I am thankful for all kinds of stuff, and the more I learn the more I am thankful for. I am thankful that everyone reading this note somehow got engaged with us and our mission to tell a bunch of good news about people. Without you there would not be...
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What Works Right Now? Do Loads More of That!
Start With the No-Brainers While that title might appear to be an idiot-proof, no-brainer itself, aggressively following that principle is not always the case in my company or in yours. Most of us spend too much time fighting fires and juggling what...
Read MoreDear World, I Need a Mini-Me
Dear World, I need a Mini-Me/Assistant/Jr.-Lifer, and this is officially opening the search for the position. There will be unrealistic expectations, low pay, high risk, with ridiculous hours. I'm betting on the upside kind of thinker who is...
Read MoreIt’s Friday, I’m in Love…
The premise behind what we do here is pretty darn simple really. Celebrate what you have, who you have, what you are, or just celebrate for the heck of it, as it is plain old more fun that thinking how crappy people or things can be at times. We all...
Read MoreWe’re just not the place for that
One morning around 9 a.m., back in 2010, I had three interactions with people, and each of them in their unique way called to mind the principle philosophy of our mission. We stress our core principles of “Local” and “Good” in a blatant,...
Read MoreHelp Me, Help You
There is a great scene in the Tom Cruise movie where he passionately tells Cuba Gooding Jr (I swear I am not talking about this clip because he has good in his name – that is just awesome good luck), to Help Me, Help You. It is a funny and...
Read MoreStart Doing a Bunch of New Things That Have Been Proven to Work
Focused on new ideas and actions, this principle usually holds the most promise for additional opportunity no matter the age, position, or size of the company. However, the principle is listed after the first two articles in this series: Drop What...
Read MoreDrop what isn’t working like a bad habit
As a punishment from the gods for his trickery, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again. Don’t be that guy....
Read MoreCHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way
CHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way If you look up quotes related to the word change, you could be reading for days. There are actually 92,700,000 examples or sites that that you can link to when you search Google for...
Read MoreWho Are You?
Who are you, Valpo, Portage, La Porte County, Northwest Indiana? Are you a mom that would like to rave about her kids, or commend another mom in town, a teacher, your husband, a neighbor, a shop you love, or your own Mom or Dad? Are you a dad that...
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