David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Jan. 4, 2009, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. "Use the economic downturn as a wake-up call, not a panic call" uses the tale of Chicken Little to encourage readers not to listen to those whose response to the current financial meltdown as a cry that "the sky is falling."
People can use the economic downturn as a wake-up call to examine spiritual grounding and life and career plans.
From the column: “As any novelist knows, character revelation takes place in times ofconflict and turmoil. We learn more about ourselves when things aredifficult than when they’re easy. For some, today’s tough times havetriggered a rediscovery and affirmation of core values and spiritualgrounding.”
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