Editor's Note: I've been saying this for years. Now you can hear it from someone else. :-)

Do Something
by Kurt DuNard The Exceptional Life Coach

Nike has a clever advertising slogan that says “Just do it.” That slogan triggers all kinds of pictures in the reader’s mind. But the main thing it does for many people is that it triggers the image of winning at some athletic event even if that person does not consider himself or herself a winner. Or it might trigger the image of just doing it—just starting that walking program to lose a few pounds. Nike’s clever slogan is tailored for each individual and is as different as every person, because each individual imagines what “just doing it” means; it becomes a personal phrase. What Nike hopes for is that you will imagine “Just doing it” in a pair of Nike shoes.

It never ceases to amaze me how some seemingly intelligent people will get a notion in their heads, and then in direct opposition to everything logical, as well as to public outcry, will stand and defend that idea in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  Case in point, the “new town hall” project, or as I prefer to call it, “the Nolensville Taj Mahal.”

Over two years ago developer Bill Tisano, proposed to remodel his shopping center. Once town government got involved, the project grew from a simple facelift to a complete multi-million dollar overhaul and rebirth as "Town Center" and home of a new Town Hall. Naturally Tisano would pay substantially higher fees and development costs with the more expansive, more expensive plan.