the surprising truth about moving others and the change agent of marketing is on the set with me. jeffrey haze let, the head of the hayes let group and speaks to and advises small business owners. great to see all of you. good to be here, j.j. jeffrey, i m going to ask you because you talk to so many small business people every day. do you feel like there is a sense of optimism that people are excited about next year or is there trepidation? i won t use the word excited but you can tell the mood started to shift which is really nice. i think people are getting over the issues happening in washington. i m sure others talk about that. they re getting into an optimistic mood. i won t say enthusiastic, but optimistic. people are tweeting me back and writing me on social media, starting to look at hiring more people and do other things. they re getting ready for the plans for 2014 and starting to implement that. john, what are you hearing? we re hearing exactly the same thing. yo