During a Bad Economy, Hold on To your Dreams!

During a Bad Economy, Hold on To your Dreams!
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Wachovia Bank reported the greatest loss ever for a bank in one quarter. The newspapers are reporting hard times for 529 College Plans as well. With so many investments going bad, are there any good investments left? Hard to tell in this sea of financial meltdowns. However, if there was ever a silver lining in all of this, it is the fact that bad economic times force people to trim back their spending in areas that are not necessities. The exciting part is that trimming in one area means fattening up others. For example, people are spending less money in retail purchases but have sat down at their kitchen tables and put more money in savings. These tight times have also forced people to consider investing in intagible items, such as their ideas and dreams. While stock market and real estate investments have confirmed that there is a such thing as bottoming out, one investment that you can always count on is the investment you place within yourself-- your own dreams and ideas. People have tapped into and poured money into everything except their own dreams. These are the things that really sustain us doing hard times. Dreams and ideas have a way of energizing us, focusing us and affirming our potential to create great things. Dreams and ideas give us hope and empowerment when there seems to be a shortage of it. Building and holding on to our original ideas and creativities give us POWER of ownership and the opportunity to partake in a new FREE market that's not limited by your bank account, education or social status. One of the most overlooked and underestimated investments we have is our intellectual capital-- the POWER to create a product or service that originated within and by YOU. This is one investment that grows in value over time and becomes our safe haven when all else breaks loose. So, when the economy is bad, hold on to your dreams!!!! Push more. Build more. Expect more from your own internal ability to create your own opportunities. As Michael Steele said at the Republican National Convention, "Drill baby, Drill!"