How do you feel about the recession? The constant barrage of negative media makes it hard to be upbeat, doesn’t’ it? As I “make the rounds” every day to my favorite websites, it dominates cyberspace. Just how much money is $800 billion dollars? If you got $1 every second, in 1.6 weeks you'd have a million dollars. In 32 years, you'd have a billion dollars. In 25,600 years, you’d have $800 billion.
That’s a lot of dough.
If life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it, then how should we handle the current economic situation? There are obviously a myriad of possibilities. You can whine, complain…curl up in the corner, suck your thumb and talk about how life isn’t fair and that you don’t deserve this. However, that won’t get you very far, and it will annoy most of the people around you. I’d like to suggest a bolder approach.
We’ve been invited to a recession. I suggest that we decline the invitation. Sounds simple, right? It is. Some of this whole recession thing is in our heads. That kind of negative thinking has tangible effects. “I won’t call that prospect because they probably won’t buy anything…this recession is bad”. “I’m tired of sending out resumes…nobody’s hiring…this recession has everyone cutting back.” Don’t presume to know everything. Don’t engage in “stinkin’ thinkin’. Don’t let the noise level beat you down.
I was running on the track at the gym other day. A runner ahead of me had a great quote on the back of his t-shirt: “It’s hard to beat somebody that won’t give up.” Now that’s the way to go right into the teeth of this economy. Don’t become part of a self-fulfilling prophesy. Be the exception.
Been invited to a recession? Decline the invitation.
I love this view of it, son! Thanks for giving us a new and positive way to look at the situation. You rock.
Posted by: mom | February 10, 2009 at 09:25 AM