Screw the Recession!
I hardly ever watch the news nowadays so I don’t really get exposed to all the crap the media is spewing, but in the last couple of weeks I’ve been out and about talking to people and listening to people talk about the so called “Recession” that’s happening right now.
What a pile of crap.
We all live in a self-created reality based on our beliefs and it is those beliefs that end up creating any symptoms of a recession we may experience in our lives. I’ve heard people, the media and even some religious leaders talking about the current recession and warning people to cut back on their spending and warning us of a big recession taking place in the marketplace.
I do not argue that there are changes happening right now in our markets and that there are people getting laid off from large corporations and from cushy jobs they’ve been used to for years. What I do argue with is how we choose to interpret those changes. When I hear that 20,000 people got laid off from an auto-manufacturer, I rejoice in the great opportunity these people now have to find their true purpose and passion in life and pursue careers they truly enjoy doing, instead of screwing in fenders at the auto-factory. What an awesome opportunity for them!
There are so many opportunities opening up right now in the marketplace but the media is so focused on interpreting everything form a negative point of view, that they don’t have any energy left to see all the positive sides to the equation staring them right in the face. Don’t fall for this crap.
The best time to seek for opportunities in an economy is when everyone else is looking the other way!
If you just lost a $5,000/month job you’ve had for 15 years, why not seek opportunities to make $10,000/month doing soemething you’re more passionate about? When everyone else is looking for ways to avoid any kinds of risk, why not use the opportunity to grow?
The people who will be hit the hardest in this economy are the ones who fail to adjust to change, the ones who retreat and try to defend what little they have, instead of leveraging the opportunities available during these times to grow!
I remember one day when I was training with my Sensei in my martial arts classes and during one training exercise, my Sensei punched me right in the teeth. This was the very first time he hit me in the face in the training I did up to that point, and it totally stunned me. I was so used to him stopping his punches just shy of making contact, but this time he made contact – not hard, but enough to stun me for a second.
In that moment, my brain wanted to stop and protest the “unprovoked” punch and play the victim. However, my training kicked in and instead of stopping to play victim, I decided instead to dodge the other first that was heading straight for my face and the several other punches that followed. By making some adjustments to my technique I was able to dodge any further punches from coming anywhere near my face. What a great lesson!
Has the so called “Recession” punched you in the teeth yet? If so, are you going to go into victim mode for the next few years and let it beat you to a pulp or are you going to take back your power to adjust and change and thrive in any economy, regardless how many other people around you are playing victim?
The biggest reason the economy is behaving the way it is, is simply because the behavior of the people that fuel that economy have changed. The media has convinced us that there is a recession and so we have gone into victim/defence mode and as we stay at home waiting for the economy to get fixed, instead of going out there and living our lives, our behavior causes the very recession we are trying to avoid!
I don’t know about you guys, but I say Screw the Recession!
If you feel the same way, join the movement and help the economy thrive! Here’s what you can do:
- Refuse to play victim. Don’t wait for politicians, governments, banks or anyone else to fix this so called “Recession”. Instead, decide to use this unique time in your life to seize the opportunities available to you. Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Refuse to believe and especially to talk about any negativity you hear on the news. Instead, spread stories of examples of people who are thriving in the world today. Better yet, be an example yourself!
- Adjust and become a leader, not a victim. For example, if your boss gives you a 20% pay cut using the recession as an excuse, find a way to earn 40% more money in the marketplace from another source.
- Spread the word. Put the banner above on your site or Blog, and link to this post and any others on the topic, to let others know what it means.
- Write an article talking about this topic and encourage people to use this time to grow and expand, instead of succumbing to the victim mentality of believing there is a big bad recession going on.
- Stumble, Digg or Email your friends this or any other articles you find that spread a positive message about our thriving global economy!
- Leave a comment letting us know you’re not going to play victim!
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I decided to do something about my money situation over six months ago when I launched my very own blog. I made about $30 for the month of November, which may not be a lot, but it shows that there is potential even for small blogs like mine to make at least some scratch on the side.
Blogging is by no means a quick and easy way to make money, but if you put in the time and effort, I believe it can definitely support even a whole family by itself.
@TheAndySan: Absolutely. It all just depends on your intentions. Tyler Cruz just made over $5k from his Blog last month, John Chow makes over $30k/month from his blog and there is absolutely nothing special about either of them that you or I can’t do ourselves.
Wow, $5000 a month? Seriously? People who make that much are a very slim minority–for a household, this is even more true for individuals. Words are nice but you might give a specific example for someone living paycheck to paycheck to feed kids. Your attitude can go a loooong way, no doubt; one can be extremely happy living like that. But what to do if you were living that way during the boom and are now getting laid off? Or your tips are down? I also know many undocumented immigrants–there are tons of them in this country–what might I say to them? They had to be pretty creative and strong-minded just to make it here, and have family at home depending on them. When the economy was strong they had to be creative to make ends meet, now it’s much worse. They don’t play victim, but things are affecting them–specific advice would be nice.
@Barb: Hi Barb, I know all about the hard path new immigrants take to make it to this country. My parents left everything behind and came to Canada back in 1986 and had to start from zero. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and in 1986 I didn’t even speak a word of English. However, being an immigrant doesn’t have to be a disadvantage if you choose not to play victim.
As far as specific examples, I would follow this path:
(a) Find your true purpose and passion in life.
(b) Find a way to begin to pursue it, even if only part time for now.
(c) Find a way to bring usable value to others with your passion.
(d) Charge people money for the value you provide them.
(e) Transition to your true path full time.
(f) Don’t forget to use Goal Setting, Affirmations and Law of Attraction to make it possible.
Examples of all of the above topics can be found in the 200 or so free articles you will find in my archive. If you have a specific question, let me know and I can help.
There are millions of examples of people thriving and making more and more money in today’s economy. You just have to open your eyes to it and the examples show up. If you believe there is a huge recession, you will see examples of it. We see what we want to see.
Here’s just one example of someone who was making about $1,000/month in January of this year when the so called “Recession” was just beginning and is now making over $6,600/month as of Novemebr 2008.
http://www.tylercruz.com/blog-earnings-november-2008/
There are countless other examples if you just look for them.
Totally 110% agree with you paul!
My friends and family often talk about this so called “recession” and are going into panic mode but in november I made the most money I’ve ever made in a month in my life!
A Recession only happens to those who believe a recession is happening, it’s a self created prophecy.
Paul, I agree with you.
Now, I come from Europe, and it’s hitting us hard here according to media. But I can tell you one thing – my income hasn’t been decreasing, in fact, it’s increasing, and I sure do love it.
I think why people are getting in panic hearing “recession” it’s because of the media, that’s what I think at least. I mean, here in Europe media is reminding us every day how many companies are near bankruptcy, how many countries are near bankruptcy, it’s like propaganda. And after a time people are affected by this, at least the majority of the people that listens to every word what BBC or FOX news are telling us.
I forgot who said it, but there is a man who said “Not the strongest ones will survive, but those who can change together with the changes”. You just have to spot these opportunities, if ya don’t, sure you will fail, but those are willing to change and will change – those will get richer and richer, no matter what.
Best regards,
The Moneyac
Paul,
As soon as I read this post, I posted it as a bulletin on MySpace – where my “friends in fear” may get a taste of it! This is right on the mark, what I’ve been spreading to everyone. As a matter of fact, my income and contact with new clients has INCREASED and I know this is a direct result of not accepting what the media has to say is true. I noticed above one of the commenters said the following:
“Your attitude can go a loooong way, no doubt; one can be extremely happy living like that. But what to do if you were living that way during the boom and are now getting laid off? Or your tips are down? I also know many undocumented immigrants–there are tons of them in this country–what might I say to them? They had to be pretty creative and strong-minded just to make it here, and have family at home depending on them. When the economy was strong they had to be creative to make ends meet, now it’s much worse. They don’t play victim, but things are affecting them–specific advice would be nice.”
I must say, there are many levels to answering this question. First of all, Paul mentions in this post that those people are being laid off and now they have a huge opportunity to pursue their dreams – but there is so much fear that people aren’t understanding the fundamentals of the Laws of Attraction, etc. It (sometimes) takes a huge amount of work in one’s own personal growth in order to begin to let go of those fears and allow the flow of abundance to reach their lives. It sometimes requires so much faith and work that people give up, and don’t realize that working for $10 an hour is actually the hard way out.
I have experienced these changes and it has been a challenge and downright uncomfortable at times! However now that I am seeing the rewards and I have healed those deep seeded fears, I see that it is all worth it!
I have done things that other “normal” people may say are crazy, like passing up a job that paid 2.5 times what I make now, and giving away my services for free. It’s all part of breaking out of the comfort zones and in doing so, demonstrates faith and opens new doorways.
In Barb’s comment, I noticed initially the disbelief and fear that came with her comment:
“Wow, $5000 a month? Seriously? People who make that much are a very slim minority–for a household, this is even more true for individuals. Words are nice…”
This is how many people process new information, this is how we are conditioned to think. We can change this, but it doesn’t happen overnight. Words and thoughts CAN change your reality! You have to first let go of disbelief and fear.
Ok, I think I’ve been repetitive but another thing I learned too is that our brains are like computers, sometimes the information we receive gets stored on a memory drive and when we pull it out, we lose it. We have to keep retraining our brains to the truth – that we can all be Inspired Money Makers and that anything is possible!!!
Thank you Paul for yet another insightful post that I hope will shake others out of their comfort zones.
Paul –
I didn’t even know there was a recession…… I’m earning twice the money than I did last month and I work half the hours. And to top that a few drips of cash have started coming out of my blog this past month. And there is a recession???
It’s just like you said Paul, you create your own economy and so do I.
to true prosperity,
The thing is, I’m doing great myself (not $5000 a month great, but I have a very low cost of living), but I feel for others. For me to tell people less fortunate than me that their attitude is wrong seems ridiculous–like I’m coming from such a place of privilege I can’t even see what others face. I’m white and was born into a family that made sure I got a good education and didn’t just follow what everyone else does. I don’t have children.
I don’t feel guilty, at all. I also am aware that it’s easy for me to say there’s no recession; quite frankly, I think I’d sound like a jerk saying that to many people I know. I still don’t see anything concrete for them. I guess I was thinking the same about this situation before the recession. It’s business as usual for many people–you manage to get by with a lot of support, but you never see anyone get ahead (obviously I’m not talking about middle-class people).
Umm… also it’s not fear-based to say most people don’t make $5000. It’s hard data. But I’m glad many people here are doing well and want to inspire others. That’s really great.
“For me to tell people less fortunate than me that their attitude is wrong seems ridiculous” ~ Barb
I personally don’t think that’s your job. Many people get stuck in advising others when their real job is to focus and pay attention to themselves.
Your job is to be the example and start earning $5,000 per month (if that’s what you want). And once you’re being, doing and having everything you want, that might just be the spark that inspires others to “wake up” and do the same.
True, my job isn’t to tell other people what to do, I love that idea of “showing by doing”. I was thinking about it in terms of advice because my job (until very recently) used to involve advising people. It would often get stuck at this question of money because people’s basic needs weren’t getting met–mom and dad were going hungry so the kids could eat, so the conversation would get stuck there. They couldn’t learn from my path since I was born in the US and learned to read as a little kids, these were adults without the legal right to be in the US with less reading skills than I had as a child (yet very intelligent, resourceful). Very different scenarios.
Hmmm, maybe this website is just more geared for middle/upper class? Nationality is big as well. It’s just a different game. I wish I could think of how to apply it in different circumstances, though.
Great post, Paul.
I have read for several people who have been made redundant/otherwise lost their job and the message for all of them was that it was an incredible opportunity to align with their purpose more fully. Yes, that can be scary and challenging, especially seeing as monetary considerations are at the forefront of their mind. But an amazing opportunity to grow, as you have put it so well here.
I facepalmed at this:
“… some religious leaders talking about the current recession and warning people to cut back on their spending and warning us of a big recession taking place in the marketplace.”
I’m not an economics expert. In fact, I barely know about economics.
But come on – spending LESS money is going to cause MORE recession. That’s less money going to employers, which means more jobs cut, and ARGH.
I’ve been trying to avoid news sources, but it seems everywhere I go I see information on the recession. The hype is making it worse.
I don’t know how I plan to earn money – I still live with my parents and am unemployed – beyond what I’ve thought of now, but what I do know about my plans is that I’m going to ignore as much hype as I can.
Paul,
Thank you for speaking out on the importance of keeping our heads while so many around us are falling victim to all the doom-and-gloom news.
I contributed to getting this message out by writing an article on my blog, Don’t Let the Economic Blues Stunt Your Growth
Hi, I know I’m kinda late to the party, but let me say — I’m an immigrant myself (documented, thank you), and I think immigrants may have even more opportunities because we are conscious of the opportunities. We don’t have the entitlement mentality.
Stop using the poor immigrants, I’m so much better off as American excuse. Please.
Further, I have been let go twice before in the US and know many other people who have been in the same situation. Sooner or later, we found BETTER paths than before, like Anna says.
No offense, but I was a bit turned off by this post. You really shouldn’t be telling people that have lost their jobs that this is simply a blessing in disguise. For some, sure it might be. But for the majority, it’s a very bad thing that can absolutely destroy your life if you are already in debt.
Recessions aren’t the “bad dreams” that you would suggest they are, they are very real and effect a lot of people. It’s a creative post, but I’d just like to give my two cents in suggesting that maybe you aren’t exactly objective in your thinking here.
@The Net Fool: “But for the majority, it’s a very bad thing that can absolutely destroy your life if you are already in debt.”
Really? You really believe that? You think people are so weak that if they lose the job they probably despised for the last 5 years their life is going to be totally destroyed and they will never recover? Statistically speaking, people will go through more than 7 complete CAREER changes in their lifetimes…that’s not 7 jobs, but rather 7 totally different CAREERS. I really don’t think losing ONE job at some point in someones life is going to completely devastate them forever. Unless of course they choose to play into a victim mindset and allow it to devastate them.
I have a lot more faith in people and their ability to not only adapt and survive, but also to thrive in times of change if they adapt a positive attitude and keep moving forward.
This Blog is all about helping people to Make Money Doing What They Love and so when I see people losing jobs they hate, I WILL rejoice because it just helps them get their asses in gear to push even harder to find their TRUE purpose in life and Make Money Doing What They Love.
10 years ago *I* was in debt and broke without a job and on the verge of bankruptcy. Luckily I got into some personal development programs and books that taught me NOT to pretend I’m a victim and to get my life back together. It wasn’t easy, but it was one of the best lessons I’ve learned in my life and going through that process has made me a much stronger person today.
“…maybe you aren’t exactly objective in your thinking here.”
Oh absolutely! I didn’t create this Blog to try to write some form of objective truth that everyone will agree with. I created this blog to state my subjective opinion on certain topics. Most of the stuff I’ll write about people might not agree with, some will learn from, and some will get pissed off about, but that’s not going to stop me from sharing my opinion.
If you want an “objective” point of view of the world, go turn on the news… they only report the truth.
Thanks for the 2 cents, BTW. Always appreciated.
This is a great post. I found it after reading about Paul in Joe Vitale’s Expect Miracles book. I consider myself a person that actively practices the Law of Attraction, and have for many years, even before the movie the Secret let others in on this. We are in a great time for people to learn about these laws and about taking personal responsiblilty for their lives.
I believe that a new rebirth of the American Entrepreneurial Spirit is blossoming. People who choose to remain victims and blame everything out side of themselves will unfortunately not do very well. Those that take control of their lives and learn new skills and learn to depend on themselves and their community will thrive.
I know people that are making millions on the Internet as well. Many of those people were struggling until they had some life changing experience. Many of them lost their jobs as a matter of fact and that propelled them to consider new ways to make money. Those that took responsibility for their situations have thrived, those that blame external circumstances don’t do well.
If you have seen the movie the Secret, you will see Joe Vitale make a stunning statement. ” You are 100% responsible for EVERYTHING that enters your experience.” It may be harsh words but they are a Universal Law like gravity is.
The sooner people stop listening to the brainwashing media that is making people wage dependent slaves, the better off we will all be. If you don’t believe these things that is fine. It does not make them untrue. Again it is a universal law, you can choose to not believe in gravity or you can believe the earth is flat, but that does not change the reality of the truth of the situation or change the Laws that the universe works by.
So that being the case, maybe now is a good time to do some research to see if these laws can work for you. Read a book about deliberate creation and intentions and try it for your self. You may be pleasantly surprised. Then teach it to a child so that they can grow up to their fullest potential and not in fear as we were raised.
EPIC. Post. Paul.
Well done.
@The Net Fool
With all due respect. You sir, serve the all-mighty dollar [and so do the people that are panicking]. Your education is in Finance and your focus is on stocks. Money is your god and your god has FAILED. Stop being a negative Nancy. It may not be a “bad dream”, but it certainly isn’t the end of the world. Those people that have lost their jobs w/ current debt, tough, they managed their money poorly and relied to much on their employer(s) and the system. The made their bed…
Now is the time for people to ask themselves; Am I a sheep or am I a wolf? Stop crying. Stop being a victim. Get out there and build your reality.
I can see there’s 2 different mindsets in action here, the positive foward thinking one, and the negative fear based one (justifying themselves as being *realistic*).
Guess what? Loosing your job isn’t the end of the world. In fact, it could be the best thing that ever happened to you.
I made more money in november than ever before in my life. Did I earn this from sitting in a nice cushy job inside my comfort zone? nope.
I’m currently on my 10th job, and I’ve been in 6 different career lines.
I’m leaving this job in jan to run my business full time, because that’s making me a lot more money than my job.
Did I hit it big by luck with this business? Nope, this is my 7th Business I’ve started.
When you lose your job you can have 2 different mindsets:
1. OMG OMG OMG I’m Going to be broke! Quick Quick find another cushy job so I can keep looking just fabulous to all my friends.
2. Cool now I get the chance to learn, to grow and to be better than ever before.
Nearly every rich person I know has been broke/bankrupt/living in poverty before. Just off the top of my head I can name: John Reese, Eben Pagan, Steve Pavlina, Bill Bartman, I’m sure if you do a little research you’ll find just about every single rich person has been broke or down in the dumps at some point in their life.
The reason they got rich is because they subscribe to the “look to the future in a positive light” mentality, not fear.
Very good blog. I have a private blog for my employment group. But I would love to have a blog with a variety of topics and earn while I write. That would be really nice.
p.s. I will let my group know about your blog.
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