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Be Persistent

An exercise that grows all of your other skill muscles.

Be Persistent
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Write Less to Say More

The more noise and distraction, the more precision and efficiency matter in being heard — and remembered.

Write Less to Say More
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A Change in Perspective

Nine visual opportunities to change your perspective.

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Solve Your Economic Development Career Backward

Solve your life backwards instead of from your present state forwards.

Solve Your Economic Development Career Backward
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Quantity over Quality

The best way to get better at pottery, at economic development, or at anything, is to do more.

Quantity over Quality
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The 22 Rules of Storytelling for Economic Developers, Downtown Marketers, and Tourism Directors

A must-read for writers, economic developers, and anyone who wants to tell captivating stories.

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6 Loops to Break

Sometimes econ dev is a loop. Here are 6 to break out of.

6 Loops to Break
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Create Anti Goals

Anti-goals force us to ask “How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?”.

Create Anti Goals
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Rules for Conferences

Conferences are about face-to-face interaction, not about sitting in sessions.

Rules for Conferences
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The Power of a Favor

Asking for help is a hard thing to do, and an even harder thing to admit.

The Power of a Favor