If your e-mail inbox is anything like mine right now it probably is and more than you know. With the talk of a recession, in most of all Western countries in the medi. Many accuse the news agencies of fear mongering. The truth is it isn’t that bad. Unemployment at 10% means there is still 90% of the population who are the had employed. I’m not sure of any western country with unemployment at 10% that wasn’t already in dire need of a solution before the "recession". It hasn’t reached 10% and the US isn’t predicted to reach 10% unemployed until August 2009 (source: http://forecasts.org/unemploy.htm)
True, that is not good news for those who wind up unemployed and maybe, many of those still in employment have to budget more closely. Finding other ways to nurture themselves than with spending excess on waste in our throw away society.
What has this got to do with my inbox?
The inordinate number of fear mongering, e-mails. They push the mindset that guarantees that those who could never win the lucky door prize fall into the 10%
who will win the unemployment ticket. Come on! 90% of the population will make it. Maybe not with spending excesses is like we’re doing now. Do you really them to pollute your mindset.
So why is suddenly important to start your own home based business because you might lose your job? With that mindset, many people would fail at the new challenge because they are working from fear not love. Thus wasting their time and money on the venture. Whatever happened to be your own boss, take control of your life and do what you enjoy doing? Why must people be coerced by fear to buy?
It’s not only those selling bow to build your own business online. Probably the worst culprits are those in the self-help industry. Selling courses and seminars based on fear. What ever happened to the positive aspect of self-help? Doesn’t the industry realise that this kind of salesmanship is keeping the same people they want to help in mediocrity at best? And don’t these industries realise that they too are falling into mediocrity when they use these tactics. They are seeding their customers with a fear mindset. Fear will make them doubt they will succeed even at the material that is supposed to help them. If you’ve been in the industry a while you know a success mindset breeds success and a fear mindset breeds fear.
I’m unsubscribing from many of my formerly favourite accounts. I don’t like being told that I have something to fear. I don’t like being knocked into fear and helplessness, trying to make choices as to which course, seminar or learn to build your own business package I need to buy. I choose to read, what empowers me and 10 to 50 e-mails a day, affirming that I’m heading toward disaster, don’t serve me.
So if you ask me why I am subscribed. Here is my answer.
The secret of success is to hold the belief that you are successful even before that success shows up. Allowing the mind to be filled with fear leaves no room for success.
© AlexK Viefhaus