I am a pretty pony.
I am a rainbow.
I am a simpleton of staggering proportions.
If I read one more “inspirational” blog post that reads like a poster in a guidance counselor’s office, I am going to bash my brains in with a pink hammer of positivity.
We are currently mired in perhaps the greatest financial crisis of our time. This is not merely a Real Estate woe, but an economical precipice upon which our great nation teeters. We are essentially selling our debt to pay today’s bills. To make matters worse, we are beholden to nations who would not exactly make it into our Fave Five. What is the single greatest contributing factor to our current misfortune? Delusion.
Life is a bowl of cherries!
In a world of magnets, be the iron of good fortune!
I am all for finding solutions to bleak situations. For rising above difficult circumstances to not only survive, but to thrive. To use every challenge as an opportunity for growth. However, that requires acknowledgement of the difficulties that surround us. Simply pulling our horns in and expecting to produce shiny new results through failed methods of the past because of the belief that a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed demeanor is all that is ever required of us borders on lunacy.
I am a magic carpet flying through stormy skies!
When everyone else goes for their razor, be the shaving cream!
We well get through this turmoil. We will. We will be stronger for it, and we will have a newfound respect for the volatility of the free market. For awhile. Who knows how many of us will live to see the next great meltdown, but the same faulty assumptions will eventually be made. The same hubris will prompt us to buy into the same myths. And in those dark times, there will be the same band playing the same tired tune as the Titanic sinks yet again. You’d think the quartet would stop getting on the same ill-fated boat, but they won’t. Why? Because they never acknowledge that the ship sank the first time. Just kept on playing the same damn song. Nothing to see here people, it’s all in your minds!
When all the other squirrels are hiding in their trees, you find the best nuts!
When your mutual fund gets blasted into orbit, do the moonwalk!
There is power in positivity when it is tempered with realism. You must understand the nature of your foe if you wish to defeat it. Something tells me that Sun Tzu was not too concerned with discovering “The Secret.” He was doing recon in preparation of cutting off the heads of his enemies while they were sitting around the campfire singing Kumbaya.
This market is tough. It’s downright brutal, in fact. Yet there is opportunity for those who know where to find it. You only find those opportunities by probing for weakness, rather than spooning another heaping serving of delusion into that gaping pie hole.
I'm a mythical unicorn dancing in a coconut cream sky!
Looking for the glazed-over craziness in the moo cow eyes of a true believer to help you navigate these treacherous times? I’m not your guy. You are looking for an agent who only looks through his "happy" eye. Sounds great in theory, but costs you depth perception. Why do you think your cycloptic friend keeps walking into the same wall?
Looking for someone to chum these rough seas for the biggest freaking fish in the water? Give me a call.
The market sucks. Let's make that work for you.
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