A short monologue by Lori Harder about finding opportunities during economic shifts. The speaker draws on personal experience of multiple economic shifts and argues that fear and paralysis among most people create openings: when others sit on their hands, it can be an ideal time to act, reframe situations, and seek opportunities rather than panic or make harsh decisions.
I've been through three or four different shifts in the economy. The panic and the chaos and the craziness. Usually all that, it can either affect you or not. And I know that sounds really like duh, but I think so many people, when you get a little nervous, you get a little uncertain, you sit on your hands. When most people sit on their hands and most people get fearful, I think it's the most incredible time to find opportunity, because when things shift, we have the opportunity to give it a different frame. When everybody's scared. Wow. I wonder if I could find opportunity. When everybody's making a decision, what if I just hold. And then when everybody sits on their hands, what if I attack? Right. And to not panic, to not make harsh decisions and to say what opportunities exist, I think that sets us apart.
