If you approach the situation and are up front about it, that will help. If you have to report to a superior, try telling them that you have a situation that is a problem, but you also have some possible solutions. If the person you are talking to understands that you are trying to solve the problem rather than being stuck in it, the meeting will go easier. If you are successful, you will leave your meeting feeling revitalized because the problem is over and done with, and you have agreed on ways to avoid repeating it in the future. Larry Wilson, author of One Minute Salesman , believes that most business traumas will turn out to be merely inconveniences or even springboards to something better when seen in perspective.
Businesses run in cycles, up and down.
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