Happy New Year?

Is it appropriate to say: "Happy New Year?"

2008 has been a challenge to millions of Americans. In the extreme it has meant the loss of jobs or homes. At the very least, those that have jobs feel insecure about their employment and their financial future, including retirement prospects. While I would like to think that 2009 will bring a thaw in our financial deep-freeze, I don't think it will happen.

I appreciate your patience with my prolonged absence. For the last four months I have been both doing and reflecting. Like yourself, I am making changes in my professional life and business that adjusts to the new financial realities.

I will continue to provide quality and economical management coaching. I am also going to provide discounts to small businesses in distress.

I have created a website so that small businesses in the area can both "find" me and understand what they can achieve through working with me. Management coaching can return benefits five-to-one. Not too shabby in a time when most investments are heading south! Call or email me if you need help.

My web address is: http://www.goodmanagement.biz

I'll end this first blog entry of the year with two sayings. From my perspective they dovetail appropriate sentiments for the next year:

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." -- Albert Einstein
"If I am not for myself, who will be; if I am only for myself, what does that make me?" -- Unknown.

I wish you well in the next year. It will be possible to get through the following months. Read ... observe ..... develop ... connect, and DO!