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OGDEN -- Changes are on the horizon for the Ogden City administrative staff.

BRIGHAM CITY -- Mitch Zundel hates to see empty buildings.

Like Tremonton's former La-Z-Boy plant, which in 2005 shifted its manufacturing operations to Mexico, leaving 630 residents of northern Utah out of a job.

Or the last few years' layoffs at Corinne's ATK. "ATK has some empty buildings," he says.

As Box Elder County's new director of economic development, that's his main responsibility: filling buildings. And jobs.

OGDEN -- The city is teaming up with Weber State University to bring one of the world's fastest growing industries to Ogden.

Ogden's Community and Economic Development staff has been working with representatives from the WSU Research Foundation to create a program that will develop mobile application software for electronic devices like tablets, iPads, iPhones, and other smartphones.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's unemployment rate has ticked up to 5.8 percent in March, a slight increase from February's 5.7 percent jobless rate.

When is a combat medic no longer a skilled medical professional? When is a tank driver no longer qualified to operate heavy equipment? When is a troop division commander too inexperienced to be a security guard at a bank?

When they're newly minted veterans.

To be successful in whatever field you are in, it is necessary to develop and keep a positive mindset. People want to deal with others who are positive, motivating, inspiring and enjoyable to be around. Optimism attracts success.

Companies hire and promote employees who see opportunities in difficult situations. Positive people radiate an energy that makes others see them as more competent, creative, resilient and better performers.

Being positive is not always easy because there are so many negatives around us today. You may need to learn and practice strategies that will keep you positive and focused on your goals and aspirations.

It is the stories we tell ourselves that create the emotional foundation that ultimately makes up our lives, our successes and our failures. Storytelling, to ourselves and to others, is something we all do and humans have done for thousands of years.