by Robert Scoble, Web Feb 11, 2009 published on FastCompany.com

If you’re like my friends and family you probably fit into two buckets: Those who’ve been laid off and those who haven’t but survived a round or two.

If you’re one of those who’ve survived a round or two you probably flinch a bit when the boss calls you into her office. Wonder: “is it my turn?”

That’s a tough way to live and it saps you of the optimism necessary to come up with creative ideas to help keep the business afloat. The worst thing you can do for your career is worry about getting laid off or, in you’re an entrepreneur, just wonder when the other shoe will drop on your business.

We all fall into the depression trap. When I came back from the World Economic Forum I was in a funk. The world leaders and economists freaked me out. Why? Because they were almost always doom and gloom and didn’t have any creative ideas to how we’d dig out of this hole. So, maybe this post is a bit for them. (more…)