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Entrepreneur 1: “So how’s business? You’d be finding it hard in this economy.”
Entrepreneur 2: “Oh, I’m doing OK. Certainly busy.”
E1: “Wow! Good on you, let’s hope it stays that way.”
E2: “Uh, why, have you been affected by the downturn?”
E1: “Oh, well, I haven’t noticed a big difference so far but I’m guessing that won’t last.”
It seems pessimism is this season’s must-have item, even when circumstances offer an alternative view. I’m not advocating a Pythonesque always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life approach; it’s important to prepare for the worst. But is it helpful to expect the worst? I’m not the only one to ask the question.
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by Ron crump on March 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I am told that a group of Toowoomba businessmen with a combined substantial advertising account stuck it to the Chronicle(their local paper) and as consequence within days articles on the millions of dollars of investment taking place in the Toowoomba region balanced the other self fulfilling crap.
Whilst the media can do good they represent a social conditioning virus that serves as a far greater danger to this planet than any other threat that they care to ramp up.