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It’s now October, the stock market is scary and there’s no fix in sight. Many merchants worry about the holiday season coming up.So what do you do in this time? I’m not quite sure, but I’ll shoot from the hip. 1) It seems like when times are tougher, you should actually work harder at any cost. Will it help? Maybe, but it can’t hurt. Who will do this? My guess honestly, not many. 1a) Do you slow down because it’s “slower”? No, again that can’t be good. That means you’re part of the herd, complaining and without an ounce of a solution and expecting the same things as you’ve always had. Or on the other hand, do you expect more?! That’s not going to happen. 2) Do you find new ways to do things? New projects and more to move forward with? Yes. Again, you should do this anyway, but especially now is the time. 3) Is it time to be a dick and fuck with other people’s business since yours isn’t doing as well? Probably not. Yes, there is the notion of the strong surviving, but at the same time, that doesn’t mean, fuck with your neighbors on purpose, does it? I’d venture to say that during a tougher time, it’s the innovative that’ll be fine. I think the crime and incredible short sighted to expect everything to be the same as before. It won’t be, for perhaps years. I’m still thinking long term, and I see a lot of short term minded folks around. That scares me more than the economy.
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Quoted at the end in this Forbes story about Little Tokyo. Stuff's happening, and some like it and some don't. It's all perfect timing the happening of Imprint which brought an extra 200+ people who would probably rarely hit Little Tokyo. I'm sure some vendors and shop owners actually get annoyed when big groups come through. We were once in Little Tokyo and took off after a couple of years. The...
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Quoted at the end in this Forbes story about Little Tokyo. Stuff’s happening, and some like it and some don’t. It’s all perfect timing the happening of Imprint which brought an extra 200+ people who would probably rarely hit Little Tokyo. I’m sure some vendors and shop owners actually get annoyed when big groups come through. We were once in Little Tokyo and took off after a couple of years. The changes that were promised then, might be just happening now. We’re talking 10 years later… There’s to be a new train stop, and more, so it’s still a work in progress. Will it attract more Japanese and Japanese Americans, probably not. Will more Japanese Americans or Japanese open businesses here. Maybe a little. But should we expect it to completely be different from what was once there. Most definitely – and that has to be embraced. “They” could all go elsewhere. Forbes.
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Ok here's that video. Sorry, I'm definitely not okay in this one. But I do get a lot of email. On slow news days, it's been showing all over the country. I heard Maine, in Santa Cruz area, and more. Either way, a lot of those 60k emails are junk, but whenever I put a filter on, I lose something important. There's no way to win.
here's the link to the video.
Ok here’s that video. Sorry, I’m definitely not okay in this one. But I do get a lot of email. On slow news days, it’s been showing all over the country. I heard Maine, in Santa Cruz area, and more. Either way, a lot of those 60k emails are junk, but whenever I put a filter on, I lose something important. There’s no way to win. here’s the link to the video.
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