The What If, Up! Game: A new way to approach the economy

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There's a new game to play with your mind! Joe Vitale, of "The Secret" fame, wrote about this in his blog. (www.mrfire.com). Many of us use our imagination in a negative way. When we feel threatened, we start thinking "what if"… and then some awful fear we have. You know: What if I lose my job, what if I can't retire, etc. Or while skiing, what if I break my leg? I imagine you have your own personal nightmare you can visit if you let yourself!

Well, the what if, up! game takes a new approach. Instead of "what if, down…" you can play "What if…something wonderful occurs." So, fed up with all the negative news about "the economy", I decided to play "What if…Up!" instead.

What if the changes to our economy make me a more thoughtful purchaser of goods and services?

What if this environment makes me more innovative in my business? A better negotiator? A stronger salesperson?

What if I'm able to tap more resources of courage, resiliency and creativity than before?

What if I bring my spending in line with my most important values?

What if I now take time to enjoy the parts of life that don't cost anything?

What if this "correction" allows me to make better choices for myself?

What if these changing times bring me to a simpler existence that gives me more space and less stuff?

What if it challenges my creativity in the kitchen?

You get the idea! If it has come to you, it has come for you. (Not against you.) I can hardly wait to see what good is coming from the changes of 2009! There, I feel better already.

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Kurt Vonnegut said, "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

It's pretty clear whether we like it or not, a lot of us are on an edge we didn't ask for.

So now what do you do?

Do you shrink back in fear or do you get curious, even a little bit excited, and look over the edge into the precipice. That's what some fledgling, but insightful companies did in previous downturns -- and today they are the ones you remember, like Apple and Microsoft, both founded in the middle of an oil crisis and the terrible recession of the mid-1970s.

Similarly, this moment in time presents a vast opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business people to think different and to think big. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn't make the mistake of postponing innovation initiatives until the worst of the storm blew over, and you shouldn't either. In the current "changing of the guard", as some of the bigger dominant businesses fall away, those of us willing to innovate and produce new kinds of goods and services in new, economic ways - will have a much clearer field in which to grow.

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