Comments on: Recession? http://www.robertplank.com/recession/ "Simplify and Automate Your Life with Email Autoresponder Mailing Lists" Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Max http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-2238 Max Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:18:33 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-2238 I was at lunch yesterday with 6 friends. My December was the most profitable ever. My 2008 was in the top two or three years for income ever. Three of my friends were out of work in their self employed businesses and had to take or want to take another job on. One is back to delivering pizza. One realtor hasn't had a sale in over 6 months she would take a job if she could get one. Weeding out the weak models or stressing the masses might be another name for recession. Max I was at lunch yesterday with 6 friends. My December was the most profitable ever. My 2008 was in the top two or three years for income ever. Three of my friends were out of work in their self employed businesses and had to take or want to take another job on. One is back to delivering pizza. One realtor hasn't had a sale in over 6 months she would take a job if she could get one.

Weeding out the weak models or stressing the masses might be another name for recession.

Max

]]> By: Liz Nichols http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1903 Liz Nichols Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:06:23 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1903 I see my friend, Donna Maher has commented that it is important never to give up. I agree that persistence is important if your business is going to survive these difficult times. However, it is also important to know when to say when. If you're not in a business you like, or are good at, it is just as well to give up, reassess what you should be doing based on your strengths, and start over again. Recessions are useful in helping us to move toward our strengths. Among the weak businesses weeded out will be the ones run by people who are only doing something half-heartedly or doing a half-assed job of satisfying clients. Liz Nichols http://liznichols.blogspot.com I see my friend, Donna Maher has commented that it is important never to give up. I agree that persistence is important if your business is going to survive these difficult times.

However, it is also important to know when to say when. If you're not in a business you like, or are good at, it is just as well to give up, reassess what you should be doing based on your strengths, and start over again.

Recessions are useful in helping us to move toward our strengths. Among the weak businesses weeded out will be the ones run by people who are only doing something half-heartedly or doing a half-assed job of satisfying clients.

Liz Nichols
http://liznichols.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jim http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1887 Jim Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:47:39 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1887 Couldn't agree with you more! I've been hit hard by this whole thing but have started bouncing back as I've shifted my mindset. My Grandfather told me that if wasn't for the great depression, he and his brother wouldn't have made the money that they did over the years. Your hot dog story was right on. Better to be half deaf and blind while still making a living than to have your eyes and ears open to the bad news that surrounds us all. Couldn't agree with you more! I've been hit hard by this whole thing but have started bouncing back as I've shifted my mindset. My Grandfather told me that if wasn't for the great depression, he and his brother wouldn't have made the money that they did over the years.

Your hot dog story was right on. Better to be half deaf and blind while still making a living than to have your eyes and ears open to the bad news that surrounds us all.

]]> By: John http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1866 John Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:27:01 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1866 "The whole point of a "recession" is to weed out the weak businesses" Really? I thought the point of a recession was to identify the companies that need government bailouts to stay in business so they can continue to sell sub-par product and provide sub-par service. I guess I'll have to rethink my next project... "The whole point of a "recession" is to weed out the weak businesses"

Really? I thought the point of a recession was to identify the companies that need government bailouts to stay in business so they can continue to sell sub-par product and provide sub-par service.

I guess I'll have to rethink my next project...

]]> By: DonGraff http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1865 DonGraff Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:24:49 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1865 ...Gee wiz... (Since we're in a recession, should I refund all my Buyers?) "Ethel, come quick! People are saying there's a Recession!"... ...Gee wiz...
(Since we're in a recession, should I refund all my Buyers?)
"Ethel, come quick! People are saying there's a Recession!"...

]]> By: Headline Sizzler http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1864 Headline Sizzler Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:40:31 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1864 Robert, Took your Article from EZA yeaterday and made a WSO out of it! Check it out @ http://www.BowlofCereal.com :D Robert,

Took your Article from EZA yeaterday and made a WSO out of it!

Check it out @ http://www.BowlofCereal.com

:D

]]> By: dotcompals http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1863 dotcompals Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:11:18 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1863 Leave the economy alone and do your work as perfectly as you can. Rest all will be good. Leave the economy alone and do your work as perfectly as you can. Rest all will be good.

]]> By: Rod Tyler http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1862 Rod Tyler Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:13 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1862 Hi Robert, I read an article the other day about how David Letterman, of all people, commented on this. Apparently, a Newsweek poll showed that 67% of Americans were unhappy about the direction the country was going. Really? What exactly were they unhappy about? That 94.6% of us have a job? That we have air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter? That we can walk into a grocery store and see more food in 5 minutes that some people see in a year? That most people have a roof over their head and a car in the driveway? I won't bore with the whole thing, but it goes on. Basically, they are unhappy because the media says that we should be. If we had no access to the media and only knew what we could see, what would they have to be unhappy about? We are only as happy as we want to be and personally, I'm thrilled. Rod Hi Robert,

I read an article the other day about how David Letterman, of all people, commented on this.

Apparently, a Newsweek poll showed that 67% of Americans were unhappy about the direction the country was going. Really? What exactly were they unhappy about?

That 94.6% of us have a job?
That we have air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter?
That we can walk into a grocery store and see more food in 5 minutes that some people see in a year?
That most people have a roof over their head and a car in the driveway?

I won't bore with the whole thing, but it goes on.

Basically, they are unhappy because the media says that we should be. If we had no access to the media and only knew what we could see, what would they have to be unhappy about?

We are only as happy as we want to be and personally, I'm thrilled.

Rod

]]> By: Chris harris http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1861 Chris harris Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:54:48 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1861 Hi Robert, Wot recession? As Robert already knows, the only recession I've had is my boot hard drive packing up on me (2nd one in the last 12 months!). Please remember to back up, not only your data (Robert and I keep ours on a separate hard drive) but also all those little things you save to your 'C' drive then forget about! If you don't, and its info you need, you WILL find out what recession is! Thanks for another good post (and the software!) Regards Chris (Kent, UK) Hi Robert,

Wot recession? As Robert already knows, the only recession I've had is my boot hard drive packing up on me (2nd one in the last 12 months!).

Please remember to back up, not only your data (Robert and I keep ours on a separate hard drive) but also all those little things you save to your 'C' drive then forget about! If you don't, and its info you need, you WILL find out what recession is!

Thanks for another good post (and the software!)

Regards

Chris (Kent, UK)

]]> By: Gren Bingham http://www.robertplank.com/recession/#comment-1860 Gren Bingham Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:20:08 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=270#comment-1860 Hi Robert, I like the hot dog story. Regards, Gren. Hi Robert,

I like the hot dog story.

Regards,

Gren.

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