Strategies To Defend Yourself Against Recession

The trouble trend forecaster Gerald Celente' has noticed is the fall of self-reliance in the general public. Although Americans are experiencing high unemployment, a great number of these people feel like a victim of the system, and that the system "owes" them something. This philosophy runs counter to what founded our country.

Let's think back to what it was like in the early days of the settlers. What do you think the unemployment rate was back then? The answer is the word unemployment was not even in their vocabulary. It was a situation of survival. People did whatever they needed to do in order to provide food, shelter and clothing. The basic needs.

The attitude nowdays seems to favor the opposite. That is, an attitude of waiting for something to happen, rather than using the creative power of the self-reliant mind to generate opportunities.

Becoming self-reliant is really, the most basic, easy step to help you navigate a recession economy or any economy, good or bad. You cannot teach someone to be self-reliant, it is an attitude toward life. Some people will be able to realize they need to change their attitude, while some will continue to think someone or something else will fall in their lap and things will change.

Here are some actions you can take if you want to develop a self-reliant attitude:

1. Take full responsibility of your situation. This may be difficult for some people to swallow. But in order for you to be able to change circumstances you must be able to realize your life is in your control, and that the government or some company is not going to be looking out for your best interests. The only person that is going to look out for your best interests is YOU. End of story.

2. Make a personal inventory of your skills and abilities. Building confidence is the best way for you to start becoming more self-reliant. Take pride in what you can do. Realize that YOU have the power, not the government, and not another company or person, to change your circumstances. If you feel you are weak in a particular area, there is a wealth of knowledge in just about every subject at the library or the internet.

3. Take charge and take action. If you follow the strategies we outline, taking action will further fuel your confidence level and make you more and more self-reliant. Not everything you do is going to be the right choice, but action in the right direction can lead you to a more positive position, with the ability to adapt to any circumstance.

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Have you ever heard the term brain fog? Do you ever feel like you just don't have the energy to do more than the basics, like you are just going through the motions? Do your mundane routines end with a night in front of the TV or computer, letting the broadcast wash over you like a wave of info-junk?

This is a growing problem that needs a call to action. Americans are becoming too comfortable and are hypnotized into a "fog" that subdues the brain and lowers the creative function. In order for you to become more adaptable to a financial crisis, it is more important than ever for you to...

WAKE UP!

There is hope. Fighting the "fog" is hard, but here are some strategies to help you wake up your mind, get you out of your comfort zone, and become more alert, functioning and in control again.

1. Turn off excessive, non-constructive media. This mainly includes TV, radio, and to an extent the internet. We are getting pumped full of useless messages from these sources. If you are willing to turn off these sources, your mind can turn back on.

2. Reduce your sugar and processed food intake. No doubt you know of the health benefits of reducing your sugar and processed food intake. But another great benefit is a quiet mind. Racing thoughts start to go away. You can begin to concentrate better. Your sleep pattern returns to normal, you become more fit and alert.

3. Exercise. Have you ever looked at pictures from families in the early days of America. These people were not overweight. The couldn't due to such demanding physical activities it took just to survive. We have gone completely the other way. We are now inactive and lazy. Get up and move around if you need to lose weight. This subject is too large (pardon the pun) for me to cover in this lens, and there are so many great resources on this subject, you will have no trouble finding the information you need to start a simple exercise/diet program.

4. Question current circumstances. Get your mind working, don't accept everything as "just the way it is". Ask questions, draw your own conclusions and make decisions based on information you have gathered, not someone else. There is a great way for you to doom your existence and that is to follow what everyone else is telling you to do.

5. Keep learning. Read something new other than the sports page. Get a good book and read it from cover to cover. Expand your knowledge in a given area of your choice. This will make you much more able to handle change, since, as most experts predict, change is going to happen quickly, and if you can't react, you will suffer the consequences.

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This is an important aspect to adapting to change during a downturn. And perhaps the most difficult. In order to do this strategy, you must do the first two in order to get to this point.

There are many things you can do to organize your finances, and our free report, The Predictor 2011, outlines many detailed financial strategies to do now and in the following years.

Getting to this point means you have fully accepted where you are at, and willing to do what it takes to be successful, no matter what the conditions. This is called mental toughness. Along with that, you understand you have skills and abilities, and are willing to work at your weaknesses and to eliminate "mental fog" that plagues a great percentage of the population.

The following are some basic steps to take, right now.

1. Ask yourself, what is really important to me in life? Is it traditional things like family, friends, contribution or answering to a higher power? Whatever motivates you- is going to determine the best direction for you to go with financial strategies. Once you discover your motivation, you will find the way, naturally, to meet your motivations.

2. Realize debt is a tool for enslavement. Make no mistake about it, banks and financial institutions have twisted the idea of debt into a real tool to keep the general public working toward their own specific goals. There is nothing helpful that comes from debt or debt service. This is a worldwide problem coming home to roost in a big way. The best advice here is to eliminate debt as fast as you can.

3. Saving. Saving is not only in terms of money. It is a way of life. We are conditioned to throw things away, and are too dumb now days to fix anything. Next time something breaks, ask yourself, could I fix this, or is it possible to get it fixed so I don't have to throw it out? Can you buy used instead of new? Is there value left that can be utilized. Does the item really need to be upgraded? These are all questions that can translate into a massive amount of savings in terms of hard dollars for you.

You see, we are in a consumer economy, with economic growth these days measured by how much money the public is spending at Wal-Mart. I say:

Screw That!

Get back to buying with cash, and using things and taking care of them so they do not need replacement. Buy used. This is all common sense but advice that has been forgotten since the dynamic of the economy has shifted. We do not have to follow foolish policies supported by the banking elite, create your own economy!

Global Economic Forecast 2010-2015: Recession Into Depression