Positive actions key to success.

The book "The Secret" introduces the reader to the great power of "positive actions." This New Year of 2009 is the year for positive actions. We have been beaten down with the negative and it is time to gain strength from the positive. Every positive action receives a positive reaction. A simple smile gets a smile in return. Kind words are responded to with kind words.
Recent reports indicate that "recession survivors" may gain strength as weaker companies die off.

Smart businesses that diversify to withstand the economic challenges will become stronger. Space programs that have been faced with shortfalls in funding exhibit creative ideas to develop alternate programs to enhance their staying power. Slim state budgets offer opportunities for innovative ideas for funding sources. Businesses find their strength in positive attitudes of their employees filtering to exemplary service for survival.

I was speaking with a brilliant family business owner on New Year's Day and her comment was, "our company and this family is not buying into the bad economy concept. We have decided as a company and as a family to speak to the positives." This family has the "secret" and their company will not only survive but will thrive in this economy. Not just by thinking in a positive manner but by doing all of the positive actions to create the positive reactions of their customers to their products and services. And so it will be that the ones who perpetuate the positive will feel less of the effect than the ones that perpetuate the negative.

Brevard County has every reason to be positive. Travelers are snowed in -- literally trapped -- while we enjoy the beautiful calmness of the river, the spectacular sunrises over the ocean and the wildlife in our sanctuaries. How can we possibly experience the negative in this location? Our businesses are not only surviving but gaining in their strength. The word is out and continues to spread.

The great values in homes and condominiums in our sterling location call more buyers to commit to purchase in Brevard County. True, prices continue to drop but the properties continue to sell. The prime properties are moving at a rapid rate. To be more specific, those properties that are bargains in price and tops in location are the fast sellers. More sales each month than the month preceding and we move onward and upward, strengthening in our real estate base. We, Brevard County, are the best kept secret.