Dean Graziosi tells his team that while COVID-19 is unprecedented in its global scale, past crises like 9/11 and the 2008 recession created opportunities for those who stayed innovative and empathetic. He urges them to adjust operations and lead their communities through the fear.
Hey guys, happy Wednesday. Just want to check in on everyone, say hey, what's up? And you know something, I was thinking about this morning, thinking about us as a team, right? Just so you guys know, I've been through the late 80s recession, I've been through 9, 11 and the impact on the world and the recession that followed. And then they call it the Great Recession of 2007. But I want to share something with you guys. Doesn't matter how old you are. This is unprecedented. We haven't seen something with such a dramatic impact to the world globally since probably a world war. And even in a world war here in America, people didn't have to fear going outside. So this is a very difficult and unique time in history. Not only is the economy hard, not only are they predicting possibly 30 million people will lose their jobs, right? That's the like it's economy, it's fear, it's staying inside your house. The reason I'm sharing all this is because if you're feeling off, if you're feeling like what is this? It's because it is very unique and it's never happened. But it's also times like this that we have to be innovators and we have to be leaders to navigate new territory, right? So that's what I was thinking about this morning is we have to navigate new territory on how you are there for your family as a leader, as a role model, as someone who's gonna hold everyone up. This is how we show up for our clients around the world. This is how we show up for the people and friends and those that text and call you. How are we showing up right in a time like this is unprecedented, never happen. It's new. People will rise up to create the new norm. And that's really who we are as a company. And that's what I'm so proud of, what we're doing. Listen, this is hard. This isn't easy, right? We as a company, we're adjusting everything to sell with empathy and compassion and adjusting back end scripts for our virtual workshops. This is not easy. But if we can bond together as innovators, as leaders to step up and rise to this occasion, not only do I think our company stay strong through all this, but we impact a lot of lives and we impact the lives right in our household and right the people right around the people around us the most. So I'm going to encourage all of you. Fear is going to be there, worry is going to be there. But haven't we had enough of that? Let's find a way to shift that focus into innovation and setting a new standard for something no one's ever seen. I appreciate each and every one of you. Let's make Wednesday. Let's make this an amazing day. Let's be blessed that we have each other. Let's be blessed that we're not in certain industries that are just shut down, can't go to work like we are still here. We still have the chance to impact lives. Let's rock and roll. Let's step it up. And I'm grateful for all of you.
