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Joe O'Brien former KSTP Mpls/St. Paul front page in R&R

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Don't know if everyone reads R&R...or if you've received your 7/21 issue...but this is one of the cover stories. Check it out. I've heard O'Brien's a pretty good guy...and this piece says a lot. Look it over, and discuss...

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A Fresh Perspective
Talk veteran recounts his year-long sabbatical

Al Peterson, Radio and Records N/T/S editor

Just a little more than a year ago News/Talk radio veteran Joe O'Brien took stock of his life and decided he wasn't happy with what he saw. While he had a great job, a loving family, and a comfortable lifestyle, after 27 years in Radio O'Brien was becoming increasingly aware of a sense of burnout that was taking a visible toll on his mind, body and family.
Although many industry professionals will identify with O'Brien's sense of burnout, I suspect few would admit it publicly. But in these days of multi-station management responsibilities, escalating FCC fines, shareholder pressures and more, it's probably a pretty safe bet that many of us have asked at one time or another, "What am I doing and where am I going with my life?"

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January 2006
It's winter in Minnesota and for the first time in my adult life there is no paycheck coming in. Orders go out to the household to batten-down the financial hatches. Good thing we kept the overhead low even when the big money was coming in. Time now to face the hard question: "What do I want to do?" I start networking hard. I'd always wondered which people were my real friends and which people liked me because of what I could do for them through the radio station. Now I know. Looks like my Christmas card list will be much shorter next year. But the real friends are very real indeed and I'm thankful for each and every one.

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