List, I wrote an article in the Sept Journal called Flourishing in a Down Economy. You might want to reread it to help you this year. Bob Russell, RPT --- hubert liverman <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Andrew, > > I have had a disastrous year. Your insightful post > eased my panic,reminded me of the realities of my > situation, gave me hope for the coming year,and > overcome a very bleak Christmas. > > Thank You, > > Hubert Liverman > Tuner/tech > Opelika, AL. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ANRPiano@aol.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 9:06 AM > Subject: Re: Year End > > > In a message dated 12/25/2004 8:51:14 A.M. Central > Standard Time, Tvak@aol.com writes: > I've weathered the loss of income for this year > and look forward to what next year will bring, but > my fear is that I've topped out here, and the totals > for the last three years represent the upper limit > of what my business will bring in. If this is the > case, I've got a nice part time job here. > > > > Tom, > > You know I have been around a few years longer > than you and have kept a log of my revenue, broken > down by source and being up three years and down one > is not all that unusual at all. In fact that is the > cycle I usually go through. I have learned not to > panic on those down years, (this one for example) > because I have some perspective gained from previous > cycles. In everything there are seasons. We are > not fearing an impending ice age here in Chicago > because we have learned spring follows winter and in > a couple of months we may begin to see the crocus > poking through the ground near the house. This > doesn't mean you don't learn from the hardships of > your winters. Take some time over the Christmas > break and reevaluate your business practices. > Change your marketing strategies, determine to learn > to sell and install some new service or product, or > tweak your business in some other manner. Farmers > use the winter time to plan next year's crop, repair > and maintain their equipment, and rest some for they > know than when spring time comes the work will be > plenty and intense. > > Hang in there brother, spring is just around the > corner. > > Andrew Remillard
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