This recession has gone on long enough. Jobs are still scarce. Layoffs are still happening. While the end looks in sight one day, the next day it seems to disappear.
Last fall, when the bottom fell out of our economy, anyone who still had a job was willing to do the work of three people. That person understood that their supervisor's bad mood was caused by stress.
O.K., that was over a year ago and many people are still dealing with stressed out bosses and doing the work of three people. Others struggle with fear and anxiety over their job search process.
Emotions are high: fear, panic and stress are in the air like the H1V1 flu.
Let's consider using other attitudes to get us all through this time:
1 - Try Giving rather than getting - We may not be getting those big bonuses, big mortgages, and big promotions. Try giving back to those who are less fortunate and see how good you have it.
2 - Replace fear with Trust - trust that you will figure it out. What goes up must come down and vice a versa. It's only a matter of time.
3 - Appreciate what you have rather than what you don't. In this disposable society we are too quite to replace people and possessions.
4 - Believe in our society and its ability to re-invent its self. We have entrepreneurs and thought leaders who are unstoppable when it comes to generating new ideas.
5 - Forgive those whose selfish behaviors got us here.
