tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068525752950388732.post8636019620300329943..comments2023-10-09T04:35:26.579-04:00Comments on The World According to Om Gal: The Benefits Of An Economic Crisis (No, Seriously)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068525752950388732.post-49745367638904320932008-12-30T23:18:00.000-05:002008-12-30T23:18:00.000-05:00O.G. These are difficult times indeed but I give m...O.G.<BR/><BR/> These are difficult times indeed but I give my people an old english proverb...<BR/><BR/><B></B>"A calm sea never made a great sailor." <BR/><B></B><BR/>In fact, my team are risk takers to the core and my instinct in these trouble-some waters is to take on more challenges. Turn into the wind and into the waves and damn the torpedoes.<BR/><BR/>If you go down, you go down laughing - perhaps the laughter is a bit mad but leadership is always a fine dance between the impossible and the absurd. Always asking for more from those you have to inspire. <BR/><B></B><BR/>We've started a new company this year and our product comes out in the spring, a mobile magazine. My entrepreneurial peers are sitting back and watching, a bit in disbelief - for me it's like performing a Shakespeare soliloquy up on stage, one of the long ones from Hamlet. You're saying to yourself, wait, wait, wait, ok, now, applaud, and you hope to god that the audience hasn't left in the middle without you noticing.<BR/><B></B><BR/>Right now I feel like I'm dining in a field cleared of chaff. The capital is there, the talent is there, the technology has arrived, all it needs is the spark of confidence.<BR/><B></B><BR/>Bonne Année !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068525752950388732.post-41008024732565333782008-12-30T15:41:00.000-05:002008-12-30T15:41:00.000-05:00Hi Omgal. It is a tall order indeed to find any s...Hi Omgal. It is a tall order indeed to find any sort of silver lining out there, but in your always elegant voice I think you've found a few small things we can hang our hat on. Thank you for reminding us to stay positive in these times - god knows the media takes the opposite approach it seems. Have a safe and happy new year- and let's stick a fork in 2008- it's done!<BR/><BR/>looking forward to more of your thoughtful outlook in 2009 :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com