The US Labor Department announced this morning there were 500,000 new unemployment claims last week. Does this look like a summer of economic recovery? When our “leaders” in Washington say these are just little ripples that show the economy is actually “getting better,” are they not simply lying to the American public? All of you who are facing the disaster of long-term unemployment, which is likely to become permanent, know there is no recovery. Our government is extremely anti-business; everything they are doing from healthcare, to cap and trade, to added regulation for just about every kind of business, and the possibility of raising taxes after the November elections, not just for the wealthy (who run many of the small businesses our economy depends upon), but for all consumers. Who blames consumers for not buying anything. How can a government that claims to love new jobs, while at the same time, hate the people who are in a position to provide those jobs? This is an oxymoron generated by idiots.

500,000 new unemployment claims, on top of almost the same amount for the last who knows how many weeks! Horrible, horrible, horrible.

An article from Reuters on January 8, 2010, was titled, “Snap Analysis: US job losses raises fears of economic stall.” That was an understatement which is now coming to pass in the form of a prolonged depression. For the unemployed, things are worse than ever. According to a CNNMoney article on June 16, 2010, if you are unemployed you need not apply to many employers. They seem to be taking the attitude if you are unemployed you did something to deserve it. They will only talk to applicants who already have a job. Rotten, isn’t it? Here is a place where no one is turned away. They welcome all, employed or unemployed.

It was stated by the authors of  “Americans are overpaid” that a reason for American prosperity is an overabundance of capital available to businesses and individuals. What are they talking about? Since late 2007 the US credit markets have completely dried up. Sure, the Donald Trumps, and Warren Buffets are able to get all the financing they require, either because lenders view them as being no risk so far as repayment of credit is concerned, or they have their own capital to invest. That helps no small or home based business owner. Most cannot get enough credit to buy a car, much less finance their businesses.

Small business is the acknowledged backbone of the US economy?but, they are starving for financing. Banks had to ask for bailouts by the government, so the ones still solvent are hoarding funds in order to repay the government and get out from under the stiff controls that came with the bail money. Many smaller banks go under every week, and the other not-so-large ones are reluctant to get back into lending. Business can no longer depend on the US Treasury to provide more money for them through the banks or any stimulus because America is flat broke and owes trillions of dollars to the Chinese and other countries. Our government is helpless to stop the economic catastrophe we are in, and these writers say American workers are overpaid? With real  unemployment approaching 25%, there are no American workers being paid anything at all.

The answer to no credit and no job is more income, something self-employed entrepreneurs are in a unique position to provide. For yourself, begin now to implement those measures you have been putting off, in search of a more convenient time, that will add to your income and build your business for a successful future.  The time to begin using your new ideas is now; whatever business schemes you are planning to use will take time to show results?may take years, so start right now. Time is of the essence.

If your business uses any kind of affiliate or associate program, you are in a unique position to help your new prospects solve their credit problems, or their unemployment, with more income. With your own established business you will be able to convince a lot of prospects of the necessity to begin now to prepare for a better future. Having additional income, they will not need to ask for so much credit, and they will be able to come up with larger down payments on the things they need. What’s better, they will no longer be unemployed. They must be shown the time is now, and very critical, to begin their business so it will have time to succeed when they need it most. Nothing happens quickly in the business world.

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The President, and all his Chicago Mob, are saying the recession is over and we’re in recovery. We all want this to happen quickly, but what Washington is saying is just wrong. There is no recovery as far as most American working people are concerned. What recovery? Every week new unemployment claims are almost half a million; last week the government said they were about 459,000! They have been at this weekly rate, or higher,  during all of 2010, and there seems no end in sight. What recovery?

This translates to a national unemployment rate of 9.7%, according to the US Department of Labor for the month of May, 2010. Unfortunately, this is only half the actual rate. The labor department has another, little publicized, unemployment figure, which they say is the actual rate after considering part-timers wanting to work more, and people who have just given up trying to find work. The latest rate of unemployment among this larger group is 16.6%; This still does not include millions of workers who have taken very low-paying jobs just to have a little income. There are still more people who are taking short periods of contract work with no benefits, or the many unemployed who have returned to school with the hope of improving their chances for a regular job. Adding these people will push the rate toward 20%, maybe higher. Does this look like recovery?

The current economy is eerily similar to that surrounding the 1929 Stock Market Crash and ensuing Great Depression. The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929 and ended with the US entry into World War II, in 1941, more than a decade of suffering for many. 1933 was  the year of highest unemployment in the Great Depression, 24.9%. The rate only declined to 17.2% in 1939, shortly before the war. Our real unemployment rate today is close to 20%.

In The Great Depression, the poor economy affected people who still had jobs and had not lost everything. It made them begin to pay down their debt as fast as they could, but this caused prices to fall because people were not able, or were afraid, to buy goods and services. It also caused the value of individual assets to decline, the result of which was, the effort to reduce debt caused people to actually owe more than before debt reduction efforts. Have you heard anything like this recently? Many economists say Americans have initiated the greatest saving rate in history which is exacerbating the economic decline. There are admonishments everywhere to reduce debt and destroy credit cards. Isn’t this exactly what happened in the Great Depression? A significant indicator that the Administration believes we are in a similar situation is the President’s announcement, months ahead of schedule, of the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. Why is this important? Mr. Bernanke is a respected student of the Great Depression and has renewed the view that massive saving and debt-reduction have worsened our present economy.

The many similarities of the present economy compared with the Great Depression indicate any  recovery could take a long time. Where is the new war to stimulate our economy—we already have two in progress for over seven years which are rapidly draining resources? There’s no white knight in sight and we must realize that whatever the future may bring,  it will be quite different. There may or may not be jobs available—those that are there could require a different kind of training, and they may pay nothing close to previous jobs. That’s the reason for this article, to expect difficult times for many years to come, and what steps you may wish to take. We’ll explore some things people are doing, and later, the possibility of a home based business in the mix.

Let’s look at how people are managing being unemployed. Being without a job is a frightening and stressful  condition for everyone, even those still employed. They constantly think about what will happen if they, too, lose their jobs. One person, unemployed for nine months, has used up all savings, and all his job queries have said he is overqualified, underqualified, or the company has put a hold on hiring. At this point he is willing to accept anything and move anywhere. Another person, out of work for six months, has used up her savings, gone to another state, and moved in with her sister’s family. She was originally a freelancer who moved up (she thought) to a better corporate job. Her plan, now , is to return to freelancing. Another person, unemployed in New York for 14 months, is treating his job search like a 24-hour full time job. He networks everywhere, including social networks on the Internet. He’s now planning to take one or two part-time jobs just to exist. Our final look is at a person unemployed for 16 months, almost a year and a half. He turned down a part time grocery job because it paid much less than his unemployment check. He’s not lazy, that’s just a good financial decision. He is now seeking freelance opportunities, something he has done in the past, until his clients all quit because of the economy. These are just small samples of what is confronting the 20% or more unemployed in the US. Our government has no clue about how to remedy this situation.

They have no idea how to create more than 100,000 jobs each month just to keep up with our population growth. Many more will be needed to put the more than six million unemployed back to work. The President and Congress are only interested in gaining Socialist–style control over our lives, and taxing and spending. None of this encourages businesses to expand, or new businesses to begin startups. Expect the recession (or depression) to last many more years. Economists, even those who say we are in a mild recovery, don’t expect a return to unemployment rates anywhere near 5% for at least six years; personally, I expect we’ll never return to anywhere near this rate. Jobs are gone, never to return. Even if the government curtails its tax and spend policies, many of these jobs are gone forever.

People who have jobs will stay in them, though 24% of them say they plan to move on as soon as they get an offer. An example is a flight attendant who has returned to college and received a graduate degree in anticipation of changing jobs as soon as he receives an offer. What are all these unemployed and disgruntled employees going to do. They must have some way to take care of themselves and their families. Unfortunately, nothing they can do will bring back all the salary, perks, and benefits their old jobs offered. There will never be another job like most of them once had. What are they going to do? Well, many will have to learn how to be self-employed, or become freelance contractors. Stay tuned to this blog and you will be introduced to a number of ways, some unconventional, to make money outside traditional big company employment.

The current economic situation is perilous, and nobody has any idea what will happen. Consider a home based business as part of your overall financial strategy, just like investments, savings, or real estate.

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One of the missions listed on this blog is advocating unconventional methods of solving problems. Most of these different ideas have been around for years, some since the earliest times in human history, still, most people don’t use them. There is a human tendency to shy away from anything different, perhaps because of deep rooted impulses to always confront a different situation as danger. All the flags go up?a gigantic prehistoric monster is within ten feet and about to pounce! We react, without thinking, to avoid this attack. These ingrained reactions are difficult to overcome, so we instantly ignore everything that seems different.

 Because this reaction against different is so pervasive, does it not make sense to give yourself an advantage over others by trying things they will not try? The most powerful personal asset we have is our subconscious, a little understood part of our mind. The mention of it usually brings up the term hypnotism. With properly trained practitioners, hypnosis may be useful for treating mental and physical difficulties. But hypnosis is not the only benefit derived from the subconscious. There are almost limitless personal situations where knowledge and training about how to use this incredible ability can give you a serious advantage over all around you. This is a significant article you should read, study, and follow up with all the references given. Your personal prosperity is at stake; do not let this great system we all possess go unused.

 There will be a series of articles about various unconventional problem solutions that can put you way out in front of everyone else, if you use them. A proper discussion of the subconscious includes a book by Joseph Murphy which has meant a lot to me for the last 17 years, since I first found it. I was in a very bad situation with no way I could see to get out. Then I stumbled upon the book reviewed here. A whole new world opened for me; perhaps you will see these ideas as I did, not to be afraid of, but to embrace and constantly search for new ways to use them.

 Book Review: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Revised Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

by Joseph Murphy, Revised by Ian McMahan

 List Price $7.99 (Available from Amazon.com for $7.99.)

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Bantam; Revised edition (January 2, 2001)

ISBN: 0553583182

 This is an important book everyone should read and study several times. Perhaps you won’t be able to use all the ideas explained in it. What each reader must do is pick what may be helpful to them and develop a method around that thought which they can use to further their own objectives. The book is written in a flexible manner so that anyone can adapt the author’s thinking to individual needs.

 The methods explained here really work; at least, they have worked over and over for me since I first read the book 17 years ago. I read an earlier version at the lowest point in my entire life. Two or three friends kept me from drowning, but this book provided me with the framework to rebuild my life. Use of my subconscious allowed me to get through this very bad time.

 Although there are many references to portions of the Holy Bible, and mention of prayerful aspects of the subconscious, this is not a religious book unless you try to construe it that way. My own use of the book was to discover ways some of the information could help my personal needs. Most useful to me have been turning over problems for solutions and using the prayerful aspects of the subconscious to improve the health of someone close to me who was gravely ill.

 Dr. Murphy’s practical application of new principles is subject to all the negative thoughts of the naysayers. Anything new they can’t even consider; from their negative viewpoint they would rather prepare to give up and just accept the ultimate failure of the human life system. It is encouraging that an overwhelming number of reviews on Amazon’s Website are very favorable. Perhaps there really are a few positive people after all.

 Some conservative religious people will also disparage the book. It has many quotes from the Christian bible explained in a far different way than you will get in any mainstream church. But religion is what it is. Those who believe a strict interpretation of the bible and other holy writings will disregard what is taught here. That’s unfortunate because the subconscious is a powerful tool available to all, rich or poor. Application of these principles does not guarantee anything. Nothing in life is certain. The best we can do is use every asset we have to accomplish a happy and prosperous life for us and those we hold dear. Our subconscious is one such powerful asset.

 Dr. Murphy developed the thoughts in The Power of Your Subconscious Mind during 28 years as Minister-Director of the Church of Divine Science. He was a well-known authority on mysticism and mind dynamics. Dr. Murphy had the unique ability to incorporate the teachings and beliefs of major world religions in practical systems anyone can use to improve their daily life.

 A thought repeated often throughout the book is, “For as a person thinketh in his subconscious mind, so is he.” That’s what this book is all about so remember it and we’ll now look at a few ways your subconscious can be a great help in every aspect of your life. You don’t have to use everything, nor do you have to perform every operation exactly as the book describes it. Use the ideas you need and develop your own technique so that it fits your needs.

 Here are a few areas of interest along with actions that go with them:

 The Treasure House Within

• Avoid expressions that begin with “I can’t…”
• Changes in your thinking have the power to change your destiny.

 How Your Mind Works

• Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You are what you think all day long.
• Never say, “I can’t.” Substitute, “I can do all things through the power of my subconscious mind.”

 The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious

• Prior to sleep, turn over a specific request to your subconscious mind and prove its miracle-working power to yourself.
• Consciously affirm: “I believe that the subconscious power that gave me this desire is now fulfilling it through me.”

 Mental Healings in Ancient Times

• All disease originates in the mind.
• There is only one process of healing and that is faith.

 Mental Healings in Modern Times

• Develop a definite plan for turning over your requests or desires to your subconscious mind.
• Believe in perfect health, prosperity, peace, wealth, and divine guidance.

 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings

• Your subconscious will bring to pass any picture held in the mind backed by faith.
• What you decree and feel as true will come to pass.

 The Tendency of the Subconscious is Lifeward

• Your subconscious is the builder of your body and is on the job twenty-four hours a day. You interfere with its life-giving pattern by negative thinking.
• What you affirm consciously and feel as true will be made manifest in your mind, body, and affairs. Affirm the good, and enter into the joy of living.

 How to Get the Results You Want

• Think and plan independently of traditional methods.
• The feeling of health produces health, the feeling of wealth produces wealth. How do you feel?

 How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth

• Decide to be wealthy the easy way, with the infallible aid of your subconscious mind.
• The block to wealth is in your own mind. Destroy that block now by getting on good mental terms with everyone.

 Your Right to Be Rich

• One reason many don’t have enough money is they condemn money. What you condemn takes wings and flies away.
• There is no virtue in poverty. It is a disease of the mind. You should heal yourself of this mental conflict or malady at once.

 Your Subconscious Mind as a Partner in Success

• Find out what you love to do, then do it. If you don’t know your true expression, ask for guidance, and the lead will come.
• The power of sustained imagination draws forth the miracle-working powers of your subconscious mind.

 How Scientists Use the Subconscious Mind

• To solve a difficult problem get all the information you can from research and from others. If no solution comes turn the problem over to your subconscious mind prior to sleep and the answer will come.
• Any mental picture, backed by faith and perseverance, will come to pass through the miracle-working power of your subconscious.

 Your Subconscious and the Wonders of Sleep

• Your future is in your mind now, based on your habitual thinking and beliefs.
• When writing, working on an invention, or some other complicated project, speak to your subconscious mind at night and claim boldly that its wisdom, intelligence, and power are revealing to you the perfect solution. Expect wonders.

 Your Subconscious Mind and Marital Problems

• Project love, peace, harmony, and goodwill and your marriage will grow more beautiful and wonderful through the years.
• Pray together and you will stay together.

 Your Subconscious Mind and Your Happiness

• You can rise victorious over any defeat and realize the desires of your heart though the marvelous power of your subconscious mind.
• Give thanks for all your blessings several times a day.

 Your Subconscious Mind and Harmonious Human Relations

• Do not think ill of another for to do so is to think ill of yourself.
• The good you do, the kindness proffered, the love and good you send forth will all come back to you multiplied in many ways. Another person cannot annoy you or irritate you except if you permit them to.

 How to Use Your Subconscious Mind for Forgiveness

• God, or Life, does not judge or punish you. You do this to yourself by the subconscious effects of your false beliefs, negative thinking, and self-condemnation.
• When you pray for guidance and right action, take what comes. Realize life is very good and there is no cause for self-pity, criticism, or hatred.

 How Your Subconscious Removes Mental Blocks

• You form subconscious habit patterns by repeating a thought or action over and over until it establishes tracks in your subconscious mind and becomes automatic.
• The only obstacle to your success and achievement is your own thought or mental image.

 How to Use Your Subconscious Mind to Remove Fear

• Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain.
• Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Replace it with a constructive thought.

 How to Stay Young in Spirit Forever

• You are as young, as strong, and as useful as you think you are.
• You grow old when you cease to dream and when you lose interest in life.

  It may save you some time to know which parts I have found most helpful during the last 17 years and still today:

 The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious

• Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
• Your Subconscious and the Wonders of Sleep
• Your Subconscious Mind and Your Happiness

 These additional techniques are ones I think will be most important for me to develop and help me achieve my own personal goals. Perhaps they will help you, as well.

 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings

• Your subconscious will bring to pass any picture held in the mind backed by faith.
• What you decree and feel as true will come to pass.

 How to Get the Results You Want

• Think and plan independently of traditional methods.
• The feeling of health produces health, the feeling of wealth produces wealth. How do you feel?

 How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth

• Decide to be wealthy the easy way, with the infallible aid of your subconscious mind.
• The block to wealth is in your own mind. Destroy that block now by getting on good mental terms with everyone.

 Your  Right to Be Rich

• One reason many don’t have enough money is they condemn money. What you condemn takes wings and flies away.
• There is no virtue in poverty. It is a disease of the mind. You should heal yourself of this mental conflict or malady at once.

 This last subconscious ability is important to every one of us, especially now. Do you realize we are flirting with another Great Depression, which lasted 12 years, and only ended with World War II? The entire economic stage is in constant change right now, and nobody knows what may happen. Whatever the future may bring, it will be different. There may or may not be jobs available—those that are there could require a different kind of training, and they may pay nothing close to previous jobs. This begs the question, “What can I do, in such circumstances, to protect my income and my family?”

 We’re advocating a home based business, or other small business operation. There are many thingsyou can do in such a business. You need to have a passion for what you are doing. After working at a real job for years, how will you find a business you can successfully operate? Look at every idea you like. Don’t try to do exactly as others are doing. Put your personality and your knowledge of the idea to work. Find something about the idea that everyone else has missed. When you do you will succeed. Go out on a limb.  Stop worrying about how to make money for someone else.  Find something you like to do that people will pay for, and make your own way.  With the Internet, it’s easier than ever. Forget Corporate America.  Every single company out there would like for you to give them all of your entire life for free!  That’s a fact.  They only grudgingly pay because they have to.

 One home based business opportunity you should explore is Strong Future International (SFI), free to join, but offering many income streams, just like all wealthy people have. See how SFI can help you http://ow.ly/oyUZ.

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Here is a new business model made possible by Internet technology.

It enables one to devote a small amount of time each week and gradually build a business that will give great flexibility in a few years.  It has the power to provide an income in six figures.

So, if your job is terminated, if you are laid off, if you become ill, or you just get tired of the hassle, so what!  You don’t need to work for anybody but YOU!

You could call it “Health, Wealth and Happiness” insurance.

This paradigm, which I call the “Turnkey Business Plan”,  requires just a few hours a week.  Maybe 2 to 5 hours.  The monetary investment is negligible, a minimum $29.95 a month.  You will share profits of the entire organization,  about one million (and quickly growing) , so it’s quite possible you may have no cost at all.

Now, at no cost, your business is going to grow slowly (unless you put in a great deal of personal effort).  This is why you need to start now, so you have plenty of time for your business to grow.

And your business, after you get it started,  will continue to grow, whether you do anything or not.  This is great flexibility and security.  What if you should become unable to work, for some reason?

Now, many professional people, doctors, lawyers, dentists and such, carry disability insurance.  That’s great, but the amounts are fixed.  The “Turnkey Business” continues to grow.  It is a powerful side income for anyone.

I know that everyone is not going to see the vision and how this business really works.  A doctor, making perhaps in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each year is likely to scoff at the ability of $29.95 per month to make any kind of serious income.

But, when you consider the market clout of several million people, with thousands being added every month, and that the compensation plan allows you to share in the money made by all those people, the possibilities are awesome.

 E-mail is recognized by most people as the most effective means of promoting any business.  It also has the stigma of SPAM, unsolicited commercial e-mail. Since there are millions of voluntary participants in the “Turnkey Plan”,  SPAM is not an issue.   They have all given their permission to receive regular e-mail. The business power  this gives is unbelievable. No one else has this ability, on such a large scale.

Please do yourself the favor of looking at this plan.  You can find it here. 

 

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This is the final entry for this particular paradigm. This has been an experiment with different ways to distribute information. If this is successful, we may have more. Thanks for helping.

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