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Unemployment will continue to be a major obstacle facing economic recovery for years to come. The confusion and deception increases dissatisfaction for millions of American lives who fight to survive at this point. This feature is in direct conflict with what we should know about the cultural characteristics of a pure successful business. A business in today’s economy is predominantly a flat organization with quick decision making, where risk taking is encouraged and failure is merely education.
Utility Struggle
Consumers purchase new energy star appliances, new windows, new insulation, new weather stripping and sealants for their homes, yet, their utility bill skyrockets from $170 to $410. With only one power source, it’s impossible to stay ahead. The problem is power companies are still in development of their infrastructure coupled with high home and business foreclosures that power demand decreased rapidly. Unfortunately, they recoup through high rates passed to existing customers.
These power companies, with the possible exception of co-ops, have maintained a certain comfort level. They have tried to grow out to meet demand. However, since more homes are now “turned off” they have to maintain a dollar value X in order to even stay at that level and also for trading excess to other areas. At the root of every utility grid is more excess now than before, and nobody is trading at the levels they were even one year ago. It’s a shame that energy is itself a fungible commodity such as oil.
Unemployment
Congress has continually extended unemployment benefits to incredibly long, unprecedented amounts, and that creates a consequence of said action. A good percentage of the unemployed population have simply given up seeking a job now, because the job market is waterlogged. In many instances, people simply were not laid off from their jobs. Those positions no longer exist at all.
Entire sectors of skillsets are not considered necessary now by companies because they are either too expensive to keep on the payroll, or they have downsized to the point of not being able to retool back up to their prior levels of production where those skills are needed again. The people with those skillsets are now finding that they literally have no qualifications or are overqualified for part-time work and cannot find anything in their sector anymore.
As this number of unemployed (or even the “working unemployed”
increases, so too does the increased need for longer unemployment. Whether or not this is needed as a social program is not really debatable at this point; it’s here and this is the current state of things. However, here’s the catch with unemployment: you have to pay back your unemployment when you finally do get work or reach the termination time for your benefits. Which leads to a further drain on whatever meager pay these folks can get.
So, in the case of unemployment, it creates a feedback loop which will cause Congress to, undoubtedly, extend unemployment benefits to even longer lengths of time. This action will further create a short-term drain whereby other programs might need to be downsized or nixed altogether, as well as help perpetuate more in the job market to give up.
Imagistic Repetition
The US has been artificially keeping the cost of inflation down by printing more money, while the government buys down the inflation cost. Remember the 90s? Greenspan and Clinton, even though jobs were plentiful and the economy appeared healthy, were concerned if interest rates were raised, would it impact the economy.
A properly managed economy works on checks and balances, and those balances are during the good times is when you raise the cost of inflation, such as; interest rates which controls the rate of growth by slowing it down so that sound decisions can be made and eliminate taking unnecessary risks. Then, should there be a downturn in the economy, due to those risks that were not taken, is not as severe while a slight reduction in interest rates will restore confidence and the economy gets back on track.
However, the US economy is being managed today by two previous events: The Great Depression and the high interest rates brought on in the 70s. Think about all we have heard about in the past year is the Great Depression. And the 70s, 80s, and 90s were nothing but high interest rates. The Federal Reserve is playing on our fears of these two events (brainwashing), as a means to get us to go along with their agenda, which has resulted in one catastrophic event after another in regards to the financial health of the United States.
We have been programmed during the good times to spend, spend, spend, and take out more credit, when in fact, during good times, both professionally and personally, we should actually be more frugal and during the bad times increase our spending so business expansion can balance things out and minimize the impact of our economy.
It is a well known fact that all truly, successful people set goals. If hard working Americans who are struggling right now wish to be more successful than others, then all goals must be realistic, short term, measurable and obtainable within the bounds of our own God given perception.
Fishing is the oldest industry on earth. If we look back in time, we could literally see our ancestors trading their catch for goods and services. Fishermen back then probably challenged their own conventional wisdom by seeking fundamental change. A change that transformed the way we do business today.
When we glance at our current economic situation, the predetermined agenda sits inside our collective consciousness. We often feel like doing business is miserable and unfulfilled. This psychological path is why we are brainwashed into thinking our products and services will sell just by giving it a name. Names are nothing but jargon, and features are only components of the solution.
The fishermen knew of this early on. People had to eat. They expressed the benefits upfront and then ended it with proof. If businesses tell the consumer what they are getting and why it’s the right approach we wouldn’t be breaking communication rules for more sales!
We must first determine which things in life are most valuable to us. We also must determine our feelings about such things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom, excellence, ownership and tolerance.
These are values in society; the moral, ethical and fundamental judgments that we, as individuals, deem important.
Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us.
Once we have established our individual value system, we are then able to determine how we can achieve success based on our priority of values.
It’s like holding one hand up to accomplish what we desire on the other. Without a value system we can never move forward. Why? Because we may be doing business without increasing our potential for success!
All truly successful people such as Warren Buffett have a driving force within them that sets them apart from others.
A desire, an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their true potential. This force is a part of them twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. It never subsides.
Their total existence is sustained for the fulfillment of their goals. To be a success you must plan for success!
The passion within this individual to achieve has been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is driven by this force and will not let them do anything other than achieve.
Setting an outcome for your goal is the key to taking your insights, resources, and forming a plan of action to achieve what you truly want.
