I’m not a fan of affirmations. I don’t have a poster on my wall that inspires me to succeed, nor do I have a calendar on my desk with daily inspirational quotes. In fact, one could argue that my personality is more in line with " Team Building: Sometimes, the most important lesson you can learn is that you’re not a very good team. "

Nonetheless, I’m completely taken in by the idea of social capital — that there is power in numbers. The definition of social capital, as preferred by the Utah Foundation, is the networks and social connections that advance the interests of both individuals and communities. The networks make us stronger — together.

One great example of social capital of the “community life” variety is from the historic flood of 1983 . I’d recently moved to Utah from the

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