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Tom,
Let me start with you. Thank you for your ongoing analysis, questions, ideas, and insights, that force me to reexamine and rethink my role as a teacher and leader.
Best wishes for a healthy and productive 2008!
Paul B. Thornton

Posted by Paul Thornton at December 31, 2007 11:50 AM

Tom, can you be one of my 25 people? Anyways, happy new year to you and I look forward to more blog posts next year!

Posted by Dan Schawbel at December 31, 2007 2:06 PM

Tom,

I hope to see 25 people comment here thanking you for making their 2007 successful!

You're one of mine.

Posted by Christopher Scott at December 31, 2007 5:41 PM

But, but ... you didn't call me!!!, and I don't have your number. E-mail will have to do in your case! All the best for a great 2008!

Posted by Randy at December 31, 2007 6:29 PM

My warmest wishes to all at TP particularly Cathy, Erik, Steve and Darci - and of course to all 'commentors' who make this Blog one of my daily fixes. Thanks for the continuing inspiration - Have a brilliant 2008! - We have much to do.

Happy New Year from the UK - we have just reached 2008!!

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 31, 2007 7:29 PM

Dear Mr. Tom,
I do not know which force guided me to visit your site today. But I just made my third call of the day and I can understand what difference its gonna make. From now on I am gonna visit your site more frequently for your free advice.
WISH YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES A HAPPY 2008! THANK YOU

Posted by Saurabh Agarwal at January 1, 2008 5:10 AM

wishing you, your colleagues and your family a happy new year. Thanks for your books and your toll-free website, which are the source of inspiration for my very exciting career.

Posted by hsl at January 1, 2008 8:15 AM

Tom -
Thanks for your advice and inspiration. Although it's still a little too early to start calling people on this beautiful, snowy New Year's morning, I’m looking forward to connecting with friends, family, and colleagues and wishing them a Happy New Year.

Posted by Dan McCarthy at January 1, 2008 9:49 AM

Happy New Year to all! Santé et prospérité à tous! Tom, I'll put your advice in practice and see what happens. Cheers, Luc

Posted by Luc Robitaille at January 1, 2008 10:28 AM

Tom

I have come out of my self-imposed retirement from blogging on this site to say a public "thank you" to you for your continued promotion of one idea...

It is an idea you have stayed with even though it is such a hard message to sell... I refer to your robust advocacy of "selling to women"... I am not sure entirely why - but I was not convinced of the need for this "idea" in 2007.... I was a critic.

In 2008 I have it as the center piece for two key elements of my work - in politics and in health care ... I am convinced that excelling at "the art of selling to women" will prove the secret to my continued success with both ventures....

When men are involved in "selling to women" - its the "words" men use or don't use that will most probably determine their success or otherwise....

Women want different things in life to men - they place importance on different things to men - they therefore talk about different things to men - but perhaps most importantly women talk in different ways about everything and in the process they use different words, language, gestures, expressions, etc....

Selling to women is a key part of what I have to do in 2008... I have to sell "political messages" to women who are at different points in their life cycle (thus they have very different needs and aspirations)... I have to design/devise health care messages for women that bring into sharp focus their concerns for fitness, family, individual ailments, and general wellness....

Can I do it Tom? Who knows if I am up to this challenge - what I do know is if I get this right then the success of my work in 2008 years will last more than a decade....

Richard.

Posted by Richard Lipscombe at January 1, 2008 3:51 PM

This post made me take action.

My Relationship Quotient for the New Year has started on a great note.

I realize that the New Year gave a great context to recognize others contribution to my life. Tom's post made me leverage this context for maximum ROIR.

Thanks Tom!!!

Posted by Sathish Selvakumar at January 1, 2008 8:54 PM

Wishing all a very healthy, happy, joyful & prosperous New Year!!!

Good luck in all your endeavors…

Thought I’d share a brilliant quote by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam – 11th President of India, to begin this year…”Dream is not what you see when you sleep…It’s the thing which does not let you sleep”

Posted by Sriram at January 2, 2008 2:28 AM

Tried it. Got 1 person, 9 voice mails and gave up. Everybody's fighting fires and showing how "productive" they are by not being available.

Posted by Red Island Rhodes at January 2, 2008 3:48 PM