That’s what I was taught in the military. It was drilled into our heads! If we were too stubborn, our mission was destined to fail.
I wasn’t surprised to see a drop in interest in participation after that first forecast was posted. That’s pretty typical for most new projects. I still tried to circumvent it by hyping up participants on social media.
I published a nice YouTube short video reporting the forecast so that viewers could see the outcome of their reporting. I also went to X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. But these efforts were in vain.
I only received one report since the forecast a week ago. I’m not going to be forecasting America’s emotional health based off of one happiness report. I’m going to have to adjust. And that’s ok. This is what we do when we experiment.
I’m going to keep pushing for participation until I get enough reports. In the meantime, I’m going to do a livestream asking people about their happiness. I’ll bring my sweet dog too, to attract participants!
Sometimes when things don’t go the way you want them to, you have to find another way.
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