Posted by: Administrator in U.S., success, Sublaban, recession, myblog, foreclosures, Faisal, economy, Brooklyn Troy, bank failures on
Apr 16, 2009
I have been traveling a substantial amount in the past two months and with that comes lots of human interaction. Of course with all of the economic uncertainty i.e. layoffs, recession, foreclosures, bank failures etc, the common topic of discussion is the economy. And why not right? Well I agree with that to a point. I have however, been growing more and more irritated with the abuse of the economy excuse.
It seems as though most Americans have adopted this excuse and are using it to blame everything bad that is going on in their lives. The large majority of us find comfort in having an excuse to underperform especially in an economic time period where underperformance seems to be so widely accepted. A large portion of Americans are hardly as phased by a foreclosure as they were say 20 years ago, nor do they care about their role in this economic decline. Sure they may have been duped into a toxic mortgage, but they were shopping for something they couldn't afford in the first place. I understand that layoffs often times may not be warranted nor expected but use the time to jump start your brain to do something better for yourself and your career.
Human beings are extremely resilient and strive through adversity with the right mental conditioning. That conditioning starts every morning right when you get up. What are thinking about? Are you dwelling on how bad your situation is or on how you are going to make it better. Once there is a shift in your mind set all sorts of new opportunities and doors open. This is an unprecedented time period is in history for entrepreneurs. Markets, and deals are available now that have never been accessible. The key to finding success in this economic downturn is finding your zone or sweet spot and working the hell out of it. Lock in on your goal and make it come to life. Sure times could be better or easier for all of us but just remember it could always be worst and usually is for someone else. So in questionably the worst economic climate in US history where will you be left at the end of the day? Using the economy excuse while thousands of opportunities pass you by or grabbing the situation by the horns and creating your on success or dynasty? The time to start was yesterday but the good news is it is never to late to start, especially with the right mind set.
