Positive thinking, motivational speaking, goal orientation and general go-getting are finally falling out of favour it seems. And about time too. For far too long wilfully papering over the cracks with rainbow illusions has insulated us from cold reality’s stimulating bite. In the continuing fallout from the sub-prime debacle it has become clear that the world can no longer remain airborne on the back of upbeat forecasts and sound financial hunches. Nope folks, we’ve all, except the bankers that is, just bitten the pavement and come face to granite with the grim realisation that you can’t live on a diet of graphs no matter how steeply they’re rising.
It seems an appropriate moment therefore, as membership of private gyms crashes through the floor like a fatty in a portacabin, to launch my new business enterprise. Without further ado may I introduce the revolutionary 21st century concept of Lethargy Counselling*
