How to Turn Your Luck Around

If you have been watching or listening to the news lately, it is packed with negativity concerning the latest unemployment rates, stock market upsets and violence overseas. It’s enough to make you say, “Bah, Hum Bug” and retreat to a corner to cry. 

Well, I’m not going to let it get to me. What about you?

 Instead of focusing on all of the negativity that’s out there, it’s time to have a positive outlook and figure out a plan-of-action to change things for the better.

To start, review your financial situation…no matter how scary it may be. After all, it’s essential to know where you are so you can create a budget and take steps to achieve your new goals.

For help, check out PINK’s Tuesday Little PINK Book Archives, all about money and finances.

Sometimes it can be difficult to move forward on your own. For motivation, turn to positive family members, friends, mentors, and business associates.

Share your thoughts with others via online forums and discussion groups. You can also get some great information online at sites like http://www.sba.gov/, www.score.org, http://www.suzeorman.com/, www.fico.com, http://www.creditguard.org/, www.startupnation.com, and others. Now, this may seem like a lot of work, and it is. But this is not the time to relax.

Instead, it’s essential to give 110% or more. After all, there is a lot of competition out there for the limited amount of available new business, jobs, investors, and more. If you are not working for your “piece of the pie,” you’ll be left in the dust by the competition.

Things are messy right now. But if they are going to get better, it’s up to all of us to stay positive, assume responsibility for our future and take action to move forward.

By Melanie Rembrandt

2009