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Gerhard Very instructive post. It's worth noting that leaders confirm adversity and uncertainty as opportunities to learn and grow. When things are going well, business' tend to get lazy, complacent and trust too much in past success. I also find interesting the idea of discerning the "noise of the sidelines" from real threats to a business. I would agree that this distinction is imperative but I would also add that while some issues may be mostly hype and not real business issues, it's no less important to assuage the public at times in order to pacify their fears. Thanks for sharing! Don F Perkins mindmulch.net