“Stay positive. It is not an option. The best advice I can give you is stay away from the news and focus on what your customers truly want from you and that is confidence. The confidence that you will do what is needed and that is to save them money and give them safety. Boy that was simple wasn’t it? 

Given our current economic situation, it is easy to get down and hope we can survive, especially those of us in extremely depressed areas like Ohio, Florida and Michigan. Believe me; I hear it all…