RAISE THE B.A.R.

for Greater Yes-In-My-Backyard Success

The secret to confidently prevailing against NIMBY forces is possessing a B.A.R. | Bold Audacious Resilient code mindset. This authentic perspective transcends the “flying under the radar” mentality that too often empowers the opposition to defeat good development projects.

B.A.R. | Bold Audacious Resilient

B.A.R.

Bold Audacious Resilient

BOLD:

The opposition is expecting you to be flying under the radar, ready for ambushing, so why continue to play into their hands? To consistently prevail against NIMBY forces you must possess a “Go Big or Go Home” attitude. 

Being BOLD is calling up the courage to scrap the false securities promised by the archaic notice and hearing process. Being BOLD means no longer trusting past successes that betray hubris and create operational blind spots. 

Advantages of being BOLD:

BOLD:

The opposition is expecting you to be flying under the radar, ready for ambushing, so why continue to play into their hands? To consistently prevail against NIMBY forces you must possess a “Go Big or Go Home” attitude. 

Being BOLD is calling up the courage to scrap the false securities promised by the archaic notice and hearing process. Being BOLD means no longer trusting past successes that betray hubris and create operational blind spots. 

Advantages of being BOLD:

AUDACIOUS:

Thinking “outside the box” empowers you and your teams to relentlessly enact the YIMBY mindset. This perspective is driven by innovation, creativity, and situational awareness. 

Expect the opposition to show itself and play into your strategic hands. That’s not only AUDACIOUS, but smart planning to preempt and prevail against expected opposition.

Advantages of being AUDACIOUS:

AUDACIOUS:

Thinking “outside the box” empowers you and your teams to relentlessly enact the YIMBY mindset. This perspective is driven by innovation, creativity, and situational awareness. 

Expect the opposition to show itself and play into your strategic hands. That’s not only AUDACIOUS, but smart planning to preempt and prevail against expected opposition.

Advantages of being AUDACIOUS:

RESILIENT:

Adversity is unavoidable and part of the path to success. Adversity is a teacher.  Adversity activates achievement. Adversity makes you stronger, smarter, and self-aware.  

RESILENCE accepts adversity as the breeding ground for persistence and endurance that overcomes any would-be NIMBY attack and crisis. Embrace adversity as an advantage to successfully get your projects across the finish line.

Advantages of being RESILIENT:

RESILIENT:

Adversity is unavoidable and part of the path to success. Adversity is a teacher.  Adversity activates achievement. Adversity makes you stronger, smarter, and self-aware.  

RESILENCE accepts adversity as the breeding ground for persistence and endurance that overcomes any would-be NIMBY attack and crisis. Embrace adversity as an advantage to successfully get your projects across the finish line.

Advantages of being RESILIENT:

How to Enact Your B.A.R. Code
for YIMBY Success

The B.A.R. code mindset is easily and seamlessly applied to any project, team, or organization. You cannot have a continuity of YIMBY success without this key perspective underwriting your strategies, best practices, and organizational leadership.

Patrick Slevin has leveraged his B.A.R. code approach to the benefit of projects and organizations large and small, ranging from one-off crisis projects to national development companies looking for more continuity across their regions and projects. 

Immediate Impacts of Implementing a B.A.R. Code:

New NIMBY Book

Coming Out Summer 2025

As a two-time #1 Amazon bestselling author on the NIMBY subject matter, Patrick Slevin is coming out with his third and most profound book, The NIMBY Obstacle is the Way: Timeless Wisdom for Relentless YIMBY Success.  

In his upcoming bestseller, Patrick breaks down timeless knowledge driving his B.A.R. code approach to succeeding not just against NIMBY controversies, but in life in general. You can find his first two bestsellers, Never Lose to NIMBY Opposition Again! and Breaking Out of the NIMBY Matrix on Amazon and on this website.  

If you would like to be notified of upcoming book launch promotions or speaking tour opportunities, or receive a free initial consultation with Patrick about a project, you can contact him directly at P.SL7@patrickslevin.com.

New NIMBY Book

Coming Out Summer 2025

As a two-time #1 Amazon bestselling author on the NIMBY subject matter, Patrick Slevin is coming out with his third and most profound book, The NIMBY Obstacle is the Way: Timeless Wisdom for Relentless YIMBY Success.  

In his upcoming bestseller, Patrick breaks down timeless knowledge driving his B.A.R. code approach to succeeding not just against NIMBY controversies, but in life in general. You can find his first two bestsellers, Never Lose to NIMBY Opposition Again! and Breaking Out of the NIMBY Matrix on Amazon and on this website.  

If you would like to be notified of upcoming book launch promotions or speaking tour opportunities, or receive a free initial consultation with Patrick about a project, you can contact him directly at P.SL7@patrickslevin.com.

About PATRICK SLEVIN

Patrick Slevin is a former Florida mayor, #1 Amazon bestselling author, national YIMBY speaker, publisher of the NIMBY Insider newsletter, and head of his NIMBY public affairs and crisis management firm, SL7 Consulting.

Patrick’s clients are headquartered from California to New York, pursuing real estate development projects from Northern Michigan to South Florida. Over the span of his career, Patrick has educated, trained, and counseled thousands of real estate executives to successfully pre-empt and prevail against NIMBY opposition.

He is a two-time winner of the prestigious Public Relations Society of America’s Silver Anvil Award of Excellence in crisis and issues management. He’s also been recognized as one of the nation’s top political “Movers & Shakers” by Campaigns & Elections Magazine and featured in Influence Magazine as a “Great Communicator.” Patrick was appointed presidential-campaign spokesman in the 1996 and 2004 elections.

You can learn more about Patrick’s firm and services on this website: www.PatrickSlevin.com.

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