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Posted June 4, 2009
Business is like skydiving.
Once again, it was my great friend Stu who enjoined me to take up skydiving with him. Everyone needs a friend like that. Sitting on the floor of a tiny, old, rattle-trap Piper Cub, shocked to see the door suddenly swing up with a dip of the wing, and feeling the roar and rush of the wind at your shoulder, one's senses are nearly overwhelmed. Then, instructed to climb out the door, grab hold of the overhead wingstrut and stand on the tire, one cannot help but think, "this is ridiculous. I am not doing any such thing. How did I get here? Can I get back into the plane?" One hundred mile-an-hour wind buffets your face, and you are told to let let go of the strut. OMG. And then you are floating. You feel the wind gently in your ears. Peaceful. Beautiful. Unbelievable. You did it. Business, like life, can be scary at times, with tough choices and difficult plans of action to be taken. But that is how success is achieved. Hold your nose and jump in. You will figure it out once in the water. Jump, and the chute will appear. Believe in yourself, and you will surprise yourself. We are in the midst of the most difficult business climate I have ever seen, and industrial, commercial and financial giants are crumbling around us. Don’t know if we are going to make it through, but it won’t be for lack of trying. Nor for lack of optimism that our best days still lie ahead. Nothing to fear but fear itself. Believe and achieve.
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