NAILBA Perspectives 2021 Q1 | Page 20

BUSINESS STRATEGIES

Making plans for 2021 : Strategic plannıng

for a hazy business future

There ’ s a classic Mattel toy that I still remember playing with as a kid growing up in the 1960s . The Magic 8-Ball was a plastic sphere that looked exactly like the 8 ball in a pool game . You would ask the 8 ball a question , shake it up , and then look at a little window on the bottom of the ball . In that little window , the answer to your question would appear . One of the limited number of answers that would appear was the uncertain “ Reply hazy , try again .” That pretty much sums up how many of us are feeling about our 2021 business plans .
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