Everyone's nervous these days and with good reason. Big businesses are closing daily, the real estate market is in the toilet, stock values are plummeting and we are now facing the highest nationwide unemployment rate in years. Couple that with a "difficult" mortgage market, a historic election year and the soaring cost of living and it becomes painfully clear. This is not a prosperous time in America, it's a flat out scary time in America.  

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Now more than ever, we all need to evaluate our team participation. The team I'm referring to might be you and your in-office partner or the team might be your entire office. On a larger scale, the "team" is your community, your city, your state and yes....thinking of the big political picture, your country. The point is, that consumers have more choices than ever. While we are all distracted by the current market conditions, we still need to be team players, giving the best to those dependent on our services, including each other.  

SMALL actions, BIG difference. Poor financial conditions often predicate the ME syndrome  and keep people from being TEAM players (It's all about me, I need to get more for ME, I'm in it for ME, What's in it for ME?). However, there is no I in TEAM. Embrace the team attitude and work together. Network, in your office, in your city, here in the Rain. Come together to support your communities, the struggling businesses in your area, the builders, bankers, the buyers and sellers. WORK to bring people together for the good of the masses, rather than to benefit yourself.

You'd be amazed at what a little TEAMWORK can do. Buy LOCALLY whenever you can, and if not locally.... definitely from this COUNTRY. Remember that we enjoy freedoms here that few other countries have. It's important that we stand behind each other now, through the difficult times we are ALL having. It's not about you or me or anyone else. It's about us coming together and working together to overcome the obstacles ahead. Small steps together will take us out of this recession much more quickly than anything else we can do.

I'm on TEAM USA. Who's team are you on?