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Macy's: Terry Lundgren

Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

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Is There a Future for Department Stores?

Terry Lundgren retired from his role as CEO of Macy's in 2017. He says there just isn't a whole lot of foot traffic anymore at department stores. Do you think that in 20 or 30 years department stores will still be around? "I don't know if it's going to go to zero in 30 years"

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what we're kind of protecting like what is going in and out in that external environment and then Tuesday is kind of similar but we just focus on joy and positivity because I think sometimes with the list of to-dos or all of the themes we start to it feels heavy and I just Tuesday I just started this is kind of a recent change I started to like this is the day that we want to make light like we just want to remember that this is a gospel of joy and we want to spread that and so anyway we just there's funny things that we do for Tuesday like tag the person that you last time you laughed so hard with and just things to kind of remember like oh okay I am living this gospel because I have more joy when I do so and maybe it's a moment to think about okay if I don't feel that why is that how can I create that more joy more light spreading light and so maybe this is a time that you are sending some positive things to your family text thread or whatever it is but it's just it's a way to create and spread more of that light for Tuesday and then Wednesday is questions so this is a big one this is a more common practice that people will do to prepare for conference and it's a way to open our hearts and look really close at all the things that are sitting in there and are yearning for more and we turn those into questions and one thing I always invite people to do is a heart dump and because some people like I don't even know how to articulate the question that is on my mind and it can be hard and so I say just start with a heart dump give a get a blank piece of paper and just start writing it does not have to be sentences it can just be words it can be feelings and you just dump dump dump dump dump it all out and then you start to kind of circle some similarities or things that you're like wow there's a pattern here I must be yearning for this or I must be wondering about this or it sounds like this is feeling heavy on my heart and you start to articulate those into questions and like we just said the answer is always you just start with him start praying to him and say I just this is on my heart I'm not sure what question that would be or why I should be seeking for he can help you formulate those he absolutely can conversations with others that you trust too can help as well if you've got roommates or siblings or your parents or your spouse you can just sometimes starting the conversation and sharing that will help you understand maybe what those questions are and sometimes people think like they have to be doctrinal questions they can be so simple you guys just keep that in mind they can be such simple questions and I guarantee you and I know that Christ will say there are no dumb question now teachers always say that he is the first sure the first one to say that like no dumb questions right and so that's Wednesday and then Thursday is when we look outward and we start to extend our reach and our extend our invitations and extend our friendships and I at the beginning of creating prep week I was really focused on like oh inviting them to watch their conference like this missionary work opportunity which it is but I've also started to focus on okay actually maybe it's just a focus on our relationships because when we go to invite others to come and know Christ sometimes that feels like a big jump if we haven't nurtured that relationship in that space before and so even if that day you just kind of start to think about what relationships can I nurture that I would love them to know more about Christ but maybe inviting them to conference or to church feels like a big jump so what's just one thing I can do to make sure I have that base of friendship and trust and love and acceptance with them and start there and if you feel like there's a relationship that's ready for like hey you know I think I think I want to invite them to conference or to come watch a session with me then absolutely do but we don't have to jump there if it doesn't feel like that relationship is ready for that that's okay anyway so that's inviting and that can be an out of the comfort zone one and that is okay I do challenge us to go outside a little bit because that's where the girl happens and that's also where Christ can meet us like he'll be because you can say I'll be right there I'll be right there when you take that one step out of your comfort zone he is so happy to help us feel comfortable and to find the words or whatever it might be okay and then Friday is the last day and this day has also kind of started to take shape recently because there's um there's

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