by Rosemary O’Neill “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be … [Read more...]
How Will You Find Out Whether Your Community Is Bored, Broken, or Inspired to Take on the World?
(Updated in 2020) 10-POINT PLAN: Assessing and Setting a Benchmark Finding Out Before You Start Ever asked someone to change something she’s been doing for years? It’s not the easiest endeavor. Even … [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Absolutely MUST Share Your Vision Early and Often
(Updated in 2020) 10-POINT PLAN: 1.1 Articulate the Vision Why Define the Vision? Tom Peters says that a business either supports the over-achievers or the under-achievers. The ones who feel … [Read more...]
7 Steps to a Vision that Grabs a Community by Its Soul
(Updated in 2020) 10-POINT PLAN: 1.2 Articulate the Vision Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash Why Have a Vision? Last week, I wrote Why You Absolutely Must Share Your Vision Early and Often. Now, … [Read more...]
25 Outstanding Links to Help You Write a Compelling Tagline
An Internet of Taglines Writing a tagline can seem an overwhelming task. How do you pack all of that promise into four or five simple words that will resonate with the folks you want to reach? I … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Carve a Path to the Future of Your Dreams
Perceived Leadership How do some folks always seem to know where they’re going? Are you one of them? We learn in school the ease of having our time and our next steps arranged by someone else’s … [Read more...]
Getting Unstuck: Clear Thoughts During Chaos
Stop, Look, Listen Ever felt like your life is about weaving a fabric and events seem to keep unraveling what you just made? To me, that’s the definition of being overwhelmed. The chaos of too much … [Read more...]
Catching Ideas Coming In and Going Out
Everyone Has Endless Ideas Ideas. Can’t write without one. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work. If you’re reading this, you probably know that. So let’s move around that dead, old horse. What’s an idea … [Read more...]
What Robert Hruzek said . . . about Listening for Gold
A community isn’t built or befriended, it’s connected by offering and accepting. Community is affinity, identity, and kinship that make room for ideas, thoughts, and solutions. Wherever a community … [Read more...]
3 Things I Learned, Lost, and Earned Being Off Social Media for 10 Days
People or Screens Every morning for almost a year, I’ve been publishing photos of the sunrise over Lake Michigan. Sometimes when the afternoon is worth a photo graph I also publish a photo of the … [Read more...]
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