Warding off Bad News
Now that the elections are over and that particular dust has settled, people are looking to new government officials (particularly Barack Obama) to ‘fix the problems’. I think too many people are looking for solutions from government. Most people don’t really know what to do when things are broken that they feel are outside their control. But some people do the wrong thing. According to the Themes on the Economy newsletter, the one industry that has enjoyed strong growth is the liquor industry. According to that source: “…spending at bars surged at double digit pace from a year ago.” That would be the way the way some people handle bad news, but not the way I handle it.
There will always be a group of people who look to themselves for solutions when times are difficult and even when times are good. I rarely drink and when I do it’s to raise a toast to success, never to drown sorrows. For me, working on my home based business is my antidote to depressing news. What about you? Where would you rather ward off bad news? In a bar or your home office?
