Archive for September, 2008
I am tired of trying to sound smart this week.
0 Comments Published by fgermer September 30th, 2008 in Hard Won WisdomThanks for stopping by. I hope you like this and will subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have been sitting here trying to think up something that will make me look profound and smart because a) all the bloggers are trying to be profound these days and b) several meeting planners happened [...]
Stung by the economy? Here’s what to do…
0 Comments Published by fgermer September 29th, 2008 in Hard Won Wisdom, Risk, SuccessThe bailout vote blew me away today. Unbelievable. We aren’t just watching history — we’re making it. Individually, the decisions we make will affect our futures and shape the economy for others around us. I am as shocked as you are.
What should you do? Pay attention to the news. Digest it. Talk to people. Figure [...]
Persevering, minute by minute
0 Comments Published by fgermer September 26th, 2008 in Hard Won WisdomI don’t think any of us understands the concept of perseverance until we have persevered through the darkest times. I can tell you to hang in there, things will get better, but until you’ve experienced your share of crucible moments, those words will ring hollow. Your greatest learning occurs when you are persevere when every [...]
It is very easy to get swallowed up by negativity when we get a daily dose of doom and gloom on the front page, television set, radio and Internet that tells us how bad we’ve got it and how much worse it is going to get. Eeesh. If we buy into it, we might as [...]
I have heard so much talk about the book and video for The Secret, which pulls together the old concept of the “law of attraction.” I avoided The Secret
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for a very long time because I thought it was stolen right out of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich,
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The window is wide open. It's your moment.
0 Comments Published by fgermer September 20th, 2008 in Hard Won WisdomThis is a defining moment for us as a society, but it is also a defining moment for you as an individual. You can give up like everyone else, or you can see that when everybody else is giving up, there is a huge window of opportunity for those who have the courage to persevere. [...]
Seizing the moment, despite a lousy economy
1 Comment Published by fgermer September 19th, 2008 in Hard Won WisdomFannie! Freddie! AIG! Bear Stearns! Wall Street! Gas! Oil! Lord!
There’s no hiding the ugly truth about The Way Things Are these days. Things are terrible. Look at all those indicators. Inflation. Unemployment. Income…
Forgive my absolute optimism here. I know that times have never been tougher for most Americans. I get it. I got a $396 [...]
Don’t let security be your dangerous anchor
1 Comment Published by fgermer September 18th, 2008 in Change, Favorites, Hard Won Wisdom, Risk, SuccessSeveral years ago, I weighed my options. Stay in Denver at a job I hated and continue working for an absolute jerk, or move back to Florida for a better job and more money, but work as an editor for a less prestigious newspaper. I was ready to bolt, then froze.
What was I doing? I [...]
