There’s plenty of reasons to be upset, but remaining in a state of outrage isn’t going to change a thing, and while it's important to eventually move out of outrage towards a solution, don't forget your roots!
Because remember: the deeper you root, the higher you rise!
Ruth Glendinning, Kent Dahlgren, and Trudy Martinez are creating an Anti-Fragile Wealth Production pilot within their own neighborhood, and this week expanded their small circle to a fourth: a receptive neighbor.
As discussed in this episode; the results were impressive, electrifying, and infectious, laying the foundation towards the second step of the Community Activation and Launch Methodology (C.A.L.M.): Vision.
As you move out of planning and begin to socialize your vision with others, it's important to use your outrage to light the way to root the solution in why your vision is important, which unlocks the "keystone capitals" of:
These five keystone capitals were discussed in a prior podcast episode, and unlocking these forms of soft capital will bring forward unexpected complexity that enriches your investment in neighborhood economics.
What are "keystone capitals?"
Well, think about keystone species within an ecosystem: "a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically."
For example, squirrels spend the entire summer and fall burying nuts and seeds in preparation for the winter months, but they don't actually keep track or remember precisely where they've buried the food; their survival strategy is contingent upon how much food is buried.
There are obviously a broad variety of inadvertent beneficiaries: the squirrels not only feed a large number of other species, they also plant seeds necessary to ensure new tree growth, as alluded to in a recent article by Ruth.
So too it is within our communities, our neighborhoods, and our own households.
