Companies Hire A Lot During Boom Times

One Of The Great Strengths Of American Culture Is This Empowerment Of Individual, Is The Individual Being Able To Be Entrepreneurial, Create New Things. But You Create A Whole Group Of People To Make Great Companies. It's Employees And Investors And Customers And Partners. The Fabric Of Society, Of A Network Of Relations, Is Key To Being Successful.

Boom And Bust Cycles Are Very Difficult For Businesses Because You're Hiring A Bunch Because You're Planning For The Future. And If The Future Is Going To Be Very Big, You Need To Hire People, Or Suddenly You Go To Boom To Bust, Then All Of A Sudden, You're Kind Of Battening Down The Hatches And Trying To Sail, You Know, Through The Storm, It's A Different Thing. So Part Of It Is Making Good Decisions About, Well, How Long Is A Boom Cycle Going To Be, You Know, Don't Plan On It Going Forever.

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Ironically, In A Changing World, Playing It Safe Is One Of The Riskiest Things You Can Do.