3 Things Everyone Should Know About You
Excuse me, but who are you? (I want to know about you!)
These are words that can make you feel good! Someone wants to know you! They care enough to ask. They have reached out to you.
But they can also be excruciating. Especially if you have met the person several times before. It means, they forgot you. Or can't recall your name. But it can also be read with disdain; like they can't believe you just did what you did.
In business, we often hear how important it is to know your audience and your product. But it takes more than that. The customer needs to know you and "who you are". And remember it!
This is what your Core Values are. It's...
Recession Declaration
Well, "they" finally told us. "We're in a Recession". I guess it's hard news to hear, but also delivers information that we've sensed for awhile. Or perhaps the media and the political campaign wanted us to "feel" it for awhile.
I had a client send me a "bad news for the industry" pdf with lots of facts and figures "proving" that this was going to be a horrible time for everyone. but they based most of their data on interviews and surveys of Americans.
So I decided to look for some facts.
According to Forbes magazine, even after yesterday's declaration of the Recession, that it's being a YEAR long already... they state:
However, a popular yardstick for recession--two successive quarters of GDP decline, has...