Business would be great if it wasn't for this darn ______. Last year, when the ______ started to plummet, my company immediately felt the impact. In all my years in business, I've never seen such a poor ________. This severe slump is plaguing the country.

"Well, I'm springing into action. I'm taking on the ______. People don't believe me when I say that we all can change the ________. Refuse to participate in the doom and gloom. Go out and do something positive. When enough of us do, businesses and people will thrive again."

So what have you got in the blank? Did you put the word "economy" in your blank? Mine is filled with the word, "attitude."