Today We Often Use Deadlines—real And Imaginary—to

More Young People Are Volunteering Than Ever Before. More People Are Including Service To Others On Their Busy Lives' To Do List. The Promise Of America Is Embedded Deep In Our Dna, Calling Us To A Much Less Shallow Search For Happiness And Meaning.

So Great Becomes The Fear Of Losing What We Have That Many Of Us Rush Back To Hide Under The Temporary Shelter Of Convention Rather Than Follow The Path Of Self-discovery Wherever It Might Lead. Given Adequate Time And Sufficient Fear, We May Hide So Long That We Hardly Notice We're Slowly Suffocating.

I've Talked About How The Future Of Journalism Will Be A Hybrid Future Where Traditional Media Players Embrace The Ways Of New Media (including Transparency, Interactivity, And Immediacy) And New Media Companies Adopt The Best Practices Of Old Media (including Fairness, Accuracy, And High-impact Investigative Journalism).

Citizen Journalism Is Rapidly Emerging As An Invaluable Part Of Delivering The News. With The Expansion Of The Web And The Ever-decreasing Size And Cost Of Camera Phones And Video Cameras, The Ability To Commit Acts Of Journalism Is Spreading To Everyone.

One Of My Big Milestones Came When I Turned Forty And Promised Myself To Stop Worrying About All The Things I Thought I Might Do But Never Really Would. I Was Very Relieved When I Realized That You Can Actually Complete A Project By Dropping It. That's How I "completed" Learning To Cook And Learning German, Becoming A Good Skier, And A List Of Other Things Too Long To Recite!