The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one August 5-7, 2011.
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| A juicy basket of blackberries by Melystu on Flickr |
Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing.
What can you do in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- congratulate a friend
- laugh about something wonderful that you tried that failed
- applaud for each other
Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others.
Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. We all cheer, and everyone feels great. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others’ stories brings us a bit closer to being a community.
How does it work? You write a comment on this post, email me, or catch me on any social network and share your thought.
This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
Here is a big brag! I’m the first one getting to the basket. We praise the competitive spirit, we nurture it, we reward it, yet I have never found a good deal of that commodity in residence within me…yet there are moments that life affords, as in this instance when your invitational tweet came into my consciouness as though, as is said, ‘out of the blue’ and I got here first and had a good taste of the competitive spirit come to my consciousness, shake it up and excite it with the thrill of the win! Got here first! Wow. I live such an exciting life.
Thanks Becky.
I never know where I might wind up once I dive into the Brag Basket!
Thanks for providing the cyberSpace /’ it’ could happen nowhere else-
Wayne
Wayne, you always bring a joy of life to the Brag Basket. Thank you so much for being part of it.
Thanks for the opportunity to brag about an ordinary guy who has done something extraordinary. This guy stepped up to adopt his nephew, a troubled kid who has been in foster care for more than 3 years. That kid just aged out of the system and would have surely been homeless had this man not taken him in. Because of his uncle’s compassion, this young man has graduated high school and is about to start college. A life saved, literally.
Another brag came in by email:
A good friend and I started a blog this summer that focuses the awesomeness of living in our home county. It’s hard to gauge whether or not we have truly changed any conversation yet, but it’s been great fun pulling in friends and colleagues who also want to talk about why they love living here. We’re proud of this positive, feel-good project! http://anewconversationinruralamerica.blogspot.com/
Monica M. Bailey
Rock Port, MO
Hi Everyone,
Please check out my new and (hopefully) improved web site. Feedback please… color, layout, seo, etc. http://www.smalltownmarketing.com
And while you are exploring the site tune into “Open for Business” 11-2 PM Mountain time on http://kmmsam.com Call in 406-522-8255 Thanks
Tom, that is a huge change for your site! Love how up to date this one feels! Congratulations!
I wanted to brag about #BlogChat on Twitter each Sunday night. After only a couple visits I have increased Twitter followers, and now I have a small but growing readership of my fellow life bloggers to my site!
Thanks, Tammy!
Also, another great brag came in by our contact form:
“Hi, I enjoy your articles on Small Biz Survival. Our library is the center piece of our community as we have very few businesses. Our town has a population of about 300. Our librarian is very resourceful and brings many people to the library with different programs. One of the latest was making scrapbooks with good no longer useable books. The kids loved the class and so did some of us adults. She has a cookie sale once a month and teaches oldsters how to use facebook and e mail.
I just wanted to brag about our library in Prescott, Kansas.
Mary Beth Fornelli
Thanks for featuring my berry basket photo, above.
-Melinda Stuart, aka ‘melystu’
Melinda, thanks for making it available for use!