<div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:38eee8b0-a2b6-439d-94ee-4efd9efe5ee6" style="display:inline;float:right;width:225px;margin:0;padding:10px 5px 5px;"><div>[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IXa2pNGVj8&amp;feature=email]</div>Is this impossible? Watch the video .</div> <p>Over the last few weeks, I have been meeting with CEOs in and around Arizona.&nbsp; We talk about what we've done, what we are planning to do, opportunities we've seen, and people we've met.&nbsp; We share contacts, resources, and ideas.&nbsp; We've looked at what worked and shared lessons on what did not.</p> <p>At the same time I have watched the media focusing on everything that is NOT working.&nbsp; It makes growing businesses in this economic sound like <em>Mission Impossible</em>.</p> <p>Here is a list of some of the impossibilities we are barraged with every day:</p> <ul> <li>It's impossible to raise money in this economy.  <li>It's impossible to be a CEO and not become a scapegoat.  <li>It's impossible to find a great job, grow a great company, take back our leadership position on the world stage.  <li>It's impossible to balance a budget.  <li>Everything -&nbsp; it's just impossible.</li></ul> <p>Well entrepreneurs have a long history of making the impossible - possible.&nbsp; We raise money, take responsibility, create jobs, grow companies, and make our country the world leader that it is.&nbsp; We balance&nbsp; our budgets because we have to. (Unlike some, it's illegal for us to print money.)&nbsp; And we know better than most - nothing is impossible if you pursue it with passion, work smarter, and put all of your resources and connections to work to make things happen.</p> <p>So is the mission possible - you bet!</p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3fa16fa3-58cd-4837-a67c-3038c8b2b188" style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Joan%20Koerber-Walker" rel="tag">Joan Koerber-Walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CorePurpose" rel="tag">CorePurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mission%20Impossible" rel="tag">Mission Impossible</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/entrepreneurship" rel="tag">entrepreneurship</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/economy" rel="tag">economy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/small%20business" rel="tag">small business</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/inspiration" rel="tag">inspiration</a></div>