So you’ve got a problem! If you are like most people having a problem is a pain.

But, what if one truth about it is also that you could make your problem a profitable pain? How do you do that? The logical way would be by finding a solution.

The bigger the problem, the more profitable the solution!

Keep looking with the end in mind, and keep tweaking.  It is hard to see ourselves other than through the eyes of the conditioning of our formative years.

So while this often determines the dreams and goals we set for ourselves, it’s the journey on the way to achievment that’s important.  Trials and tribulations that are natural to the human experience are the creators of our competence.

The flexibility of allowing ourselves to be guided by paying attention to our inner callings, and staying focused on our destination is what leads to ultimate success and the ability to look back and tell our story about how we got here.

You can be going all out, riding a wave and along comes….. DOUBT!…aka the destroyer, the derailer, the dampener of all that’s good energetically. It’s hard to keep the momentum going when DOUBT puts in an appearance. So, what to do?

To begin, take note. Expect it. Notice that Doubt has shown up once again. Stay aware and awake to the presence of Doubt and then become doubly determined to stay on track regardless of the presence of Doubt, fully expecting that as you recommit Doubt will fade.

What’s your favorite movie of all time? 

Don’t be stingy with yourself and don’t censor.  This is about what you are attracted to and what that says about you. There’s no right or wrong answer here.  There’s no right movies, wrong movies, good movies, or bad movies.  There’s just your favorite movie.  Ask yourself what you like about it. 

Let’s make your goal setting easier by knowing your top values. If you were to describe your favorite movie’s theme as a value, what value would that be?

Since the financial world has been turned on its head for the past few months, a lot of people are afraid.  The immediate reaction of being afraid is to hide and not taking any action.  Then there are still others who take on the daily blast of bad news and become serious and depressed.

This is not the way we, the money doctors, want you to cope with the changes.  We urge you to remember to have fun while getting on your daily tasks.  And we urge you to have fun while planning your future.   You want to re-think your financial strategy?  Great.  What kind of fun steps can you create while changing your plan?

In uncertain times, one’s optimistic outlook is often the key to remain steps ahead of others.  We believe that an optimistic and fun loving person is always lucky and is certain to succeed.   What fun things can you do this week to keep your lucky streak?

Is this a wonderful life that you’re having? Do you feel like you live a ‘queenly’ life? Can you say to yourself that “I live like a king”? Or do you scoff at the concept and see yourself through a pauper’s eyes?

The point being made — What is the true price of abundance? The price tag for abundance is ‘priceless’. The reason it is priceless is that there is no limit on the amount that you can have. If there is no limit, no monetary measure it follows that it is ‘priceless’. 

One who lives with a sense of lack does not live in abundance. And really, it matters not how many material possessions they surround themselves with.

What matters? A true knowing of oneself that whatever I want I can manifest.

Recession has been here for a while, are you worried? If you are, you are definitely not alone. News everywhere has been talking about this for months.

Financial Times today has an article contemplating the shape of the US economic downturn. There are three shapes proposed: a V shape, a fast, short decline and followed by rapid return to normalcy. A U shape, a prolonged slowing down of the economy. And a L shape, the worst kind, with economic downturn lasts for years.

Regardless of the shape, be it V, U, or L, one thing is common, the recession is here. Some people get into a downward spiral thinking. The recession is here, the job market is going down, the housing market is crashing, I will be out of a job, there are mountains of bills, I will be homeless….

Alright, that might be a bit exaggerated, but you get the picture.

How to fend off the chicken little thinking?

§ Don’t read newspaper

§ Don’t watch news

§ Don’t hang around your chicken little friends

§ Don’t panic

§ Do use your head.

Newspaper still contain information you need, just don’t follow what everybody is saying without do some of your own thinking first. For example, in an article (also today) titled “Bleak houses in search of equilibrium,” the word “decline” appeared too often to count. However, there are graphs next to the article you can read. One of the graph show the US house prices. Yes, the house prices are showing a downward curve, but if you take in the whole graph, which shows house prices from 2000 to 2008, you can see that the downturn is minor compare with the whole upturn. And that’s just one of the examples. Open your newspaper and see if you can find more examples.

§ Do focus on the positives

This can be done through daily meditation, dairy on your attitude of gratitude, and create a positive mantra you can repeat to yourself frequently throughout the day.

§ Do hang out with your positive, upbeat friends, and seek out a mentor

You are influenced by your environment be it positive or negative. Create a positive one.

§ Do Relax

Haven’t you been through all this before? Have you forgotten how things pan out regardless what the media say, and regardless of the chicken little? Don’t forget to breathe. People who have jobs will have jobs, people who create wealth will create wealth, people who complain about their circumstances will complain about their circumstances. That is certain.

And for the economic downturn? There is a fear that US will be like Japan in the 1990s. Japan was in recession in the 90s, but shops are still open, people are working, and those Japanese tourists still were in their neat groups snapping pictures everywhere. There were people in deep trouble, no doubt. I ask you, which side are you on? You want to be in the poor side, you will, you want to be in the rich side, you will, and you just want to hold on to your job, you will also. Fortify your mental defense, and you will succeed regardless of the circumstances.

For more tips on how to fortify your mental defense, check out self-hypnosis at mymoneydoctors.com.

Design your compelling future with vivid visualizing. Everything that humans have created was once only an idea in someone’s imagination. The computer that opened this tip. The community Peng &  Zed have created here at MyMoneyDoctors.com. Visualization is the tension that pulls the future and the present together. Use it.