Pinetop White Mountain Blog

I Refuse to Participate in the Recession!

Good Morning Everyone,

Doesn't that sentiment sound great?  My husband and I attended a Luncheon yesterday with a group for Business Owners and Managers who get together once a month to Network and share information about their businesses and what is happening in the community. 

While we were waiting in line for our turn at the grub there was a Business Owner waiting behind us and she had a button on with this sentiment.  I was so impressed I asked her where she got it.  As it turned out she had a bag full of them and was more than eager to share them with anyone who wanted one.  I donned the button proudly and I intend to where it everywhere I go until things turn around.  Maybe the thought will catch on and it will speed things along a bit. 

The point is that we all have a choice.  We can get down in the dumps and let the media negativity rule us, or we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and change the way we think and do business.  Yes, there is a high rate of unemployment.  Yes, there are some real issues in the marketplace that are causing problems for us all.  But, we don't have to let that stop us from moving forward. 

We may need to restructure or rethink the way we do business but we have that choice and that right to do so.  We just have to have the courage to make the changes necessary to make things work for ourselves. 

So, I refuse to participate in the recession.  I will keep working and changing and doing what I have to do to keep my business going.  Maybe I will have to find a supplemental source of income, maybe I will have to do more open houses or just more marketing.  Whatever I have to do to keep my doors open I will do it.  You can too. 

Don't be afraid and don't listen to the media.  Just say to yourself, I can do this and I will.  With a change in attitude in this Country, we can pull ourselves us out of the morass that Wall-street, the Banks, and YES, the United States and the State Governments have made for us.  The only way it is going to happen is to let Free Enterprize work.  The Government can't and won't fix it.  They may think they are helping but in the end, we, all of us, are going to pay the price.  So think positive, think outside the box if necessary, do what it takes to succeed, and simply REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECESSION.

Have a Great Day!

SANDRA PAULOW, GRI, REALTOR®