It seems that a person cannot turn on the television or radio without hearing bad news about the economy. Or, pick up the paper and see a blaring headline about how horrible things are.
If you are to believe all that you read and hear, this is what is happening:
1. Inflation is out of control
2. Massive layoffs are occurring
3. Companies are going out of business overnight and without warning
4. The stock market is up, then down, dramatically, within hours
5. Millions of people are losing their homes every single day… and so on.
Left to their own devices, the media (print, electronic, audio, visual) would have us think that this nation is heading towards another Great Depression. During that time unemployment reached over 29%; 10,000 banks failed and millions of people lost their ranches, farms and homes.
I hardly think this is the case. I am not an economist but I know enough about what is happening to ask you to do yourself, your family and this company a big favor. I am asking you to stop watching the television news, listening to the radio news and quit reading the front page of the local newspaper.
Ignore the LA Times (www.latimes.com)
Ignore Cable News Network (www.CNN.com)
Ignore Headline News (www.headlinenews.com)
The press is now focused in and specializing in crowing about how bad things are in the economy. They create this haze because it helps them to sell airtime and print advertising. What all of this does is create uncertainty in this company and that gets taken home with you, affecting your families.
I am not going to stick my head in the sand and tell you that the economy is wonderful. Some sectors are suffering, but some sectors of the economy are always suffering. That is the nature of how the economy works.
As an example, after the year 2000, the tech market was dormant for a number of years, yet the mortgage business soared. Tech made a comeback and manufacturing suffered. The mortgage business is now having tough times but the travel industry is doing well. This is the nature of economic cycles.
Where does that leave us? Why am I asking you to avoid the negative and focus on the positive?
Our company is sound. We have a solid business model. Wonderful people like you work here and do fantastic work, every single day. The products we sell and the services we provide are well received and useful to our customers. We charge a fair price for what we do, and because we value long term relationships, our customers understand why we charge what we charge. Our clients are loyal to us, and we are loyal to our suppliers and vendors. We are in business for the long term, and everyone—employees, customers and suppliers—understand this, because they are in this for the long term with us.
This is our competitive advantage and we will not allow it to become dull in 2008.
What does this mean? It means that we are going to stay focused on what we do best and we are going to avoid the distractions all around us. We are going to avoid the “naysayers” and the negativity in the press and do the best we can do each and every day for each other, for our customers and for our suppliers.
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