SPWD

An an interesting dialog via Twitter this morning with @RobMcNealy has lead to this post, in discussing if we are truly conditioned to be victims, and what exactly we are victims of.

It started with a RT by Rob McNealy, “RT @z3rr0: I’m tired of hearing people cry about the economy. Stop letting life happen to you, and get out there and take control.”

Me: “the key is empowering people HOW to take control – many are unsure of how to break out of the box”.
Rob: “You can’t “empower” others, either they get past their fear and act or they don’t. That’s an internal will/confidence issue.”
Me: “so people either know it or don’t and cannot be taught how to take control? interesting”
Rob: “Some people can be *awakened*, but sadly too many people are conditioned to be victims and will never come around.”
Me: “I like your choice of “conditioned to be victims”, and it’s very true too. Thanks for the dialog on this.”

I agree, especially in the United States, people are conditioned to be something, to be someone. By who? School? Parents? Government? A combination? The problem I see is, we are taught that we are each our own person, our own individual early on in school. Then, as we progress through higher grades, we find that unless we fit a certain mold or pattern, we are told we won’t be successful. Is that really true? That by stepping out of the norm we won’t be successful? How does that relate to economies?

Take an inventory of your “personal economy” is it suffering like the national economy? What are YOU going to do about this? No one can give you a “bailout” in your own personal economy. Sure, you could get $1500, even $10,000, but it’s likely that you will still be having personal economy issues, financially at least, as long as you are dependent on someone else providing everything for you.

The thing is, personal economy isn’t just about money. We have physical, emotional/mental and spiritual economies to factor in as well. If any one of these is being controlled by others, we have no way to break out of the box, to move forward and to improve our own personal economy. We have to take our mental economy and change the viewpoint to see the potential. We have to decide we are going to act, use our physical, mental and spiritual economies, no matter how weak, to propel that action. In the end, the goal is to use our immediate personal (mental, physical, spiritual) economies, ones that should never be controlled by anyone else, to build the personal financial economy. Make sense? That building can come from finding a new job, finishing college, starting a business or anything where you “choose” to be where you are and are NOT afraid to change it when necessary.

Take control of your life, your personal economy and gain an independent spirit that this country allows for. Then, maybe you will find opportunities – whether in a company, starting your own venture or whatever the result may be. You can then say, you got out there, took control and improved your own personal economy – financially, physically, mentally and spiritually.