1115 - Is Your Glass Half Empty Or Half Full?

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Hi there, this is Andrew Smith International Life Coach with a question for you: The question today is “How is the global downturn affecting your thinking and your life?”

The subject of the recession is a major topic, and usually the aim of the media seems to be to “big it up.” Engendering fear in another person is something I dislike intensely, even though I am willing to accept, it does sell newspapers!

People have enough problems to cope with each day without the media “laying it on thick” with their poetic use of the English language.

Sadness, fear and depression seem to roam the land at this point, in a way that they shouldn’t be allowed to do! The government has been accused by the media of “talking up the economy” as if that were some kind of bad thing?

I also heard recently that shares in a well known retail company, had been going up in value substantially, because their sales figures weren’t as bad as they thought they’d be. The company in question was expecting worse results! And why was that? It was, in my opinion, because the expectation within the media had been leading the directors and the analysts to expect the worst!

The worst case scenario with the downturn in economic conditions for the individual is that you could lose your livelihood, with all that that entails. I personally hope that this is not your experience, but if it is; then I can tell you that I have been unemployed myself. Looking back, with hindsight now on what happened to me, I can tell you that I didn’t return to work until I had taken a certain number of actions to secure alternative employment.

I used to think it was a matter of time before I’d get a new situation, but now I know it wasn’t to do with days and weeks, it was to do with my actions and inactions; my thoughts whether they were positive or negative. You see, when you set your heart on a particular employment opportunity, as I did when I was unemployed, and it doesn’t work out, then you get down and depressed and you give up for a little while. And then you realize that the “giving up” isn’t helping you to find work, and you start putting some effort in again, well at least that was in my experience.

So, if the worst comes to the worst, by staying positive, determined and having a “never give up” mentality, even unemployment can be a happy and expectant time in your life. Maybe you hated your job anyway or were ready for a change of situation, in which case you could say the recession has done you a great favour.

I hope your glass is always half full or full and never half empty!

I hope that I’ve given you food for thought and if you’d like to speak to me all you have to do is either email me at info@andrewsmithlifecoach.com or call me now on 0800 085 8056 that’s if you’re in the UK or Internationally on +44 114 251 4951 and we can arrange the best time and date for you to experience your own free Life Coaching session.

You’ll be interested to know that the Free Stuff page of my website www.andrewsmithlifecoach.com has this and other inspiring blogs available for you to download and don’t forget to claim the free report “The Four Keys to Your Personal Success.” It’s been great talking to you today. This is Andrew Smith signing off; I hope to be speaking to you again soon, bye for now!