The economic news at the end of 2008 just seemed to go from bad to worse every day. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the marketplace and that’s naturally caused businesses, including textile service operators, to consider how they will make it through. The natural reaction in very challenging economic times is to become somewhat fearful and overly cautious. But here, one of our nation’s great presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt, had it right: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Fear can lead people and companies to make snap decisions that aren’t in their companies’ best long-term ...