Is Optimism Killing Your Business or Career?

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“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”  William Arthur Ward.

I was reminded of this brilliant principle last week when I spoke to one of my business coaching clients.  There can be no doubt that we are living in interesting times…the global financial crisis has impacted overall spending and consumer sentiment - and this has hurt many small businesses around the country.  It’s no good hoping that circumstances will change - in order to survive we all need to dig deep and find creative ways to work smarter not harder. Read the rest…