MAP And Your World
by Miki Saxon
The world is in a very difficult situation that is likely to get worse before it gets better. And that brings me to something I want to share with you.
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects the wind; the realist adjusts the sails” —Anonymous
I love this quote.
I’ve been telling people for years that no matter how much they want to change something and how hard they’re willing to work to do it they still need to deal with the reality of now.
That’s especially true today.
There are many things that scare me, that I disagree with or plain don’t like in the world I inhabit, but I have no magic wand to wave to change them, nor do I have the energy to fight for or against all of them.
I choose my battles and work to change what is most important to me and to my MAP. My focus shifts with what is happening in my life and in the world.
I teach myself to function within the existing reality because railing against it merely wastes my energy, while ignoring stuff with which I really do need to deal.
Right now my focus is basic and prosaic; as the economy comes back and things improve the battles will shift to those things that offend my MAP and my psyche.
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December 6th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Miki,
What a breath of fresh air–a voice of reason amidst emotional panic and chaos. Since our economy is based primarily on consumer spending, it is mainly the emotional state of consumers that determines the strength…or weakness…of our economy. There are other factors, of course, but main stream media has done their best to destroy the emotional state of consumers, thus promoting a weakening economy. That is why the rare voice of reason and common sense is so refreshing.
We lost almost 3 million jobs in the recession of 2002/3 and small businesses provided the recovery. I believe that small businesses will again bring about our recovery–if we can just stay the course of common sense and reality.
Thank you for your insight and encouragement, and please keep up the good work.
Bob Foster
December 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Hi Bob, thank you for your kind words. Each of us needs to find the right approach. It’s about knowing your own MAP and then applying that knowledge to the situation.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t sell the news. I think it was one of the founders of the Denver Post back in the 1800s who said, “The only thing guaranteed to sell in bad times are newspapers and liquor, because people want to read about their problems and then drown them.”
There are more sources for the news now and liquor has given some of its market over to drugs, but the basic thought hasn’t changed.