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THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING - Perhaps A Fatal Blow To Your Business?
Hey, gang, from Chicago!
Running a bit behind tonight - crying in my beer over our beloved Chicago Bears took it on the chin from the dreaded, rival Green Bay Packers tonight.
Ahh, well - there's a lot of football to go, I guess!
I wanted to pay a bit of homage to my Active Rain buddy Jim Crawford from way down in Georgia, and his recent AR Post, "Where Did Positive Thinking Go Wrong." 
Jim talks about how The Power of Thinking Positively, although often times admirable, may not be in complete sync with today's real estate reality.   He feels that many of those who took this overall attitude and approach may have been somewhat in denial. 
Perhaps they were attempting to "Positively Think" the real estate market into rebound.  And many, I would imagine, may have left the business - with positive thoughts in their heads, mind you!
We all know, folks, reality doesn't work that way, although a habit of thinking positively, can help you make it through the difficult economic reality many of us find ourselves in right now.
But I wanted to expand on Jim's core idea, take it one step further -
"Can A Business Attitude ... more

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