Victim OR Victory

Posted by: Bob Firestone under Personal Development

In case you haven’t heard the economy is in a recession. The hard part would be not hearing it. Turn on the news or pick up a newspaper or go to your favorite business website and you will find a lot of people who want to tell you how bad it is.
Let me ask you something. How does this knowledge improve your life?
True it does not pay to be completely ignorant to the world around you. But after you have heard it once how does subjecting your self to repetitive negativity help? It sure isn’t making you any more money. I seriously doubt it is making you feel happier. I hope you don’t enjoy seeing other people suffer.
From where I am standing the only thing this does is reinforce a victim cycle. It sucks that millions of people have lost their jobs in the last year and honest hard working people are being kicked out of their homes. Bad things happen to good people it is a sad fact of life.
I was asked how much my business was suffering because of the recession. The truth is just the opposite.
In good times people fear change. Change is risky and the focus is on how to protect what they already have instead of growing from good to great.

When times are tough three groups surface

Status Quo’s – These are the people who are largely unaffected in the short term and keep going on the path they were on before things went bad.
Victims see the world ending. They focus on all the negative things that have happened and could happen and do not do anything to stop it.
Victors see the opportunity for a solution and take action.

Victors : Victims = Fight : Eaten by a bear

Tough times victors respond with action. Most of the time this involves being open to solutions that would have not considered during the good times. When the victor thinks their job is in trouble they immediately start working on plan b. Victors understand that there is opportunity with in reach at all time waiting for them to take action.