

I’m back as a blogger.That’s right after a long exile I’ve returned to grace our website with my wit and banter. Brett and I have decided we owe the public content, and content you shall receive. That’s why we’re starting a push to put a daily blog up.

What this means is that, for those of you that remember our blog from the tour, Brett’s Friday Five are back. In addition I’ll be posting on Monday and Wednesday, the two most crucial workdays. Try to help build some momentum on Mondays and help you over that wall that can begin to take shape on Wednesday.

So what’s some exciting news to help propel you into the second half of your week… I was hoping our new posting initiative would be enough. Just in case it wasn’t I checked out the NY Times website and before I had a chance to search for an overtly optimistic story I came across this headline, “Oil Prices Drop to 20-Month Low”, that’s got to leave some of you smiling.

Yes this is good news. It’s the world’s small gift for the American middle class at a time when we can’t afford to by them for each other. I only worry that it’s the equivalent of a fine bottle of Scotch gifted to a recovering alcoholic. It can only provide us value if we continue to observe our reduced consumption.

A lower gas price is good news for us all. For drivers it equates to more cash in our pockets and ultimately it means a lower price of goods for all. But, lets not forget the long awaited realization that preceded the latest fall in the cost of oil. We can greatly reduce our reliance on foreign oil. Not through technology and not through domestic drilling, but through consumer behavior. By simply choosing to drive less, car pool more and develop a preference for more fuel efficient cars we can significantly reduce demand.

There is a lot of talk about the actual benefits of hybrid cars, the potential for electric technology and the ultimate necessity for some to drive bigger automobiles. Regardless of these important questions, we can exploit technology already in existence by simply continuing to shift our consumer preference. And, for those of you who drive big cars, we’ll keep demand low for you and maybe even incentive a more fuel-efficient approach to a V8 engine.

This Wednesday lets celebrate a drop in the price of oil and an increase in our disposable income! But not by forgetting the necessary conservatism that preceded it.

Surprise! They’re all True. Ah, those tricky multiple choice questions.

Check out the video below if you’re an educator or a student looking to bring the Pursue the Passion program to your school. Otherwise, I’d suggest clicking on this link to watch my top 5 favorite Pursue the Passion videos of all time.

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