Economic Negativity Survival Kit
One of the biggest reasons why the economy is having many troubles is because of people’s negative attitudes. Yes, the troubles are mainly caused by the mortgage mess and banking and investment firms, but negativity causes fear. It spreads like a viscous virus through the country and the world, urging people to pull out of the market and tricking millions more to put off their dreams or totally destroy them.
I know that you’re not like and that you not only want to stay positive and hold onto your dreams, but you want to make them a reality even during these times. To do this you need to break free from the negative thoughts that are surrounding you everywhere you go, even in your own house. This is your survival kit to this economic negativity.
Listed are various forms of media where you can get and keep motivation as well as find tips on living simpler, saving money, and improving your life or just find a place to escape to.
Websites
Site (and book) about entrepreneurial bootstrapping.
The magazine’s site is full of motivating life stories and full of tips on how to live better.
- UN Millennium Project (pdf) and Care.org
These two links aren’t meant to bring more negativity to you or make you feel bad. They’re simply meant to force you to rethink your complaints and thoughts about your financial state or concerns.
A simple blog about pets and animals that will raise anyone’s spirits.
Books
*No links are affiliate
- Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
- Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love
- Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson
- Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
TV Shows
What Would You Do? is a hidden camera show on ABC that tackles many social issues. It shows that there are still a lot of great and kind people out there. Perhaps it will restore your hope in humanity.
- Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Adventures of an Incurable Optimist is an upcoming ABC special hosted by Michael J. Fox airing on May 7th. Michael goes around the world looking for hope and creating it along the way to help people stay positive and achieve better lives.
Movies
- Cinderella Man
- Shawshank Redemption
- Good Will Hunting
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Ghandi
- Homeless to Harvard
Have any other movies, websites, or TV shows that you use to stay positive when the world around you seems negative? Please share in the comments below.
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- 15 benefits and lessons we now have from the economic crisis
- 9 ways you can take advantage of this terrible economy
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Hey everyone,
I forgot to include Gary Vaynerchuk http://garyvaynerchuk.com/ He has some great videos on his blog about business that will get any entrepreneur fired up.
Be sure to check his site out.
-Andrew
Thanks for the links, Andrew! These are great. I will definitely be adding some of them to my daily reading or things to read/watch. I also like reading Stepcase Lifehack – http://www.lifehack.org – for tips on everything imaginable and to keep motivated and productive.
Awesome list of resources here…I agree with including Gary Vaynerchuk also. I’m a big fan of his. I disagree that negativity is the problem with our economy. Negativity is unfortunately called for on occasion. Like when a turtle retreats into it’s shell…he can’t go anywhere that way, but it can also keep him alive.
My blog is about prosperity in these conditions, but I believe it’s just not necessary to think things are OK in order to prosper. Things are NOT OK, and we need to find ways to create value for others anyway.
Hey Tom – Glad you found some great new links! LifeHack is a great site as well.
Hey Christian – Gary V is a great guy. I’ll definitely be watching him.
I also don’t think negativity is the ONLY problem, but it’s certainly a big one.
-Andrew
Marlene Affeld…
Thank you for all the helpful information I found Sunday on your site. I was doing a search for the keyword phrase “survival” and your site answered a lot of questions. I will bookmark and visit again….