Reality check: Are you going out of business? Are you giving up? Do you believe that Canada and the United States as we know it is over?
If your answer is a resounding yes, you could be right. The fact is, you could be right, or you could be wrong. Nobody really knows the future, nor can anyone accurately predict what will happen.
Remember that economists have predicted seven of the last two recessions. Henry Ford said, “Success comes in cans. Failures come in cannots.” If you think you’re beaten—you are. It’s over for you.
Here’s the dirty little secret about positive thinking. Given a choice, it makes sense to focus on the bright side of life. But there is a tradeoff.
Some owners, executives, and managers represent reality to themselves and their staff as worse than it is. (Some politicians are famous for this kind of fear-mongering.) Their underlying belief is that if people do not “get” how bad things are, they won’t be motivated to take action.
