As we move into 2009 and despite what others are saying, please as Albertans chant the following:

“ We have to work on the positive. The fact is that the best market remains between your own ears. We CAN be contrarian, we do NOT have to watch the ongoing barrage of bad news nor listen to people that have been wrong all year anyhow. It is a fact that stock markets historically returned within 2 years after collapses, it is a fact that your cash flow property still does - well - cash flow. Facts: That our shopping centres are full, that our unemployment rate stands at 5.4% and our huge capital investments and strong inward migration are for real. We KNOW, that we have come through some tough times before and that - in the end - it is how we feel ourselves that is the most important. Stop listening and worse, stop REPEATING the negative stuff. In 2009, when someone asks: "How are you?" Say: "Wonderful". It is the truth anyhow, we do live in paradise. When someone says how is your business, say: "Great, never better!" Get positive. You attract what you think about.