First, you got to acknowledge what is going on. What you see in the news is depressing. Job loss is the worst in decades. Maybe you have debt. Maybe you lost your job. Maybe you are not getting as many customers as you used to. And, if you leave in the Northeast, yes, it is freaking cold and you have cabin fever.
It is what it is. Move on. Dwelling on it is a recipe for being depressed and getting down the road of no return!
Everyone is looking for the answer. Who has the answer? Maybe the economists have the answer? Maybe the government has the answer? Maybe Wall Street has it??? No way. Reality is NOBODY has the answer. The government poured a tone of money in the economy in the 30s and until the 40s the unemployment rate was around 20%!!! It was not until the war that all those people started getting jobs. And God knows we don’t want another war to get the economy going.
All the government dollars spent will not make a difference if nothing gets created.
So here is a quick recipe:
(1) Acknowledge but don’t dwell
(2) Stop generating negative conversations around you. Don’t engage on other people’s negative conversations either.
(3) Stop going around like someone has the answer. Decide what you stand for.
(4) Start creating. Create a goal or two around your commitments.
(5) Get in action.
(6) Get team. Play to give, not to get.
(7) Be a 10.
(8) Take an action a day.
(9) Faith. It will work out. Just keep in action.
(10) Trust yourself. You can do it. You make a difference and it starts with you.
Oh, by the way, for the winter blues: Be a 10. Just get out of the house and put a big smile on your face!
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Awesome post, Patricia! I agree whole-heartedly! For those of us in business, it is important to acknowledge and stay in action... Too many are tightening their belts or cutting back. That does not give access to prosperity. Being committed and being of service and operating in faith - that is where our own "economic upturn" will happen.
ReplyDeleteThe public conversation can easily lead to overwhelm - but you are right on about action. When I feel the overwhelm coming on, I ask myself "what's one thing I can do right now?" - no matter how small, it breaks the despondency, and gives me a feeling of taking back the power in my life. And it is amazing how once I'm in action, I'm a 10 - and more action, more power happen.
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