Comments on: Recession Proof Thinking

By: Penny Chow

Penny Chow — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:18:54 +0000

According to Charles Dickens” These are the bestof times and these are the worst of times”

These are just the diffrerent sides of the same coin and it’s really up tous to decide which side of the coin we want to be on.
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By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:28:28 +0000

Thanks for this post. I think a recession or some other “tough time” gives us the opportunity to realize the ways we actually seek out negative ways to think. When someone complains to me about the financial crisis, one thing I usually ask them is what crisis was occupying their mind before the recession began. They can usually think of something immediately. The point is — many of us are always looking for a crisis to fret about, and there’s always something in our lives to fill that role.

By: farouk

farouk — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:15:24 +0000

quite a useful topic in such times, keep it up

By: Don Muehlbauer

Don Muehlbauer — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:20:14 +0000

I enjoy reading David’s stuff, and certainly agree with this article.

I own a tech company. Times are tough, as our customers are hurt we get hurt. But our reaction is to find new ways to grow. We are hiring new outside sales people with new business models that will let our new employees REALLY prosper when things get better. More of a long term approach, both on our part and theirs… And it’s letting us access people that would NEVER give us the time of day in a good economy. We can’t pay them anywhere near what they could make in a good economy, or were making recently. So frankly, these tough times are enabling us to grow in ways, and with people, we couldn’t touch in a great economy.

And you can’t think “out of the box” if you’re stuck in a “gloom and doom” mentality. You have to break out.

Don

By: Jeffrey @ Eating In The Now Teacher

Jeffrey @ Eating In The Now Teacher — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:12 +0000

What’s so interesting about this is that Napoleon Hill wrote Think and Grow Rich at a similar time. He was saying the same exact thing that it was much more of an opportunity rather than a hindrance. If there were ever one time that was going to help shake people up out of their comfort zone, it’s now.

I like that you touched on entitlement. It’s a touchy subject but I think it’s one that a lot of people struggle with even if they can’t put it into words.

Good thought provoking read for me. Thanks!