November 13, 2008

By Chris Massaro

It's tough to wake up each morning and face the day, as we're met with bad news everywhere we turn. It's gotten so bad, that I don't watch the news when I get home from work, and look forward to the excitement of getting back to my office, which seems to insulate me from the fire storm outside. As we watch our investments ride the roller coaster of the stock market, and watch every major news stations continuously recite the bad news on a 24-hour loop, it's easy to assume a position of paralysis. In times like these, it's apparent that many of the people we rely on for guidance, namely our government, appear to have no answers. Last week I saw a Today Show interview with Bill Gates, and this past week I read an op-ed piece written by Warren Buffet, and both men made too much sense to me.

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