Recession Proof Yourself - Employment is at 93%!

Well, the new un-employment figures are in- (www.bls.gov) the figure now stands at 7.2%!!! So let's focus on the BAD NEWS. That means for every 100 employable people there are roughly only 93 employed! What an outrage! 93% employment. Egad! Indeed!

This reminds me of a story I heard long ago.-
There once was an old man who sold hot dogs on a street corner. He was hard of hearing so he had no radio. He also had vision problems, so he read no newspapers. But he sold really good hot dogs.
He sold so many hot dogs that he soon had to increase his meat and bun orders. He bought a bigger grill to take care of his growing enterprise. Business was so good he needed assistance so he asked his son to come home from college to help out.
Upon arriving home from school his son became somewhat alarmed: "Dad, haven't you been listening to the radio or reading the newspaper? The economic news is terrible. People are cutting back; others are losing their jobs. This is no time to be spending money on expansion--we’re heading into a depression.”
The father thought to himself, "Well, my son's been to college. He’s much more educated than I am. He reads the newspaper and he listens to the radio. I guess he would know."
So the father cut down his meat and bun orders, took down his signs, and only ordered what he thought he absolutely needed. Because he kept running out of food, many of his customers became frustrated and stopped buying from him. As a result, his hot dog sales plummeted. Almost overnight he was struggling to stay in business.
Within a few months he had sold off his remaining equipment and one day he simply closed down his stand. Upon returning home the last day of work, the father called his son and remarked, "You were right, we are in the middle of a great depression."

So, how do you recession proof yourself?

1. Do Your Best. (I remember this from scouting). Not your second best not sort of kind of almost there. Do. Your. Best.
2. Take on more opportunity.
3. Bring fresh ideas, but remember: management may frown on ‘your way’. If nature abhors a vacuum, it has been observed that some entrenched management abhors change.
4. Continue to learn. Libraries are free.
5. Get a mentor. Don’t have one? Start exercising your opportunity to meet people through civic functions.
6. Be aggressive. Set yourself apart from your co-workers. Go above and beyond, see 1.
7. If you are somehow caught in a downward spiral. Step away from the bad news focus on what is good. And Do Your Best.

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