This post is intended to be not only an encouragement to all that read, but also as a warning to those that read all the news headlines of doom and gloom that we are faced with every day.
Skepticism is sometimes an important trait in business! Being skeptical forces you to keep asking questions and digging for more answers, especially when those answers appear to be too good to be true!
When hearing some of the headlines these days, I have to wonder and question what the back story is to the headline. Who is making the claims and what do they stand to benefit from the news that they are sharing. Just as I am starting to get very tired and frustrated with all the 2016 Presidential campaigns, I am sure that there are many people out there starting to just block it all out, we need to be sure to skeptically read and listen to the news and claims. It is easy to get exhausted and give in, after all we have had all this shoved down our throats for more than a year already!!!
So yes, not only am I trying to drown out all the presidential campaign claims, I am cautiously looking through and keeping my eye on all the information from the various statistical producers. I have been maintaining a very skeptical view on all the data that the government spews out about employment rates and the economies health. I remain skeptical and this is justified by the number of people that I speak to on a day to day basis who share a completely different picture with me about the countries and global economy than what I keep getting told by the government.
Years ago, economists used to use the stock market as a leading indicator to the markets overall performance and state, so wall street would lead the main street! If this was true, then based on the Bull run that we have witnessed since 2008, the governments claims and statistics match 100%, but perhaps since the man on the street tells a different story, this is why the government has been so adamant on pushing up the stock market and valuations through quantitate easing. They keep pointing to the great run, as if to say that the poor perspective that you hold individually is not one that is being experienced by the majority of people in the economy.
I was listening to an economist talk about the Australian economy and it hit home really hard, we are seeing the same things here in the United States as they are in Australia, South Africa, England and most of the world. Governments keep telling us how well the economies are doing and to just get over the "feelings" of insecurity, when in fact the reality is that the distortion of numbers and manipulation of numbers paint a worse picture.
This is meant to be an encouragement I hearing you saying? Well although the economists and government agencies will paint a picture for you that they want you to see, look through the headlines and see the facts. Dig a little deeper to see not only the truthful reality, but the opportunities, because opportunity knocks at every door and occasion. Keep your eyes open and look at the "Real" opportunities that lie behind the stories and headlines that you may read, this way you won't get caught off guard!
"Sometimes fiction painted on a canvass appears to be more realistic than fact!"
Skepticism is sometimes an important trait in business! Being skeptical forces you to keep asking questions and digging for more answers, especially when those answers appear to be too good to be true!
When hearing some of the headlines these days, I have to wonder and question what the back story is to the headline. Who is making the claims and what do they stand to benefit from the news that they are sharing. Just as I am starting to get very tired and frustrated with all the 2016 Presidential campaigns, I am sure that there are many people out there starting to just block it all out, we need to be sure to skeptically read and listen to the news and claims. It is easy to get exhausted and give in, after all we have had all this shoved down our throats for more than a year already!!!
So yes, not only am I trying to drown out all the presidential campaign claims, I am cautiously looking through and keeping my eye on all the information from the various statistical producers. I have been maintaining a very skeptical view on all the data that the government spews out about employment rates and the economies health. I remain skeptical and this is justified by the number of people that I speak to on a day to day basis who share a completely different picture with me about the countries and global economy than what I keep getting told by the government.
Years ago, economists used to use the stock market as a leading indicator to the markets overall performance and state, so wall street would lead the main street! If this was true, then based on the Bull run that we have witnessed since 2008, the governments claims and statistics match 100%, but perhaps since the man on the street tells a different story, this is why the government has been so adamant on pushing up the stock market and valuations through quantitate easing. They keep pointing to the great run, as if to say that the poor perspective that you hold individually is not one that is being experienced by the majority of people in the economy.
I was listening to an economist talk about the Australian economy and it hit home really hard, we are seeing the same things here in the United States as they are in Australia, South Africa, England and most of the world. Governments keep telling us how well the economies are doing and to just get over the "feelings" of insecurity, when in fact the reality is that the distortion of numbers and manipulation of numbers paint a worse picture.
This is meant to be an encouragement I hearing you saying? Well although the economists and government agencies will paint a picture for you that they want you to see, look through the headlines and see the facts. Dig a little deeper to see not only the truthful reality, but the opportunities, because opportunity knocks at every door and occasion. Keep your eyes open and look at the "Real" opportunities that lie behind the stories and headlines that you may read, this way you won't get caught off guard!
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