To All My LinkedIn Connections: Thank You!

Thanks in large part to the platform that LinkedIn has provided, 2018 has been a spectacular year in my quest for personal growth, business growth, education and happiness. It's been a lot of fun interacting in person, on the phone and of course online.

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving Season I thought I might take a break from the usual thought leadership blogging to offer my sincerest thanks to anyone and everyone who has liked, commented, shared, reposted, engaged, inspired and encouraged me to be the best I can be. You are amazing, and I really enjoy working with you so much.

There's so many folks that have kept me on my game this year. Here's some for which I am especially grateful. No special order below. You are all #1.

If someone has made you feel special this year, go ahead and tag them in the comments below!

To all my colleagues at The Catholic University of America--Stew, Emily, Bill, Vince, Lashay, Susan, Steve, David, Jim, Jess, Dan, Marykate, Dana, Jana, Narguess, Bart, Andrew, Samantha, Beatriz, Sireesha, Gurvinder, John, and Inèz--Thank You!

To my friends at Breakthru Physical Therapy and Fitness - Lance, Jodi, Melanie, Chris, Nate, Nick, Kyle, Natalie, Kevin, Steve, Lisa, Megan, and Justin--Thank You!

To my colleagues at Yext--Isaac, Rev, Duane, Leah, Howard, Jeffrey, Duane, Alex, Liz, Alexis, and the incredibly hard working and amazing Partner Team around the world--Thank You!

To Felicia, Leah, Vinny, Dylan, Michael, and Naomi and everyone who helps at the LinkedIn EDU effort--Thank You!

To the people who have tirelessly blogged to keep me educated and inspired (you may not know me, but I read your material religiously)--Barry Schwartz, Rand Fishkin, Bill Slawski, August Turak, Jennifer Slegg, Matt Cutts, Neil Patel, Jeff Weiner, Guy Kawasaki, and the writers of Think With Google, The Official LinkedIn Blog, SEMRush Blog and Acquisio Blog--Thank You!

To Sarah at Emerson. To Angie and Jake at Enroll Media Group. To Pat at EAG. To Russ, Michael, Norm and Zave at Xhilarate. To Mark at Diamond Head Beach Hotel and Residences. To JoAnna at North American Partners in Anesthesia. To Brent and Mackenzie at VoicesNow. To Scott Rubenstein. To my friend Dave at Praxis. Thank You!

And again, for anyone who has ever liked, shared, contributed, dissented, or engaged with me on this amazing social media platform for business--Thank You All!

Enjoy your time with friends, family and loved ones. Be safe and healthy. Tag someone and thank them! Happy Thanksgiving :)

--Gary Steel consults clients on Online Marketing and Advertising, and is Google Search, Display, Video Analytics, Yext, and Acquisio Certified. If you like what you've read here, I hope you will 'like' and 'share' this post, and follow me on LinkedIn.