I have been soooo busy! Wow! It’s been a while and I have been to Salt Lake City and then a “Workation” to Michigan. The economic situation there was unbelievable. One friend got his layoff and the next day another received their pink-slip. But even with kids to feed the attitude was still fairly good.

My friend Craig Smith sent the following message on Leadership and it hit home as a reminder of what we - “The entrepreneurs” have to offer - HOPE! Hope to families looking for a second income, or even a first and I believe that the dreams of thousands even millions are relying on our decisions to be leaders right now!

Here’s an excerpt from Craig’s email:

During times of economic scare, global turmoil, and pandemics, leaders naturally rise to the surface. Someone who grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm said, “Cream always rises to the top - and sometimes pops the lid off the can!” Now more than ever we must engage in and create leadership in our families, communities and our businesses, effectively blowing the lid off the can.

We as leaders have the obligation to help others turn their perspective or “channel” from the Doom, Gloom and Fear Network (DGFN) to the TCB - Taking Care of Business station. I’m told that The Hells Angels motorcycle gang uses as its core credo T.C.B. Now we might not interpret T.C.B. the same way as they do, but the message is clear to me - Take Care of Business, and your business will take care of you!

I believe that as we take care of business (whatever that business entails, from family, to work and even play) that we will have little, if any time for doom, gloom and fear.

John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist (The Age of Uncertainty)
said,

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

Leaders do not run from “the major anxiety” of their people, but instead they embrace, confront and even challenge people to see with new eyes how their fears may be turned to hope, even opportunity.

I challenge you to confront any anxiety or fear with hope and faith. A wise man once said that doubt and faith cannot exist in the same mind at the same time.

Craig

Over the next several weeks let us each look at our key leadership qualities that will help us all Take Care of Business.

To our success,
Ron

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