A social revolution

Every day about half my talk time is spent yakking with people about the free-falling economy and its effects on the job market. It's scary to think long-term over short-term and it's ambitious and perhaps naive of me to broach this in a short blog post. But here goes:

1. This is not your ordinary recession and everyone is avoiding the D word.

2. Every day the excesses of our way of life are revealed by one news release after another.

3. Pointing the finger of guilt at the guilty CEOs, the Ponzi people, etc., won't empower you and me.

4. We are actually in a social transformation, the likes of which we have never before seen.

5. Our lives have already been too busy for our souls and this is an opportunity to get the priorities straight.

6. Reach out with an open heart to all you have not had the time to give: what goes round comes round.

7. We have a brave and straight talking president who is a good role model (so far). Imitate him.