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January 28, 2008

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Catherine Trestrail

Recessions and Downturns have never had anything to do with the success or income of my business.

Service Businesses cater to the Few rather than the Many. There simply isn't time to serve everyone when what you are selling is your time.

The Few will always have a way to find the money to recieve the highest quality service available. That's where one's focus needs to be.

Continual improvement that not only makes you the very best at the kind of service you provide, but so FAR superior that there is simply no comparison anywhere in your region.

Raise the bar again and again for yourself and your business, and your fears of charging too much fade away.

If you love and are simply passionate about what you do, dedication to improvment is the most natural thing in the world. It's fun, enthralling, continually creative and engaging.

Self Employment is the most enjoyable work possible if your motivation is to make a real difference in the raising the bar for your entire industry.

And so what if others then copy your best, raise their prices, compete with your ideas? You just keep raising the bar! Talk about never ending fun! This is IT!

Catherine Trestrail, ACSW, CDP
A Positive Alternative
to AA or 12-Step Based Treatment Programs

Carol L. Skolnick, Clear Life Solutions

Greg wrote:

>>What about the person who is seeing their adjustable rate mortgage adjust up by 50% a month and can't afford the new payment?

Is that just in their head? Should they enjoy that?>What about all the mortgage brokers and realtors who, in the sway of larger forces they don't understand, will lose their jobs and have to find new work?>A positive attitude and the will to make the best of situations is always the right approach. But to say that reality simply is our attitude and thoughts is a child's fantasy.<<

Reality is never our thoughts; reality is what is. How we react to it determines whether a recession is going to feel like a crisis or an opportunity. "Crisis" is a child's fantasy. A recession lasts as long as it does; my thinking about recession is what potentially can ruin my life. "There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so." —Shakespeare.

Carol L. Skolnick
Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie
http://www.clearlifesolutions.com

Greg Feirman

"Recessions are only in your head."

"Enjoy the recession!"

What about the person who is seeing their adjustable rate mortgage adjust up by 50% a month and can't afford the new payment?

Is that just in their head? Should they enjoy that?

What about all the mortgage brokers and realtors who, in the sway of larger forces they don't understand, will lose their jobs and have to find new work?

A positive attitude and the will to make the best of situations is always the right approach. But to say that reality simply is our attitude and thoughts is a child's fantasy.

Eliana Gilad - Voices of Eden

Great article. The recession in the 80s was a wonderful thing for me. It got me to break out of what was then a straight-jacket life and dare to leave everything behind. Today I am a composer of Ancient Healing and Transformational Music which helps people to relax and remain focused, even when surrounding environments are chaotic. You can hear the music at www.voicesofeden.com.


Today, I live peacefully in Nortern Israel, YES, in Northern Israel, and my finances are growing as I type.

Reading this blog is the first time that I have read that word in years. Everything is relative.

I too, am an avid user of The Work of Byron Katie and agree with Carol that it works wonders on turning your thinking around.

Carol L. Skolnick, Clear Life Solutions

Markets fluctuate; and minds fluctuate right along with them. No one can accurately predict what's going to happen in any given economy, in part because we simply don't have all the information, and in larger part because we are not in control!

One thing you can do is to question your stressful beliefs about what is happening in the economy, in your working life, and in your life in general. "Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it," says my mentor, Byron Katie.
Her self-inquiry proces, The Work, is a way to identify and question the thoughts that cause all of the suffering in the world. You can learn more about it here: http://www.clearlifesolutions.com

What is the worst that could happen if you lost everything? If you question those thoughts, you may come to see that the worst that could happen is already happening, in your mind.

What is the best that could happen if you lost everything? We've seen several examples in these very posts: you get a fresh start, a clean slate; that's exciting. (It's happened to me several times in my 50 years, and will likely happen again. Something to look forward to.) You get to bust your old paradigms and test new, more fun ones that might work better than the "tried and true" which turned out to be not so true. You get to see what you are really made of, put your creativity and smarts to the test. As you continue to inquire, your mind opens and you see that there are infinite possibilities in what I like to call "a parallel universe of peace."

Enjoy the recession! (The root word is "recess;" remember how we looooved recess at school? What would keep us from loving it now?)

Carol L. Skolnick, Clear Life Solutions
Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie
http://www.clearlifesolutions.com
Blog: http://soulsurgery.blogspot.com

Susan Fuller

All I know is that my personal finances have always improved during recessions and I've lived through as many as Lyle. Don't know if it's my contrary nature or what, but recessions work for me.

Susan Fuller
"How to Survive Your Grief"
http://www.surviveyourgrief.com

Judy Murdoch

Like Lyle, I've lived through several recessions and was laid off at least 4 times.

There are always opportunities. Always. Good things about recessions:

1. They force you to decide what you really want. The dot com bust forced me to decide not to pursue technical writing as a career and to become a guerrilla marketing consultant, where my heart was.

2. You get good or you get out. Recessions weed out businesses that don't add value to their customers and the ones who are in it for the quick buck.

3. Recessions are reminders to build reserves. To save money and build goodwill. If you have money, now is a great time to buy property.

Last point, the media thrives on fear. It always has. I can't stop 60-minutes or The Denver Post or my own little neighborhood paper. I have to let my actions speak for themselves. In the end that's what matters anyway.

Great article.

Judy Murdoch
Guerrilla Marketing Consultant
http://www.judymurdoch.com

David

Your comments are so very true. You wrote it almost word for word as I have been saying it to others. Housing and the economy have cycled up and down my entire life...regardless of which political party is in office.

Jocelyn

Great article, Robert!

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Lyle T. Lachmuth - The Unsticking Coach

The problem is that people believe the media.

And, then Recession becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I've been working for 37 years, been through 5 recessions, and several corporate down-sizing.... recessions are only in your head.

I just ignore the media. I keep plugging away on my plan.

Eventually, me and all the other people who don't believe in recessions... turn the economy around.

Lyle
The Unsticking(TM)Coach

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