Why is it…when someone says the economy is slowing, everyone freaks out. Speculation runs rampant about just how horrible business will be, how little we will gain, and how we should all be scared. When did we start allowing our success to be defined by the state of the economy? Hog wash! This line of thinking has no legs to stand on.
Let us look at the facts. Are people spending less? Maybe. Are housing prices going down? Yes, that may be truth for a lot of folks now. Are mortgages harder to get now? Maybe. Are gas prices climbing? Yes. Those may be the current facts. But how and when did we start defining these facts as proof that we could not succeed? That we could no longer have what we want or need? Who said?
Do not let anyone tell you that a slumping economy is proof that you can not have, do or be anything you want. Do not let the economy dictate your success. Success and economy are two different animals. Define them separately and keep it that way.
Let me share another set of facts. People, businesses and folks just like you are still succeeding in “today’s economy”. In fact, some people are thriving in it. I know what you’re thinking. The only people succeeding are those oil companies or some other vulture sucking the life out of us poor retched old souls who just need to get by. Sorry, but no. The people who are succeeding are real people with real dreams who are making it, right NOW!
In my life, I have never been out of work more than three months, unless of course I chose to do so. On September 11th, 2001 we witnessed the fall of the twin towers and I witnessed my first lay off. Everyone I talked with speculated that I would be out of work for a year. You know, with the slow down in the IT industry and everything, no one was hiring…right?
Those who believed it were still out of work a year later. Me…I went back to work in just 3 short months using the principles I teach in the Recipe for Success class.
Here’s how I spent my time off of work. The first month I cried myself to sleep, felt sorry for myself and wondered why me. The second month I kicked myself in the rear, started using my own proven process, and took a real vacation. By month 3 I was working again, rested and doing something I loved. Tada!
Success in a slumping economy is not impossible. It can take some inventive thinking and innovative action, but it is not hard. You can find success, no matter what’s going on around you. I know, I have done it, over and over and over again. It was simple, easy and uncomplicated. If you want to know how, look me up or check out my class on a Recipe for Success. If nothing else, do just one thing for me…define success for yourself. And don’t let anyone get in your way.
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