7 stages of Grief of Businessmen

as interpreted in the context of the Corona crisis


- Shock : what the hell is happening

- Denial : this is temporary. all will be ok soon

- Anger : why is this not sorting out still?

- Bargaining : i am prepared for some loss if only it gets sorted out soon

- Depression : sinking feeling, hopelessness creeping in

- Testing : optimistic try for some realistic solution

- Acceptance : accepting reality and moving on


understanding the stages can help shorten the suffering and staging recovery faster and better