Dealing With Business Setbacks Gifts

Paper Profits Break Glass In Case of Emergency.

"So, we look to the fourth quarter as a time of healing."

"Gentlemen, I'm pleased to say the firm is perfectly positioned to avoid chapter eleven and still be in existence this time next year."

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

"I wrote this one after my third startup failed. It’s called ‘I Got Yer App Right Here.’"

"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."

Man watches sales chart drop through the floor.

"Thankfully, this year, the results can be attributed to something other than our own gross incompetence."

"Bad news, sir. The public isn't buying our new Pork Ala King."

Sad businessman with sinking profits

"Actually, this is where there was a slight earth tremor."

'When things are slow'

"We'll double our chances of recovery if we buy two lottery tickets."

'And here is the effect spiraling energy costs, reduced consumer confidence and limited access to credit is having on our company.'

"Your money is no longer working for you. It got laid off."

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

Trade School. Going to trade school after our real estate business collapsed was a good idea! These days it's all about "vocation, vocation, vocation"!

'Remember you asked me to turn around the business!'

"Does anyone have a Plan B?"

'Crisis'

'How dare you suggest that I'm running this plant into the ground.'

'Your 401 (K) went down the drain, but if it's any consolation, you can keep the commemorative cup.'

'Read an investment book that changed my life...please help.'

'Don't worry. I can still reach back for that 98 mile-per-hour fast ball.'

"Your mother says to quit bringing laundry over. She's dead."

'That leaves plan 'B' - absconding with the remaining funds.'

'I'm afraid that your father is dead. Dead as a Dodo.'

'I thought it would be appropriate to have a magician as we went down.'

'What a difference one year makes. I managed to go from entrepreneur to nontrepreneur.'

"We will rebuild!"

'Good news for people who hide their money under the mattress.'

It was bad enough being saddled with debt --- Now they're starting to apply the spurs!

Stress Relief for CEOs

"No kidding. Tell me about it."