Danger Zone

Here in the UK it feels like chaos is the order of the day. By the time you read this the autumn budget will have been published. This isn’t a political or an anticipated budget rant but a quick flick through LinkedIn today has revealed an unprecedented level of negativity bordering on universal depression.

Business, like life, is a confidence game. Confidence and belief are the forces behind all success. As a country we are in danger of losing the belief not only in our government but more critically in ourselves.

I’ve lost count of the number of crises and recessions I have lived through and run businesses through and I firmly believe that good entrepreneurs will thrive when the economy is bad unlike when times are good when everybody does OK.

I refer to the danger zone because it feels like optimism has sunk so low that there is a danger that we all become contaminated, and we cannot afford to let that happen. We must find a way to inoculate ourselves from this pervasive malaise, which is in danger of becoming a pandemic from which we might never recover.

As Henry Ford said, “whether you think you can or you can’t you are right”

So the questions for today are:

• On a scale of 0 to 10 how would you rate your level of optimism?
• What can you do to raise that score by 2 points? Go on a news diet? Avoid social media?
• What are you doing to emphasise the positives and minimise the negatives? Wins diary/ gratitude diary / journalling.
• In the pandemic we wore masks and committed to social distancing, what techniques are you using today?

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