Are You Hanging With The Wrong People?

Is the drumbeat of negativity blaring from local media these days influencing decision making by corporate leadership? Are we missing opportunities to hire good people and invest in future business growth because we are hanging out with the wrong people? We seem to be getting our advice from “entertainers” who would be hard pressed to tell you the difference between a double dip recession and two trips to Dairy Queen. How can CEOs counter the negativity regarding the economy?

One suggestion would be to turn off the local TV news and eliminate talk radio from your macro-economic diet. Replace the talking heads and talking radios with some good old fashioned Positive Mental Attitude gurus. With a little low technology help Earl Nightingale, Norman Vincent Peale and Napoleon Hill could easily replace Sykes, Belling and Beck.

Or, start hanging around with TEC members like Frank Romano, president of HAR MAR Development Corp. Frank bought the old Lake Park golf course in Germantown a few years ago, with the vision for improving the golf facilities and developing the property. After a slow start, condos to west of the golf course – now named Blackstone Creek – are being built by a third party and starting to sell. And now Frank has preliminary drawings for a new club house with a serious banquet facility.

Oh yes, there are also plans for a health club and a spa, a bank, a restaurant or two, higher end retail stores, some real nice office and professional buildings overlooking the golf course and an apartment or two situated around the first tee. The village of Germantown could have a very cool chunk of green space right on the corner of the property for their farmer’s markets and other local events.

If you would prefer to hang with guys like Frank, give him a call at 262-573-3124 or send him an e-mail at fromano2471@aol.com. He is interested in hanging around with a few people who might share his vision and passion for the future of his Mequon Road property.

As Zig Ziglar was fond of saying, "business is neither good or bad out there." Then, pointing to his own head, he noted, "business is only good or bad up here."