Paranoia...poor choice of words.

Immelt is in INDIA and said he was PARANOID about the current World Economy... Since he graduated from Dartmouth and HARVARD... I am confused about his choice of worlds... I think the word PHORIA would be find for any rational individual to describe today's world, but Paranoid had other meanings... this is what I found on the Internet...

• Paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceived threat towards yourself. In the original Greek, παράνοια (paranoia) simply means madness (para = outside; nous = mind). Historically, this characterization was used to describe any delusional state.
  Sometimes in common usage, the term paranoia is misused to describe a phobia. For example, a person may not want to fly out of fear the plane may crash. This does not in itself indicate paranoia, but rather a phobia. The lack of blame in this case usually points to the latter. An example of paranoia, however, would be fear that the pilot is an alcoholic with no evidence to suggest such, and would crash the plane as a result of this.

Please Jeff... select the right word to describe your feelings and perceptions, since every word you say and everything you do has a major impact of ALL YOUR STAKEHOLDERS.

Bill Rothschild, author of the ONLY objective and insightful assessment of what make GE able to prosper and grow over 127 years...THE SECRET TO GE's SUCCESS and continuing assessment of the IMMELT ERA..(GE Watcher..on http://www.strategyleader.com/