The Lone Prairie Blog

It's okay to skip the big New Year Resolutions and just make small changes in your regular life instead.

Booth at the 2024 Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase So how’d that Pride of Dakota show go? Overall, the show had impressive numbers. About 15K people came through the doors, and I heard buzz from others that some vendors were ecstatic about their sales. If you wanted to know how it went for me, personally, I did some math. Out of 15K people who came into the show, I had 45 sales. n(.01)(15000) = 45 150n = 45 n = 0.3% 0.3% of all show attendees purchased something at the booth

In a recent blog post , I lightly touched on an idea that aligns with my fascination with over-corrections that put people at extremes. When we are in the extreme, we’re unable to see it until it’s so extreme another correction is called for. Inevitably, we overcorrect and start all over again. I worked in a startup, and I know that DEI and Meritocracy are simply over-corrections of each other . DEI insists on equal outcomes , and meritocracy becomes a meat grinder where what

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