1.3% GDP Growth 2Q: Build Platform for Long Term

The Commerce Department confirmed today that the growth in GDP during 2Q was horrific, at least for the U.S.  It is 1.3%, reports THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

Those of us hustling intuitively felt this slow-down.  Yet, the extreme buying caution in the current marketplace has nothing to do with what future demand could be.  In fact, in talking with those in a broad spectrum of professional services, ranging from law to public affairs, I am finding that this period is being leveraged as an opportunity to build platforms for the longer term.  That future probably will include doing business globally.  More of us are migrating out of a primary focus on the U.S. market to explore the emerging nations where GDP is growing at up to 8%.