I'm ruled by people I hardly know

And so it begins...

On a day-to-day basis, I'm usually a pretty happy guy- not cheesy happy, just have my share of cheer. Things go my way more times than not and that puts a smile on my face a majority of the time.

I guess I attribute the smiles to the feeling that I've found my calling in life- I've found the one thing that I plan to build my life and my career around- and I'm doing right this second. It's communicating- specifically communicating electronically.

I believe, like the pony express, phone, and fax machine, the Internet is a communication resource at heart and we're just starting to see what is possible.

I created and manage an online community of about 3,300 folks that work in hospitals and it rules my life. I'm not sure, but I think it's the largest and most utilized online community of healthcare professionals in the US and maybe the world- and I'm pretty damn proud of it- and maybe a little self-absorbed.

I work for a great company, Solucient, LLC-we help hospitals improve through benchmarking and we have products in a majority of hospitals. Anyway, I'll lay off the marketing and tell you that they were gracious enough to let me create the online community program- which allowed me to pursue my passion- which led to this big freakin smile on my face.

The Online Community (OC) is the source of my pleasure and pain. When it is doing well (being used) I'm satisfied and life is good. But, when it's not used and seems to stagnate, I go through periods of self-doubt anxiety, and thoughts of career change- maybe I'm not into such a great OC manager...maybe the OC isn't having any positive affect on hospitals...maybe I totally suck and my site is a joke...maybe I'd be better off changing tires...

Luckily, We're trending upward over the last few days, so I'm pretty stoked- I think I'll stick with it a little longer.