Say of me what you will... I never pay any attention to the news.
While the world is busy talking of economic collapse, I remain almost oblivious to it. I learned long ago that the only time opportunities are in short supply is when the market is unchanging. As long as things are in flux, either for the better or worse, there is opportunity.
One of the biggest problems created by paying attention to the news is the tendency to believe what they are being told. What I am talking about is the power of suggestion. The number one reason companies spend so much money on TV advertisements, because they work. If you sit a group of people in front of a TV set for long enough and keep on telling them the news that "the economy is collapsing," they actually start to believe it. That belief in time will be reflected in their performance at work. If you keep on telling a person who sells widgets that people just don't have any money to spend on widgets these days, sooner or later, that salesman will start to believe it. When he does, that belief will become a self fulfilling prophecy as he begins to give in and accept what he now believes. As that salesman gets an ever decreasing paycheck, he has less money to spend with his local butcher. When the butcher asks the salesman why he is spending less money, the salesman will reply by saying, "the economy is in terrible shape." The butcher will tend to believe the salesman as he tells his story of slumping sales of his slumping sales. The butcher has good reason to because he isn't selling as much meat to the salesman. The butcher with less money in his pocket and a great story to tell will spread this to the remainder of the town.
So what is my point? There is no recession and times are great? Nope. I pay the same silly prices at the gas pump and grocery store as you. What I am telling you is that you will never win the game by rolling over and playing dead. That never fixes anything. Successful people know that the best time to make moves is when the economy is in the toilet.
There is way too much competition when the economy is good and everyone has the resources to do anything. It's when times are hard, when all of your competition has given up, that's the time to make your moves.
Back to the butcher from my above example. If the economy "goes bad" in his town and every other butcher shop gives up and closes shop, who gets all the business when the economy inevitably gets better? He does. No matter how bad things get, as soon as people start buying more meat again, they will be buying all of it from him. Sure, as the economy continues to get better, other people will open butcher shops and compete for that business, but the advantage is always to the first person with an open store and existing customers.
Watch the news if you must, but realize that not all are suffering economic hardship right now. I know many people, including myself, who are generating more money day after day as everyone else is telling us how bad things are, and I just laugh at them. We know how to ride the changes. We know that change of any kind presents opportunity. More importantly, we know that it will be us who will be in the best position to ride the next wave of change when things get better as they always do.
Rather than giving up, you need to ask yourself where you want to be when the economy changes. Then figure out how to move in that direction. The closer you can get to your goal today, the quicker you'll get there tomorrow. The most advantageous time to invest resources is when your competition won't. If you would like to learn more on how you can stack the deck in your favor right now, you can download my free eBook at the below web-link and start learning today.
Drawk Kwast is a life coach. His methods are unconventional, and he makes no apologies as he tells you how to dominate the competition at work, attract the most desirable women on the planet, and ultimately achieve a fulfilling life.
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