Frankly I think we have gone overboard with the team concept. At this point, every decision has to be run through so many people that we are barely getting anything done. For those of you who complain about the American economy, try this one on for size: the stock market was a zero gain from 2000 to 2010. That means your $1 in 2000 is still $1 in 2010. No growth. We had a lost decade. I got that information from Mad Money on CNBC.
Take a snapshot of your life. Do you depend on others for almost everything, even though you are a moderately aged, able-bodied person? I’m 34. I can do quite a bit. Yet I have virtually no one who is willing to work with me. Why? We have become so critical that we are literally wiping out opportunity by stopping the train long before it gets to the station. In other words, young adults are having trouble working, college students can no longer pay for school, and kids are getting bad experiences in the lower grades because school districts don’t have any money. We’re in a cycle of failure.
So what do we throw at the problem? A party change. Guess what? This is almost always what happens. So what makes this time scarier than the past? Bombs are getting shipped around the world, sometimes addressed to the heads of countries. What kind of situation do you think we would have if a few European leaders, not to even consider Obama, suddenly left the picture? How do you think the world would handle that kind of economic shock? Not well.
My solution? Don’t expect your country to do your job for you. Don’t expect assistance to routinely be there, even if you are very qualified to receive it. I have a friend who barely survives because her disability case has been held up in red tape. I’m about two weeks from feeling like I should send her money, even though I’M UNEMPLOYED....and have barely anything myself.
God needs to work with you in a one on one basis, and vice-versa. You need to really inspect your current faith structure. If you are finding yourself overly dependent on a church, or a minister, or some kind of group support, I ask you to really look at that relationship. In the not to distant future, the world could experience the kind of jolt that breaks up those connections. My state, California, is very close to bankrupt. That’s why I’m taking steps to extricate my connection to it, to the best of my ability. I’m setting up business relationships all over the place, KNOWING that California is about to fall off the precipice. I suggest that in your own faith world, and personal and business world, you do the same. Value the relationships that surpass money. Don’t expect ANY kind of income to be solid. As time goes on, the folks who will survive are the ones who work in independent fashion, without having to depend on nearby resources.
Why did I start this group? You need me and I need you and we need God and He needs us. The more we realize that we all have values to share, without requiring a local connection, the more we will gain spiritually and financially when the sky eventually does truly start falling.
Take a snapshot of your life. Do you depend on others for almost everything, even though you are a moderately aged, able-bodied person? I’m 34. I can do quite a bit. Yet I have virtually no one who is willing to work with me. Why? We have become so critical that we are literally wiping out opportunity by stopping the train long before it gets to the station. In other words, young adults are having trouble working, college students can no longer pay for school, and kids are getting bad experiences in the lower grades because school districts don’t have any money. We’re in a cycle of failure.
So what do we throw at the problem? A party change. Guess what? This is almost always what happens. So what makes this time scarier than the past? Bombs are getting shipped around the world, sometimes addressed to the heads of countries. What kind of situation do you think we would have if a few European leaders, not to even consider Obama, suddenly left the picture? How do you think the world would handle that kind of economic shock? Not well.
My solution? Don’t expect your country to do your job for you. Don’t expect assistance to routinely be there, even if you are very qualified to receive it. I have a friend who barely survives because her disability case has been held up in red tape. I’m about two weeks from feeling like I should send her money, even though I’M UNEMPLOYED....and have barely anything myself.
God needs to work with you in a one on one basis, and vice-versa. You need to really inspect your current faith structure. If you are finding yourself overly dependent on a church, or a minister, or some kind of group support, I ask you to really look at that relationship. In the not to distant future, the world could experience the kind of jolt that breaks up those connections. My state, California, is very close to bankrupt. That’s why I’m taking steps to extricate my connection to it, to the best of my ability. I’m setting up business relationships all over the place, KNOWING that California is about to fall off the precipice. I suggest that in your own faith world, and personal and business world, you do the same. Value the relationships that surpass money. Don’t expect ANY kind of income to be solid. As time goes on, the folks who will survive are the ones who work in independent fashion, without having to depend on nearby resources.
Why did I start this group? You need me and I need you and we need God and He needs us. The more we realize that we all have values to share, without requiring a local connection, the more we will gain spiritually and financially when the sky eventually does truly start falling.