Deploy Peace Made CNN

On Friday, December 19, 2008, Deploy Peace was featured on CNN. The interview went great and I am so thankful to CNN and their wonderful staff.

Although the interview turned out great I was nervous wreck. The week before the interview I wondered what were they going to ask me? What was I going to say? What would I wear? A friend of mine gave me some good Zen like advice. He said,"Your energy flows where your attention goes". When I said to him, "What the heck does that mean?' He compared it to a car skidding on the ice. If you are focused on the light pole ahead that is where your car is going to end up wrapped around. Well I definitely did not want to be the pole or the car in that situation.

So what I did was, I figured out what I wanted to say, and equally as importantly what I was going to wear. I took control of the thing that I could control and tried not to sweat the things that I could not.

That strategy almost paid off, except the morning of the interview I got a call from CNN saying that most interviews were being cancelled because of breaking new. I started feeling like Matt Damon on Jimmy Kimmels Show. Fortunately for Deploy Peace, the CNN people were so great they calmed me down and the interview went on with out a hitch. I was told over 5 million people were watching. I am glad I was told that afterwards. If I had known before I would never been able to breathe.

Again thank you CNN for your help. Together we are making a difference in the lives of those that have sacrificed so much for all of us. We are raising very funds to help our troop reunite with their families.

Reflecting on the Year

Deploy Peace has a lot to be grateful for this year. Most importantly our families are safe and healthy and looking forward to the holidays.

Professionally, This has been a great year for Deploy Peace. We got a lot of local media attention. Please review the news clips done by KOLD-TV and KVOA-TV in Tucson. In addition, Arizona Spotlight also profiled our company.

In addition we also embarked on a new website design integrating social media. We can now be found on Facebook,Myspace and you are now reading our blog.

We are very excited for 2009, and wish everyone a safe and healthy new year.