The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one April 26-28, 2013. What good news will you add to the brag basket?
Detail of a 4th Century mosaic of a basket of snails.
Why? Why not!
Photo (CC-BY-SA) by I, Sailko
Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. 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
Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. 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. We all cheer, and everyone feels great.
This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) If you talk more about the people involved than the things, you’ll be fine.
It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
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A few years ago I joined a group called Third Tribe which is about to be shut down. I met a lot of wonderful business owners there, Becky included. So many of them are out in the world making significant contributions and sharing their best talents and work with the rest of us day after day. It’s both humbling and inspiring.
Since the announcement of the closure came out last week, quite a few of us are feeling a deep sense of sadness and loss. Through hundreds of posts in the forums, we came together to cheer one another on, providing advice and the details of our own experiences for each others’ benefit.
It’s difficult to think of all that hard and useful work about to be eliminated although I’m sure many relationships forged in the Tribe will live on and continue to be fruitful.
The members who made Third Tribe special are all people to brag about and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them, one and all, for their contributions and making a difference in the world of business and on the internet.
Cheers and best wishes to you all — you know who you are. — Linda [aka smartstart on 3T]
Linda, thank you so much for sharing how it feels when a community comes to an end. Thank you for every piece of help and information you shared with all the members of the Third Tribe, me included.
I’d like to brag on my wonderful husband Darrell Hyatt who taught his first online course this past week. May this be the start of a great opportunity for him.
Great one, Glenda. Congratulations, Darrell!
My little town of Dunlap, Iowa has again hosted a successful Friday night downtown shopping event. The “shop hop”, as it is called, brings lots of people into the businesses which stay open late to accommodate shoppers, and also pass out food and beverages. This spring’s event included four stand up comedians at each of the bars in town after the shopping was over. They had a great turnout and I look forward to the next event.
Sounds like a terrific event, Shannon. I love seeing how each small town makes their own version of “bring people downtown” events.
One more brag, just under the wire while we have twenty minutes of weekend left: my home town of Soldier, Iowa is just completing a new baseball diamond and planning improvements to the city parks.