The greatest strength of the U.S. is the willingness, ability, and desire of millions of citizens to create something new and positive out of, well, thin air. Our recovery from this current economic dilemna will be faster than in other countries because of this. We get irritated that some of those who helped create the sub-prime mortgage mess are now making money profiting off the carnage; but their actions are helping the recovery. We get sad thinking about people who have lost their jobs, but many of those are starting new careers. Contrary to our esteemed ex-Senator Phil Gramm's comments on this being a country of whiners, these winners, those that individually will create economic growth, will bail us out.
Unfortunately a lot of that talent over the last decade poured into financial services and investment vehicles, the financial creation sector. Nothing wrong with that but it got out of balance with the business creation sector. We need to move more of that talent and energy back into the fields where employment opportunities are created. The crises that hit the financial sector especially hard caused a great deal of unemployment; but the silver lining may be that
In your business, keep searching for those who can create positive and constructive change. Sometimes they'll have flaws; maybe they can't make great presentations, maybe they don't have a great memory for facts, maybe they don't dress right; but the spark of creativity combined with a relentless drive to succeed is a powerful combination.
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