Uncertainty aside, our challenge today is a crisis of confidence
Everyone's complaining about uncertainty.
Consumers won't spend because they're uncertain about job security. Businesses won't hire because they're uncertain about health care reform. Banks won't lend because they're uncertain about new government regulation.
There's enough uncertainty to go around for everyone. That much we do know. But there's also opportunity in uncertainty. And if we can leverage it, turn it into something positive, we can not only compete in today's economy but actually thrive and gain market share from our faint-hearted competitors.
In a state of uncertainty, all things are possible. In a state of uncertainty, we're free to change, create and innovate. As the best-selling author Deepak Chopra likes to say, " . . . step into the unknown, and you step into the field of all possibilities."
But taking those first steps requires courage. It's the courage or self-confidence in knowing that, whatever awaits us around the corner, we'll know the right solution to choose and we'll know the right action to take.
I've been in business for over 20 years, and security has always been illusory.
Sure, we're in uncharted territory now. And we're surrounded by slippery slopes. But is our biggest challenge now really a crisis of uncertainty? Or is it just an old-fashioned crisis of confidence?
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