I am a firm believer that economic downturns are the times that good companies dig in and create something new and radical!
I remember my late grandfather very well. His formal education ended during his 4th grade year but he was a man wise beyond his years even as a young man. He managed to fight for America during World War II, build his own house and barns and own a farm in North Carolina debt free before his death.
I look back on the lives of 2 American boys whose formal education ended with high school. These boys refuted the modern scientific theory of their day and said that man-made objects, heavier than air, could indeed fly. Many laughed........ but Wilbur and Orville Wright insisted........ and they are now considered the fathers of global aviation.
It does not take the brightest kids on the block nor does it always take the guy with the greatest college degree (granted, it helps) but many times it takes a person that has a dream and the fortitude to see it through. These are the people in business that look at the same old tired processes and they visualize a future that is more efficient than the present.
Does the gloomy economy have you down? Now is the time to find a better way. Think outside of the box. Be a pioneer. Remember many of the greatest of American companies were born out of our Great Depression!
Your thoughts?
kml
2009
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