Growin' Up Gregory

We all love the stories of beating overwhelming odds to succeed. For some the saying, "the struggle is real" rings oh so true. But what if you're not struggling right now? What if things are good and it seems easy? Does your story count? During the Great Recession, many businesses faced never before seen challenges. They were forced to come up with new policies, procedures, and products in order to survive. Those companies who were strong enough, were able to weather the storm and are still here. Unfortunately, some were not so lucky. How'd they do it? In the years BEFORE the recession, they prepared themselves. Maybe it was capital reserves, maybe it was innovation, whatever it was, they prepared during a time of prosperity and peace - not after the storm hit. Sadly, we too were forced to create new reports, new checklists, new processes during this time as well. Often innovation is born out of necessity and we know how painful childbirth is. So when...