As I watched the last two months of news, filled with the campaigns bantering back and forth and the doomsday headlines about the financial crisis, I had to shake my head and wonder – why can’t our government and the financial giants on Wall Street and around the world use the principles of Project Management to be effective?

If you listen to the news long enough, you would think being effective is difficult or impossible. Nothing is further from the truth! With Project Management, anything is possible. As an entrepreneur who runs my own business, I balance a budget, develop new products, and serve my customers, and I have found that even when the economy isn’t doing well, there is always opportunity. To tackle those opportunities, you need tools in your toolbox; Project Management is an optimal tool for times like these.

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