Recession Despair

Recession

OMG! Did you hear about the couple in California facing complete despair? In 2009,  both got let go from their jobs and lost their house.  Their anguish was so high they took their children’s lives and then killed themselves. No matter how bad things might appear today, there is always tomorrow. Then the day after that. As long as you breath, there is the prospect for recovery.

Yes things can be bleak. Let me be the lone still voice that encourages you. I have been there. What I learned is you are not your job or your possessions. You are that being that lives inside your body. That being is still there when your job is gone, or even tragically when your body stops functioning.

This month I taught a 5 year old girl to ski for the first time. She was laughing, falling, picking herself back up and trying again. I teach lots of people but she was by far the happiest kid I have ever seen. Whenever I think about her, I hear that laugh and begin to smile myself.

If you lose your job, your inner being is screaming for you to remember that happy 5 year old inside of you. OK, so maybe for you 5 was not a happy time, try to find a moment in your life where you were completely happy. In your bliss. Choose to celebrate the person you were then.

We are in a recession and the question on everyone’s mind how long will it take to get out of it? Well, we have been in one for the last 8 years, at least in one mentally. We have been pursuing a lack mindset now since 9/11. We saw the price of oil skyrocket so high, so many people are loosing their homes, and we are facing a terrible credit crisis. Despair, Despair, Despair everywhere.

In times like these we must find solutions rather than point the finger and blame. Experiment with ways to increase gas mileage. Let’s play around and find a better method to transport ourselves. Let’s uncover new ways to tap electricity.

Only a few years ago it cost 89 cents per gallon for gasoline at a total cost to fill up the tank of $14 to go 400 miles. Let’s put on our thinking caps and focus on a method that allows us to go 800 miles for $14.

Let’s do without oil. Here is a company who is quickly on its way toward that goal.
You can find out more about it at http://betterplace.com Or, there is an initiative that has been spending the last 5 years working towards gasoline technology that gets 100 miles per gallon. You can find out more at http://autoxprize.com

What always powers an economy out of downturns is innovation. It is time we redevelop and rethink how we move ourselves around. Take charge. Find ways to bring concepts that either the X-prize or Better Planet’s electric ideas to market viability this year.

That not only will make any 5-year-old laugh or 65-year-old. I for one would love it if by the time a 5-year-old turns 65 that we finally have vehicles that float in the air rather than use roads that deforest the planet. But, that’s another article all together.

Blog Action Day: Climate Change Multi-Dimensionally

Blog Action Day: Climate Change Multi-Dimensionally

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“There is nothing more powerful than an Idea whose time has come”

When oil hits the scarcity point; i.e. $150 per barrel, according to Paul Zane Pilzer technology [Unlimited Paul Zane Pilzer] will kick in to either make it more abundant or replace it completely. So what does this have to do with climate change?

I look at the word “Climate” as multi-dimensional. First, the word is commonly seen as the weather. It is also the values of a marketplace. Either way, it is the environment in which people live.

Yes, the world weather climate affects everyone. So do the markets in which goods and services are exchanged. Before the collapse of the global economy last year, oil prices crept upwards, altering consumption trends.

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Will You Lose Your Job?

He felt naked in his parka, hat and scarf. The bitter winter winds pierced his clothing tearing his flesh to the bone. Shivering in the near zero cold, waiting for the bus to arrive, battered by a wicked lake effect snow storm.

The swirling blizzard snow, reduced visibility to a few feet. Piled high mounds of snow buried the curb making it difficult to stand. The storm harsher than usual, businesses closing early. He was isolated, cold and alone.

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Free Search In The Business World To Home In On Jobs?

She lost her job. He lost his. I too have lost jobs in the past due to economic downturns. How about you? It’s a sinking feeling. When you first get home, it’s far from business as usual. Then, you search and search online day after day on all the sites posting jobs around the world. Each day rips at your soul.

You plan success, but you reach dead-ends. The wrong job haystack keeps growing, yet no needle. All that searching is anything but free. [Read more →]

What Is Poverty? (Blog Action Day Post)

What is poverty? Is it a financial situation? Is it a moral challenge? What about an intellectual one? Maybe it is most and foremost a mindset and esteem issue.
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Training Challenged?

Why do some people instantly seem to master things while others take forever?

For example, Olympic 25-year-old Silver Medal pole-vaulter Jenn Stuczynski made it to world class status in less than 4 years. While the Gold medalist 26-year-old Russian Yelena Isinbayeva spent over 10. What was different about their training? [Read more →]

Has Your Esteem Been Abused?

His name is Bill Bartmann and he was presenting at a major seminar on “the millionaire mindset”. Mr. Bartmann is a billionaire with amazing credentials. He was talking on one of the most important characteristic of the wealthy, without this one characteristic they would never reach their lofty goals. What is this one attribute? What is this one trait?

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Have You Heard About That Shift Happens?

Has Your Shift Occurred, Yet?

You might be afraid or you can be challenged.
It’s your choice.

You Can Become Authentic.
You Can Be Brilliant!

Watch this video from
Karl Fisch – “Shift Happens”

a high school administrator at
Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado
 

 

 
(Duration 6 minutes)
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Learn How To Become
Authentically Brilliant At-Will?
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Why Do You Live Your Passion?

Life has been pretty good to me. I am healthy, have a loving wife and amazing kids. Plus I get to do the one thing I really enjoy. Yet each year, the last day of the season is always the saddest letdown for me. What is the ONE THING?

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Where The Heck Have You Been?

I apologize for not posting in a while.

As you have read in earlier posts, in the winter months I am heavy into skiing. I am a professional ski instructor, introducing people from ages 4 to 72 learn this fun and exciting winter activity. This winter, I have been even busier because a local ski shop asked if I could fill in some hours. The next post I make will be about the last few days of skiing.

Now that ski season is over I’m back to blogging, building my business, and coaching people to get more from life, their careers, and from their businesses. Likewise, I am walking my own talk. You will be seeing more posts and I am part of an on-line challenge to increase my business. More about that later.

I hope everyone is enjoying life to the fullest. Feel free to let your friends, family, enemies, or loved ones know about this blog. I encourage your paticipation and would love to read your comments.

Regards,

Michael Spindelman