Everything But The Weed

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Linda Maze, a Wedding photography Gainesville FL in Gainesville Florida

There is good reason the video below is taking the internet by storm, although it’s frustrating to watch.   The ballooning unemployment rate spreads across the nation like a plague.  And just like a plague it destroys lives and alters entire communities.

Whatever your politics are and whatever mine are don’t seem to matter much these days as our elected officials consistently ignore the will of the people and abuse their temporary elected positions for their own gain.   In the end, the country suffers for their abuse. Our current crop of “leaders” could possibly be the most corrupt and the most devious in modern if not all of our nation’s history. 

What is being implemented to spur real economic growth?  Nothing!    The truth is obstacles are being constructed at every turn.   The government appears to be intentionally destroying the greatest society ever created with layers of bureaucracy, burdensome taxes, and unfunded entitlement programs.

Such actions retard economic growth and will discourage would be entrepreneurs.  An economist is not needed to understand this. Businesses and industries that provide us with the most comfortable lifestyles on the planet, institutions that should be embraced, are vilified as if they are single entities not comprised of real American men and women.  To witness a once vibrant economy crumble in such a manner is quite stressful for many business people. 

For your part, you are to tow the line, put your nose to the grind stone, and try as you might to create a sustainable living. All you can do is continue to sell.  Sell yourself, sell you products, and sell your services as creatively and as hard as you can.  For example, with regard to our office supplies website, we’re concentrating on a niche that supports breast cancer patients. Pink office supplies are still under the larger umbrella of our core business but it allows us a new focus.  Find a similar area in your business and do the same. Pay no attention to the looming dark clouds and even if it’s just an inch at a time, continue to move forward.  Anything short of your best effort could be disastrous.

Believe in yourself for now may be the time to invest in your business or your craft.  Perhaps now the window has opened just enough to leap frog your more passive competition.  This is not an easy maneuver.   Pressing on while others peel back takes nerves of steel.   However, it is this exact contrarian posture that could be your saving grace.  To say it another way, when they zig, you must zag.  Seriously explore new market opportunities be it on the internet or value added areas. We did just this exact thing when we started selling business office supplies exclusively online as a means to protect our business form the destruction left behind when hurricane Katrina passed through our area.   The climate today is much like it was in New Orleans back in 2005 only now the devastation is nation-wide and completely economical. Find your motivation and stay positive it will sustain you.  And, have faith in America and its people.   You and the rest of your American brethren are ultimately stronger than the political goons who temporarily hold office.  

Enlarge your screen (there is no sound but the point is well made)