Idea Friendly Workshop
People too closed to new ideas? Open them up to be Idea Friendly Gather your crowd, make connections, and take small steps. We’ll show you the research behind it, and the practical steps you can take to put it into action right away. Live video broadcast Sept 7 Or catch it on-demand until Sept 21…
The Committee of Negativity
Some people default to the negative. You know them. They say things like “that will never work here” and “we tried that before and it didn’t work.” It can be difficult to reason with that group of people, referred to as ‘the committee of negativity’. Nothing you say will be taken seriously. There’s an argument…
Sunday Update: Just Walk
Remember last week, I said I was going to do a lot of walking? I did. I averaged 5,564 steps a day. My goal is 6000 steps. My goal is also to walk hills during the week too. And drink 64 ounces of water each day. I did that this week. Just walk. Thank God…
Do The Math
How much revenue could be generated in your town just by setting out a couple of tables in front of restaurants in the summer? Joe shares some numbers with us.
Workshop: Filling Empty Buildings
Tuesday, August 16, at 6 pm CST join Becky McCray and I as we present our next workshop: Filling Empty Buildings. You want to fill up those empty buildings downtown, but all the economic development strategies you find sound like they were written for big cities. You want help that works for a…
Sunday Update: Set a Goal
Of course you’ve heard all the hoopla – set goals, continue long after the motivation has gone, be your own hero, yadda yadda yadda. I’ve done that – set huge, bodacious goals in hopes that I could achieve them. Lose 100 pounds! Ride in RAGBRAI!! Climb a mountain!! After six weeks or so, reality set…
Sunday Update: Pokemon Go
I know, I’ve heard it already. Seriously? Pokemon Go? A bunch of people walking around like zombies with heads in their phones … I started playing last Sunday. Well, not really. I started playing on Becky’s phone in Aberdeen in the middle of July. We walked around downtown in search of Pokemon. Sometimes we drove…
Painting the Streets
Last weekend we painted the streets. And we weren’t the only ones. There were lots of us! Arts R Alive, a local group that formed to bring sculptures to West Twin Park back in 2011 and are continuing to do so, got together last year and thought it might be fun to paint the streets…
Sunday Update: Never Give Up
Let me tell you, the human brain makes up some amazing stories. And ever since the internet we’ve all become doctors and specialists. I thought I had diabetes. My feet were burning and tingling, I was tired, my eyes hurt. My dad had it, stands to reason I’d get that too, right? Wrong. The good…
Sunday Update: Bye Bye
It’s time to let go. Things have got to go. There’s no reason to hold on to clothes that no longer fit. I’ve been reading the book “the life changing magic of tidying up” by Marie Kondo about the KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing and storing. She says if the item doesn’t fit and even…