Paying it Forward

Paying it Forward: Why ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’ #155

Shiny new things capture attention as advances. If our culture doesn't value trial and error, learning and making a difference, we just detoured to a…

Mar 7 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: Feeling stuck in your job? Your best days are coming #154

Pessimist or optimist, which are you? It's easy to see the worst things, while optimists leverage free will to progress. Happiness begets creativity…

Mar 1 • Jack Browne

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February 2026

Paying it Forward: AI is reshaping everything, will your community embrace it or resist? #153

A data center comes well after site planning, The tax base doesn't grow till construction is well underway. A planned data center needs a tenant owner…

Feb 14 • Jack Browne

Paying it Forward: Neurodiversity is changing the workplace. Are you ready? #152

Every generation sees increasing complexity. Gen Z is becoming half the workforce, yet half of Gen Z identifies with neurodiversity -- meaning they…

Feb 7 • Jack Browne

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January 2026

Paying it Forward: Who am I here for? #151

As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know it when you find it. Make a difference, hearses don't have trailer hitches to take it with you. Life is…

Jan 31 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: Courage in crisis for hope and renewal #150

"It's terrible to have sight, but no vision,' said Hellen Keller. Today's uncertainty requires courage in showing up, engageing, & perservering…

Jan 25 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: Ain’t coming back #149

As tolerance for opposing views fades stop expecting others to meet you where you are. Set the tone for your own day. Choose to focus on what you can do…

Jan 17 • Jack Browne

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Living your resolutions by turning hope into action #148

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Resolutions need a plan. You can become who you want to be with a plan, discipline and accountability…

Jan 11 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: You can’t go home again, but you can build what’s next #147

Oscar Wilde's 1940 book title rings true. Opportunity and hope spring forth in Wichita Falls. TIF #3 inputs rebuild after the 2007 flood. MLK…

Jan 3 • Jack Browne

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December 2025

Paying it Forward: Giving and getting to build lasting relationships #146

Relationships are about trust, not a balance of give versus get. Wise people invest in others, only asking, pay it forward -- force magnifiers reach…

Dec 27, 2025 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: Community Blessings -- Past, Present, and Future #145

In lieu of holiday cards, thoughts for those to whom I'm connected. Legacy isn’t what we gain, but what we give. Our actions change other's lives. Give…

Dec 20, 2025 • Jack Browne

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Paying it Forward: Give blood and save a life! #144

Premature infants need ~4 units of blood; trauma victims up to 50 units. With a 42 day shelf life all blood types are needed now. Just two hours of your…

Dec 13, 2025 • Jack Browne

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