Optimism 2009

What are you optimistic about?
In rapidly changing times it pays to focus on opportunities

Individualism & immigrants

"I’m optimistic about the rise of self-created majors."

Daniel Pink,
author, "Whole New Mind"

We get to rediscover our strengths

"Many of the changes we are going through and most of the ones we will see are changes that are long overdue."

Chris Miller,
chief executive troublefinder, Illuminomics

21st Century Capitalism

"I’m very optimistic on how many new ways
there are to create value & wealth. "
Watts Wacker
First Matter

No more medical magic bullets
"Instead of paying Big Pharma in excess of $200 billion a year for their products, we could be using that money ourselves."
Dr. Morgan Baker
Aslan Center

Keep it simple
"You bring value to your circle
of influence everyday, so use it. "
Wendell Dallas
AGL Resources

More Voices
"A time of trouble is a time ripe for reinvention and rethinking..."
Joe Richman, Radio Diaries

The end of apathy
"The current story of gloom and doom
is a remnant of the age of arrogance,
control, greed and self-interest."
Dale Peskin, We Media

Learning to adjust
"So, the darker it gets, the closer the dawn is
and I am looking forward to it."
Don Mayer
TSG Water Resources

Entering an Earth Race
"Leadership will change markets.
Markets provide scale.
Scale drives change."
Thomas Friedman, author, columnist

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