We mortgage our time when we say yes to a project. If we say yes to too many projects, we can create a huge debt, more than we could ever get done with the new time we get. There are catastrophic strategies. We may have a breakdown. We may declare time bankruptcy and walk away […]
Archives for April 2013
Tourism idea: delicious samples they can take home (Good for economic development, too)
My neighbors in Ponca City, Oklahoma, have a famous local barbecue sauce, Head Country. This is the kind of thing that lots of economic development and tourism agencies have long given out in full size bottles to special guests and at booths at travel shows, etc. The problem is, how they heck do people get this stuff […]
How small towns reinvest in themselves
My friend Johnita Crawford is a county commissioner in Cloud County, Kansas. When we talked about “what is a small town business?” she sent me this note about what several towns under 800 in population in her county are doing to promote small business: “We have a special fund from our Wind Farm that we […]
Join us for a glass of wine in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one April 19-21, 2013. What good news will you add to the brag basket? I think we could all use some good news after a week with too much bad. Don’t hold back because of that word, […]