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Would you believe business people spend more time planning a vacation than on their business?

Take this quick survey.  When you went on your last vacation did you plan a route?  Did you have a GPS or a map?  Did you service your car, checking the oil and filling up the gas tank?  Did you make reservations and other travel plans?  Did you budget your trip?
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Are you seeing it?

We are in the throes of a recession that I have not experienced in my entire business career. Black Monday; October 1985 was the economic nosedive prior to what we are experiencing today—but it was far less severe.
I have noticed that many businesses are electing to take the reactive-negative approach to [...]