I recently returned from a trip to South Korea. Business friends have asked me “How was it? The trip itself went fine…a keynote speech, CEO luncheon, Masterful Coaching Workshop. I noticed about Korea however is that everyone seemed to have so much passion and hustle compared to the people I meet in the USA.

Even though the Korean economy is down right now, everyone seemed to be hustling about with “places to go and people to see,” whereas many Americans seemed to be hunkered down and glaciated.

I spoke to a friend the other day who went on and on complaining about Obama and the bad economy. “We need an election,” the friend said. His comment seemed to typify so many American people I meet who are using Obama and the economy as a lame excuse.

My repy, “We don’t need an election, we need passion and hustle.” Do you really think that the morning after the 2012 election that the economy is going to kick into high gear, and our dysfunctional government in Washington is suddenly going to start to work?

There is an old quotation I came across years ago from George Bernard Shaw, “If circumstances have knocked you down, get up and create the circumstances that you want.”

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