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Would you rather have 1 marshmallow now or 2 marshmallows later? This visual is based off of the Stanford marshmallow experiment of 1972. I first heard about this in Walter Mischel’s book The Marshmallow Test. It reflects on the value of delayed gratification. If you are able to delay your enjoyment of something, you’ll often find that you have more to enjoy. Not only that, but it's also been s great early indicator of someone's success (based on society's average definition of grades, wealth, etc). Are you the type of person that would pick 1 now or 2 later? ••• Join 5,000+ people getting wiser each week by signing up to our free newsletter: www.wisernewsletter.com #WisdomMadeEasy

People ask me all the time, what is #impactinvesting? There's no better way to answer that question than to share an example. Here's one of my favorites--the story of what's old is new again, a restored, reimagined thriving market in Baltimore creating jobs and access to healthy food for the underserved community. Check out "Our Story -Lexington Market" Lexington Market and thanks Mission Investors Exchange for the tour!

If you have yet to join us at 1 Million Cups Bentonville, wait no longer! Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 21st, we will have two presenters: Carli Rosencranz from Code Name Zeke and Lakisha Bradley from MY-T-BY-DESIGN Therapeutic Art Studios. Code Name Zeke, a business in the ideation phase, will consist of micro-manufacturing enterprises that leverage the coffee supply chain infrastructure, tech platforms, access to capital, and access to markets to increase revenue for farmers. These local enterprises will co-locate at existing facilities that lie dormant for months each year while off season. Instead, they should produce high demand commercial goods from local raw materials to replace imported goods. This is more sustainable, affordable, and available than imported products, and would double the income for millions of households within reach of the coffee supply chain. MY-T-BY-DESIGN Therapeutic Art Studios serve youth and families within the juvenile justice system, Ozark Regional Transit, Crystal Bridges American Art Museum, Delta Airlines, assisted living facilities, schools, universities, and corporations. Lakisha has partnered with Carsten Counseling Services, LLC sharing the power of healing art with 20k+ individuals to date on the mission to strengthen the mental wellness of communities.

Pike Place Market is turning 116 years old tomorrow! So we thought it would be a great time to look back at the market's history and share a few facts you may not know about our world-class public market. Read our blog: https://lnkd.in/gYQVB6PC #PikePlaceMarket #seattle #seattlehistory #birthday

A bit of a preview of the kinds of resources that we will be featuring in this year’s Food Solutions New England 21 Day Equity Challenge. We are so appreciative of our friends and partners at The Wallace Center and the Food Systems Leadership Network for their steadfast commitment to supporting community food systems. … “Community-based food systems are what works. Though they are neither a new nor a novel approach to how we can produce and consume #food, they are what is needed. They provide nourishment in a way that is lost on the globalized system; by building connections, strengthening #community power, and stewarding resilient ecological systems. Community-based #foodsystems are dynamic, agile, and complex. Their value is measured not only by dollars and cents but through #relationships, connectedness, and community #wellbeing.” Join the thousands of people and nearly 500 organizations and networks that have already registered to participate this year (free and open to all) - https://lnkd.in/eJJDcQ4 https://lnkd.in/ehiMRqR5

3 facts: 1) Certs is both a breath mint and a candy mint, 2) new Shimmer is both a floor wax *and* a dessert topping, and 3) housing affordability is both a red state and blue state problem. —Gabe https://lnkd.in/gfmkYTCs

THE SQUARE: A FOUNDING TALE (part 4 of 8) Agreeing to disagree These regular old folks without crowns on their heads found out soon enough that it’s a lot easier to make decisions if you’re the king and you’ve only got to convince yourself. Not only did they often disagree when they talked, they sometimes made each other really mad. They fussed and fought among themselves about this and that, but in the end, they decided to agree on what they could agree on and agree to disagree about the rest. And they decided to keep right on talking. They eventually agreed on a lot of important things so they wrote them down on paper. They even put in a lot of words to make it safe to keep disagreeing. You might have read it, it begins 'We the People.' While these men in tights were going about the business of making a new country, some of them even threw in making a brand new church, nevermind it was pretty much exactly the same as the King’s old church. But just to make their point that this brand spanking new country was all about agreeing to disagree, they eventually made rules that no one had to join this new old church of theirs. In this country, people could make their own churches about worshiping bricks if they wanted to and even though most everyone would probably think that worshiping bricks was really really stupid, they’d die to defend their right to do it." Read our entire founding tale at https://lnkd.in/eYFySeph #StrongerTogether #civility #unitedwestand #democracy #civicengagement #civildiscourse #bridgingdivides #bethechange #listenfirst

Exciting news in Hebron, Connecticut! 🎉 Looks like we have a new restaurant opening up soon, The Ranch House, bringing positive vibes to our wonderful community. Whether it's a new local business, a community event, or a heartwarming story, let's celebrate the spirit of Hebron together! Spread the joy and share your favorite things about our town in the comments below. #HebronCT #CommunityPride #GoodNews"

Great to be included in the latest edition of Just Beverley. Famous at last! https://lnkd.in/eJHK9qRu #justbeverley #wealthmanagement #navigationwealthmanagement

I bought a house 6 weeks ago in Lakewood Heights, Atlanta, Georgia. I'm feeling right at home already, except something's missing - we don't have a grocery store. I'm a middle-income earner with transportation. I can drive a couple neighborhoods over to Publix, or just order groceries online, but my neighbors on each side of me are 65+ years old and one of them doesn't have a working car. Earlier this year an Emory University study found that Atlanta’s poorest neighborhoods consistently have less access to fresh produce than the rest of the city. People are doing their food shopping at gas stations and convenience stores. Speaking on the subject to Canopy Atlanta, Lakewood Heights real estate developer Omar Ali said "We’ve talked to many different stores: Publix, Kroger, the Lidls . . . We can’t convince them to do it..." Enter Carver Neighborhood Market. Founded in 2015 by FCS - Focused Community Strategies whose mission is to restore the health and vitality to Lakewood Heights by providing access to food and act as a model for similarly mistreated communities across the country. Watch the video and support Carver Neighborhood Market - an oasis in a food desert and the only place in Lakewood Heights, Atlanta to buy a Georgia peach. 🍑 #environmentaljustice #climateaction #atlantarealestate #sustainabilty https://lnkd.in/eWUcP6-e