Is Your Focus Making You A Victim Of The Economy?

Timely, poignant and helpful Matthew. To answer your question, I am committed to focusing on what could be and should be. Where can I make a contribution or lessen the negativity around me. Being intentional about what I think, listen to and see.
Thank you and have a powerful day!
Fletch

Well said Matthew. I don’t pay attention to much news anymore. Too negative and all of it is out of my control Besides the news only gives us some sprinkles of information, much of which is not factual or misleading, but packaged in a way that gets people hooked in to watch (the ads!).

I would love to see a new type of televsion where we can each create our own show and then play that! I have some of my show in my mind, but I am not quite focused enough to play it for 30-60 minutes, in super color and fancy lighting and all – heck a feature length movie would be great! Might has well make a holodeck a la Startrek and create our entire life exactly the way we want to live it! (Could we be already doing that in the quantum field but aren’t always conscious of it?) http://www.freshroots.net

Matthew,

Thanks. You continue to remind me to focus my energy in a proactive and productive way. I know more people will understand the truth of this life view as we move forward.

Frank

This is so true. The news is nothing but negativity and ratings. After going to an elected leadership confrence as a teenager and the news media one of the few people we got to interview. The question we all asked them was why do you always report on the negative things, why not report on the positive. Their comment to us was positive doesn’t make the ratings or money.

I really enjoy this blog and this is so true! Thanks.

“Hi coach, thanks for asking me to comment on your blog. Here’s an article that I am in the process of sending out to my sphere. This is a culmination of everything that I have learned from all of you and Thach’s teachings for the last two years!! You caught me at a great time! :)” – Teddy

There is a virus that is adversely affecting the minds of the good American public these days. Would you like to know what that is? It is called the VICTIM MINDSET and the media is doing such a terrific job of fermenting, cementing, and perpetuating this type of destructive mental thought pattern, story and conversation.

Just look at todays headline: “John and Jane decided to live the American Dream instead they got the American Nightmare”. I mean what kind of a double-bind, low-ball, fault-finding statement is that?!? Listen when you finally find that person or entity to blame will it make a difference for you or your situation?!?

By looking for that person or entity to blame are you doing yourself or environment a favor by affirming to yourself how badly you were “mistreated”? It sure helps you to get that last ounce of feint certainty back in your life but at the same time all this does is make you want to stay even longer in that situation so that more people can say “oh look at you poor thing”, and it perpetuates your whole cylce of being a “victim”. Rinse and repeat – now you’re stuck and it never ends!

The reason why America loves to watch and read the news everyday is that it appeals to their ego. It gives them the ammunition to make a cop-out of not being responsible for anything that happens to their life. It is your ego that gets rewarded by all these sympathy points that you get from your family, your friends, the government and everybody else that give you those feelings of validation.

LOOK. Are there people & families that are going thru tough & unfortunate times right now? YES maybe even more that actually deserve it.

As a member of this mature civilized society do these people deserve the help of their government and their fellow men? YES but only if they help themselves as well.

Does the American tax-payer need to feel sorry for them and end up paying for their misfortune?!? I will let you be the judge of that.

WATCH. The only thing that matters at this point is what YOU are doing to move yourself and this country forward. Anything other than that means you are making matters worse and are actually an accessory to keeping everybody else stuck in this muck. Don’t be part of the problem BE THE SOLUTION!

Teddy Lim
John L Scott Real Estate
4735 NE 4th St.
Renton WA, 98059
Direct: 206.979.9889
Office: 425.227.9200
Fax: 425.227.5224
teddylim@johnlscott.com
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Hey Matthew,

I use to work for M(o)-FO a few years ago and always found you AMAZING! You, Bill, and PfUNK transformed me into who I am today. You are right, unfortunately, too many people are allowing the economy, news etc. affect their mind.

I tell people this every single day: You are in charge of creating your own reality. Stop blaming others and start taking responsibility.

I’m ready for anything..bring it on……I’m smarter….work harder….and more experienced……I will suceed in the market…..even if it disappears! This market is full of opportunities and me and my company are going to take advangage and not only suceed but do better than even in a hot market! Watch us!

We do have to keep informed about what is going on around us, if only to be knowlegable in talking with our clients and prospects. I do agree that ranting and raving and riding the emotional roller coaster will not help, but only make things worse. It steals our energy, when that energy could be used toward positive measures.

I am an optimist and look forward to improving my business every day.

I agree that the economy is in the tank, but the crisis is a figment of the media advertising machine. I was a journalism student many years ago and required text was “The News Twisters” the media’s job is to hold a television watcher’s attention until the commercials come on.

But they serve a purpose, there is always truth even in a lie, so they give us hints of what to go research. As to those who are losing a job, having a house foreclosed, this is only an opportunity to be great. When I was 12 years old, my father lost a very lucrative business due to a political act by the town council, they rezoned his block from commercial to residential and put him out of business. He had to let go his 4 employees. For our family it was not the loss of material, we had plenty of that, it was the loss of friends, the people who worked for him were extended family that I took lunch to and ate with during summer days and they remembered my birthdays, etc.

So, I do not hear this element of what occurs for people when a job is lost or a person has to move. With that said for some this is a time of what Thach referred to as an “On your knees experience.” It is an opportunity to do something differently. Dr. Maxine Mimms and I met with a man whose business is having financial problems, A good man who looked wiped out, he was not seeing the opportunity his name is a good one he has some chits out there and with a new team he will be able to rework things. He actually came up with his own solution, he just needed safe ears and a soft shoulder on which to lay his bruised head. He will figure this out and do well, I am sure of it.

I grew up in a time different than many of the young people who are part of this network. I learned a lesson about wants and needs from a wise mother. I used to not wear the same outfit to school more than once a week. I once told my mother I could not wear something because I had already worn it that week. She asked me this, “What was the girl who sits next to you in math class wearing on Monday? I told her I did not know or remember, she asked of course why then did I think she or anyone would remember what I wore. It is a lesson learned and sustained 50 years later.

This wisdom from my son: Remember you can not foreclose on the heart. Now, some among us will suffer greatly, they might have invested in stocks or property or a dream home, and that is fine, but they did not likewise invest in relationships. So they are broke and alone. Relationships of mutual regard and trust will get a person through most things.

This is a perfect time to look within find your gifts, shine them up and go use them to help others and in the act of helping others thus comes your rewards in various opportunities.
There is beyond dark the dawn, and beyond pain there is joy. For those who practice not getting stuck in the dark while the sun is shining will do this in good and not too good times.

I am off to Kenya on March 12 for a month. I will see poverty beyond the conceptual ability of most who are reading this. But likewise I will see hope in the eyes of Africa’s children and respect the careful care given to a meager meal, and understand where the gratefulness is for having had as an ancestor a slave.

That is a big thing for which to be grateful because it is the most heinous thing done in America to a people; to rip apart families for the purpose of individual and corporate greed. The economy that is collapsing is one built on the backs of poor here at home and abroad around the globe an economy built on individualism and greed. It could not stand forever. We have an opportunity right now today, to see the part we play along with a President without fear, a leader with a vision. The amount of yelling and screaming and by detractors represent those who put the administration in office that bankrupted the entire nation. The causers of the problem seldom bring about the best solutions. I like that President Obama has put the information we need right online for all to see, some will take a look and get their answers, others will just watch the media show and feel bad and be without hope or courage.

I will be gone for a month and not be online except for necessary transmissions. This is a cultural reconnection journey I take every year. A reconnection that after many centuries still presents common cultures that sustain.

Matthew, Thank your sharing this blog! I have to honestly say that for this exact reason, I do not subscribe to the daily newspaper, or regularly watch the television news. There are some who say it is ignorance, but I am a much more positive and focused person for it. My days are not consumed with dread (usually someone else’s) because of a sensationaized story I heard. So, back to being focused on my life, family, business, and who I can help in this world.

Blessings,

Denise

Hi Mathew:

I need to focus on what I can control:my attitude and the actions I take to build my business and to keep my life in balance (time for family/friends, keeping healthy, learning, and relaxing)

As a financial advisor with several licenses under the SEC and various states I, and others like me, are very regulated regarding what we can tell the public or put in our advertising about the economy and about investments. Those in the “news media” are not regulated even when they offer advice because their “advise” is considered merely entertainment by the regulators. That is a very important concept to remember. What you hear in the media is under no obligation to be balanced or accurate. It is primarily entertainment for the masses. People are entertained by a roller coaster ride because it is frightening. People are entertained by good movies because they evoke emotions, not because they are accurate or real. Remember that the next time you listen to the “News”.

We do “ponder” the news — with a twist. We look for positive signs and indications, which are often “buried” in the bowls of an article, or, we’ll take a hint from an article and search for more info on it to find positive signs.

We’ll take the positive information we find and email it to our client and business partner lists. Our objective: to help turn the mindset away from fear and loathing as is prevalent in the media.

As an example: New York Times this morning had an article on the stock market that contained the thought: “Over the six months that ended last week, the S.& P. 500 lost 43 percent of its value. There were similar declines during the Great Depression, but since then, the worst six-month performance before the current plunge was a 32 percent fall in 1974 when the world was also in recession.”

Note how the media relates to the Great Depression (and have been doing so since at least last November). This economy poses challenges, but NOTHING like the Great Depression. Also, this was the worst drop in the S&P since then but, what does that really mean? Is the next Great Depression at our doorstep? We believe it will be ONLY if one buys into the negativity and fear that this kind of statement engenders.

Our take: it might be tough in the stock market, but it could be a whole lot worse. That same article pointed out that, “. . .fourth quarter gross domestic product to show a decline at an annual rate of 6.2 percent, the worst in more than a quarter century.” Quarter of a century = 25 years; that would make this the worst since — 1984; hmmm, a couple of years into the recovery from one of the worst recessions we’ve had in a long time, but again, NOT the Great Depression by any stroke. 1984 Was actually not a bad year, economically.

Long-term thinking says, as was stated by Chris Carman of ActionCoach, “There have been several recessions [in the last 100 years]; they all had one thing in common — they all ended.”

A more succinct example: the rate of home foreclosures in Wisconsin in 2007 was 0.78%. At the end of 2008, the rate was 1.84%. That’s an increase of 1.06% – in percentage points. The media said (in essence): “Wisconsin foreclosures up 235%.” Both statements are true; which way do you want to interpret the numbers? We choose the former as being more accurate and more positive; the ratio of the two is hysterics and distorts the truth negatively. Better yet, we’d look at this as “Over 98% of home mortgages in Wisconsin are current.” One can do the same with unemployment, the stock market, etc.

One cannot “ignore” the media; it’s everywhere. What one can do is choose how we interpret and recognize the facts. The media will blow everything up to “sell,” we choose to maintain/spread hope and long-term thinking.

Regards,
Ron Klassen

Excellent point and well articulated Matthew! I wish you woud have written this a few months ago when someone very close to me had a SERIOUS BREAKDOWN, ended up in the hospital and worst bc of all the negativity about the economy in the news constantly which made her situation feel even worst. I agree, we shouldn’t ponder the news, only take what we can from it and see how we can strategically use it towards bettering ourselves and others in the process. This is what I intend to do despite the current circumstances, and that is to focus on helping as many people as I can who seem to need help or think they are a victim while continuing to focus on my dreams and vision of commiting to myself and others becoming finanically rich, free, and secure while sharing love, light and luxury to as many people as possible!!!

Thank you again Matthew for your insight and inspiration!

James Pham
http://www.MediTeaCafe.com
(soon to be EnlighTea.com)

Hi Matthew,

I read the article and I listened to the video on the same page. Both of them were great. I am sharing the article with my parent’s who love to “camp out” in the misery of the world news! I have rarely in my life watched the news or read the newspaper and I love living in what my family calls, non-reality! Since I believe that I create my reality I can always choose to make my “news” awe inspiring or miserable….it’s up to me.

Thank you for sharing the article with me.

Kathryn

Yes, Matthew–your message comes at the perfect time. I am trying to wean myself from my beloved NPR. Listening to the news makes me anxious, spin my wheels, and NOT do the simple actions that will put me on the way to my next sale.

WE have switched to Pandora in our home office, and I am listening to your CDs in my car. I work at home, and need to get out more to my clients and prospects–that’s all there is to it. I need to get out of myself–so true!

Enjoyed my coaching session with Diane Medici, and am finishing up my Letter of Prophecy.

Best to you,
Susan

I am going to focus on what I want and all the good things that already exsit in my life. I am sure by doing that and by totally accepting what is; I will receive what I want soon enough.
I grew up in Iran and when I was very young; an Islamic revolution happened which brought religion law enforcement into government. In less than a year; women were forced to cover their hair, their body and not wear make up or nail polish in public places.There were these revolutionary guards all over the city; driving around and pester women and girls about their outfit and why a few strands of their hair was showing from under their head scarf. As a teenager who wanted to look nice and stylish; this was mortifying. I would be stopped by these guards because I was wearing pink outfit instead of black, brown, gray or some other dead color that wasn’t happy. I would argue with these guards all the time and they would give me a even a harder time. On a couple of occasions, I got arressted for refusing to answer their question. They put me through hell; and I ended up apologizing to them anyways. After a while, at age of 17, I realized that things were not going to change as soon as I wanted to. I realized these guards are not going anywhere and it’s not worth my peace of mind to argue with them. So I covered up myself as I was required all the time. I didn’t wear bright nail polish to attract attention, I made sure that not a strand of my hair would show from under my head scarf and if by any chance they stopped me (and they did for riding a bike in public,etc.etc.) I would swallow my pride and simply say: ” I am sorry, it won’t happen again”. As hard as it was to do that; I constantly kept thinking about getting out of Iran. How wonderful it would be to have my life and freedom back again. I kept visualizing myself in the dorm room of the college that I wanted to attend.I used “The Secret” without knowing the secret!!! I had to stay in Iran during that period and the war for a few years, but I got a US visa during a time that US embassies would not issue a visa to any Iranian citizens, especially young ones who would most likely never leave U.S. I did go to Eastern Washington University and had my own dorm room as I had visualized it. Now I am writing a book about it. Can I apply the same rule to my real estate carreer now? Yes. Will I start today? Absolutely. Thank you Matthew for opening my eyes.

Hi Matthew,

Until the presidential campaign, my husband and I were media dropouts. We would occasionally listen to news on NPR, because the content is designed for thinking people and aren’t about ‘opinions’ and hype…just direct reporting. At that time, we only used our TV for watching videos. We had no idea what programs were on television and were amused at people who were addicted to them and thought we were ‘wierd’.

We elected to have satellite TV installed so we could watch the campaign speeches, press conferences and interviews.The only problem with that was the commercials that mostly show how addicted Americans are to being ill, overweight, having drama in their lives, and taking prescription drugs. Since we could only get CNN, that was our news source, unless CSPAN carried the speech, etc.

It became very clear that their style of reporting was not designed for critical thinkers, as most of the sound bites were pre-chewed. We mused that their ratings must be determined by how much tension and anxiety the talking heads can produce in their audience. We noticed our own frustration levels increasing at the incendiary and prejudiced reporting. Since the election we rarely watch TV, save an occasional presidential speech. With my son living with us for a couple of months, it is on sometimes for programs he enjoys.

Thanks Matthew for the timely message. I learned the GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) principle decades ago and have developed filters to keep my mind as free from media effluent as possible.

In gratitude,

Elizabeth Powers

We can either be manipulated, or make our own decisions about the world…it all depends upon us! I believe the majority of people choose the path of least resistance…unfortunately for them! Thankfully, there are people like you and other mentors who help others open up to the possibilities of life!

We disconnected our TV from cable over 5 years ago and use it only to view rented movies 2-3 times per month. What a relief! One of the things I do NOT miss the most, is the mass-media-produced “news…” Research has proven that people run a TV virtually 24/7 have a higher level of the “fight or flight” hormones released within their bodies, thereby making them unhealthy and suppressing their immune system, and making them fearful and unable to motivate themselves to be the best they can be…as we all know, this helps strengthen DRUNK MONKEYS!!

What I now do as a substitute, is listen directly to speeches and presentations online, thereby avoiding much of the editing and commercialization, while still gathering current events information. I can still listen/read to specific pundits if I so decide, but it is my choice and it is not permeating the whole household! (I think this makes a big difference!) In addition, I can access “worldwide” news sources, not just US mass-produced shows…

This world is what we make of it, purely and simply. My life has been turned upside down these past 3 months and I am so grateful! With the help of a new business opportunity and a wonderful new friend and mentor, I know that success is mine… I have been concentrating on developing my own health and well-being so I can now develop my own business — on to helping others attain optimal health and well-being and my own financial freedom! YAY!!! (Die DRUNK MONKEY, die!)

Make 2009 beautiful…for yourself and all those around you!!

You’re doing damage to your cause by failing to explain what you mean – this poorly-written article did nothing except berate people for reading the news, or for being people in the first place.

1. “All opinions are vanities and have no intrinsic value and are actually the result of ignorance.” So: every time someone has a thought or an opinion about something, it’s actually ignorance? Then this entire blog post is ignorant from the first to the last word.

2. “To spend time pondering the news and how it might possibly negatively effect you is pathetic and the mindset of the victim.” What about someone who spends time pondering the news and how it might negatively effect EVERYONE, who then writes a long, condescending blog post about how everyone should forsake it? Stick to your own side of the street.

3. Blogging has made some things worse, and other things more accessible – but a blog is just a format, not an action verb. Whether it’s a vetted journalist or a news-gathering citizen, blogs are a way to get information out, just like anything else. If people are allowing themselves to get side-tracked by the news or a blog, then they’re also being sidetracked by Facebook, Twitter, Iphones, Ipods, Myspace, Friendfeed, eating, sleeping, work, a sunny day, financial problems, acne, ANYTHING.

4. “If you are going to feel good and make the best of the current economy, then you are going to have to give up your addiction to the news and your opinion about the news.” So if I want to feel *good* and make the best of the current economy, then I’m going to have to give up what you call ‘my addiction’ to the news (twice daily)? This is such a pile of bullshit. So all of these people feel bad because of the news, and once the news is turned OFF, they’ll feel good again? I will agree, burying your head in the sand is the best way to avoid the problems our nation is facing – or even the problems you’re facing personally – but rarely are the problems gone when you resurface.

5. “To spend time espousing your opinion over tax cuts, presidential spending and banks going under after the fact is completely ridiculous and only done by people committed to being stuck and spreading the illusion that they are not in control of their life. Illusion not truth.” RUDE. Some people are affected by tax cuts, and need to figure out how to make ends meet; some people had money go under because of those banks, or lost their jobs because of ill-advised presidential spending. They don’t need to *wallow* in what happened, but facing those challenges head-on and figuring out solutions does not make those people ‘ridiculous’ or ‘committed to being stuck.’ I can’t believe how condescending this article is, and yet here you have a bunch of comments from people who obviously didn’t READ the damn thing.

I get what you were trying to say. I understand that the economy and today’s problems can be all-consuming, and it’s not healthy to focus on it. I even agree that ‘journalism’ today is skewered, at best, and that people get too caught up in things they can’t control. It happens with the news, family, work, self; there are so many things we can’t control, so why focus on them daily? I get that. But I feel like what you are thinking, writing, and preaching are three very different things. And I don’t think you’re being particularly approachable or nice about it, even though your commenters seem to enjoy jargon-heavy language that swims in a very tight circle and explains next to nothing.

And then I realized I’d written an entire essay about how much I didn’t like this, so I sort of felt bad. You’re welcome to rip me a new one on my blog – and I do enjoy some of the other articles I’ve read by you. Just so you know.

We move towards whatever we focus on! All the bad news has too many people doing all the wrong things. People are scared – some have been truly hurt by the economic downturn -and they need hope and positive action to move out of that realm. Look at the stories of the true survivors – people who have overcome incredible odds in their lives. Replay movies like Will Smith’s “Pursuit of Happyness” and hang on for the ride will end! Thanks, Matt, for all your encouraging messages!

Matthew,
I am focused on making sure that folks give our new president his due by at least respecting him enough to refer to him as President Barack Obama or President Obama.
The other thing that my focus is on is being totally grateful for my parents and I am able to help take care of them, when they may need me.
One more thing that my focus is on is creating the right environment in my thought process to take advantage of the next BIG sales opportunity I have, which will OFF THE CHARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your steadfastness and inspiration. The Drunk Monkey is never out of focus. I hope I never forget how drunk he really is!

Oops sorry I meant to say Thanks Matt and actually get your name right. Apologies.

Matthew,

Yes, of course, we make our own reality. Always have…the problem is that
some people actually believe that their reality IS REALITY.

I guess that I’m old enough to not get overwhelmed by all this “crap.” Interesting…but,
how does it really affect me?

I’m still working with clients; planning a garden; going to places…

I actually subscribe to your blog on a RSS…don’t always have time to read it…but it’s
there.

We’re off to Washington DC…my husband is giving a lecture on 3/7 on Lincoln, Slavery and the Civil War…should be interesting. I can’t wait to see the museums on the mall.

Cordially,

Eileen

Great article, Matt. I am a Real Estate Broker and I see so many people affected by the bad karma that the news journalists want to pump out for ratings. We live in the greatest Country in this world, and there are so many opportunities out there for people, if they will only open theirs eyes and be thankful for the good things that they have. It’s all in your focus. The Law of Attraction says that whatever you focus on you will get, you attract it. If you focus on the good, good will come your way.

This is why we don’t watch the news at my house.

Dear Matthew:

Unfortunately our economy is the result of a herd mentality and the majority of the herd is very ignorant of the process of group perception that led to the great depression. It was people panicking and losing faith in the system that led to the run on the banks and the populous opinion that it was all over. We are about to witness a similar response as the population of the USA realizes that the stimulus packages and bailouts are not working and everything they have worked for their entire life is disintegrating before them.

We are in for rough times because of the consequences, unintended, by well meaning politicians that were attempting to open up home ownership and the American dream for American citizens. Unfortunately, many of these citizens were not financially capable of affording the homes they were enticed to purchase. Predatory and greedy mortgage bankers taking advantage of the Government change in regulations exacerbated the process by presenting candidates for mortgages that would fall below normal lending guidelines.

I think that we are not getting it that the Economy has been severely damaged and like your body responds to mistreatment, is about to respond with negative feedback that will be setting us back for years. Our Economy is in a tailspin created by the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market and this will have ramifications that will reverberate throughout our economy that our grandchildren will be talking about decades from now.

Check out the economic factors on my web site and think about ways to protect yourself because we are at the mercy of the herd instinct and this terrible economic storm is unfortunately our reality until we turn it around. I explain it that way because we are all responsible for the economic outcome. I have faith in the American people and our system and we will turn it around by working together.

Let’s get on with it without recrimination…

Warm regards from,

Bill Hultquist
http://www.enterprisemanagementconsulting.com

Thank you for touching our lives with a message we know to be true. Collective conscienceness can make change…we must all believe in the possibilities together.
Matthew, thank you for being a beacon of light. Blessings. Deborah.

Thank you Matthew for your affirmation in your story! As a career coach and recruiter I recently landed from a coast to coast journey as the “silent observer.” In this, I was able to listen to and witness first hand how the state of the economy has effected many. Along the way, I would hear couples sharing their stories with others of what they left behind and what they were doing to recreate their lives. One of the most interesting observations I experienced in this journey, was that the more optimistic people were coupled with optimistic people…sharing and participating together in a plan with a common intention. The pessimistic people were with pessimistic people…and had no plan rather, they saw things as if the sky was falling and the world was coming to an end.

From this I recommend implementing discernment with all that you do and all that you engage with….whether its your relationships with others or the media. You are your own sanctuary…therefore make sure you honor you as such.

The are only two directions positive or negative…there is no longer a middle road. It is up to you to choose what you believe and experience.

To your spirit and success,
Stacey

I think he got close to the mark talking about news organizations being nothing more than greedy corporate machines pandering only to the sponsors with big pockets. The news is not really about the news but about how the one paying their bills feels what ought to be on television that evening and how that particular story ought to be portrayed. Time after time the so-called “competition” (other news stations) will present the same story in exactly the same fashion and in the process, use identical words even. It’s as if newies read from the same script.

While I will never espouse the idea it’s safe to place my head in the sand and ignore what’s going on, I also will agree to say I believe where we focus makes all the difference. The news is good to be aware of, but not to focus on. The questions he presented, what do I want, where do I want to go, what can I do, etc … these are the important questions. The rest tends to be distractions if we let it.

One more question…. How did they train the chimp to hold a pistol like that?

Hi, Matt!

Brooke sent me over to see what you are up to. 🙂

We are thinking the same way. I have not had TV at my house most of my life. I do read online & in publications a lot, though, because I am a very curious person about the world.

I find good news, all the time. My biz partner says I read the news with different eyes.

I have been posting some of my finds on the CNP website, to be a counter voice to what people are bombarded with daily by the media. (Doing penance from my days in TV?)

There are many amazing stories of business success, progress, breakthroughs, achievements, solutions, good partnerships, cool inventions, every single day.

One just needs eyes to see.

I agree with the many who note that headlines are written for gut wrenching impact.

That is the nature of the biz. Just know it. Don’t follow the cheesiest, most simplistic news sources, and you will do better. TV news is geared to a 4th-6th grade level. Hello!!!

It isn’t necessary to limit one’s view to one’s navel, if you know HOW to look around.

My new habit was inspired by your comments during a recent online seminar. Due to some remarks you made, when I do my daily 10/10’s, I now write:

“My life is AMAZING because…” That really gets me going!

Stronger even than “I am thankful because.” More lively and energetic!

I still write the second column, “I am attracting now..” But, want to jazz that up, too.

Suggestions, anyone??

Suzette Sommer