One of the most valuable lessons I learned from Mary Kay Ash was the importance of maintaining a positive attitude. She often said "What you think about, you bring about!" In the more than 10 years that I worked closely with her, I never once heard her mutter a negative thought. She was always about the possibilities, about seeing the glass half full, and about making lemonade when life gives you lemons. I remember in the mid-1980s, when interest rates were sky high, inflation was running rampant, savings and loans went under and our country's economy was creating challenges for us all. Mary Kay's response was "Recession? What recession? I refuse to participate in a recession!" Her laser-sharp focus on continuing to help women and their families through those trying times kept us all positive and focused, too. We made it through those times, stronger than ever. Once again, our economy presents us with challenges. And the news tells us that women are impacted...