BIZJOURNALS: MOVING BEYOND ECONOMIC FEAR COMES FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Given the current economy and the unlimited news outlets all too willing to feature these challenges, it is difficult to remain positive. Bizjournals.com’s Edward Marshall has some suggests for staying up beat.
Bizjournals.com Excerpt:
Fear is perhaps one of the strongest motivators there is. And we have it in spades today. We’ve gone beyond oscillations in the market to a downward spiral, with hundreds of thousands of jobs lost. This fear has permeated every element of our lives. Everyone knows someone who has lost a job or someone who knows someone who has lost a job. It’s two degrees of separation.
It’s primal. Economic fear can immobilize us. It causes people in the workplace to be thankful they have a job rather than to take risks. It can pit people against one another so that they keep their jobs. It transforms the work atmosphere from one of creativity and collaboration to one that is subdued and often frantic. Everyone is busy. It’s what we do in bad economic times.
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