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When This Is All Over…

The last three weeks have been spent in self-isolation due to the coronavirus. Looking at the models, it appears I’ll be hunkered down for at least four weeks more. Like a lot of you, there are many things I desperately miss: dinner out with friends, playing softball, and writing at my regular table in my favorite neighborhood diner. But when this began, the plan was to approach the experience time as though the opportunity arose to study at a Shaolin Temple or spend time in a cabin at Walden Pond. (Alone time = Thoreau time.) Those goals led to others which were developed along the way. For those interested, here they are...

Tithing, Karma, and Payback

One of the fascinating beliefs of religion is the notion of how the actions you take (or don’t) influence the response you receive from the world around you. In the Bible there are unforgiving examples such as “an eye for an eye,” and beautiful ones such as the concept of tithing. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, and Sikhism all speak of karma.

Test Your Prosperity Mindset

In times like these, even your normally positive sources of input are probably reflecting some negative, fearful, or defeatist thoughts. And unfortunately, if you haven’t already done some serious work questioning your programming and the core foundational beliefs you developed from that – your mindset may have a negative default setting.

Pandemic + Politics = Death

In the case of a worldwide pandemic, lots of people die. And unfortunately, lots of them die needlessly. These unnecessary deaths are usually because of politics.

Upgrade Your Thinking

One of the masterminds I participate in is a WhatsApp chat group that we’ve labeled Juxtaposed Jedi. It’s a daily chat with three of us, where we’re bouncing ideas off each other, conducting thought experiments, and getting and giving advice. One of the most valuable parts of the process is when we point out faulty thinking. This could be a confirmation bias someone has, making an assumption from a bad premise, emotional irrationality, or simply sloppy logic.

What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?

One of the wisest things economist Milton Friedman ever taught was that only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. It is times of crisis that cause our preconceived beliefs and confirmation biases to get shaken and stirred. Things that weeks ago seemed politically impossible become politically inevitable. Countries and cultures mirror individual people in the sense that we usually learn a lot more from our challenges than we do from our victories.

Calling All Prosperity Warriors…

The problem is real: we’re in a global pandemic. There is no denying this reality. Things look dark, and you could be forgiven for feeling anxious, frightened, or even defeated. But please don’t allow yourself to stay there. We need you right now. And there is cause for optimism, harmony, and hope... Because there is something else that cannot be denied – and that is the awesome power of the human spirit.

Finding Peace in a Pandemic…

How do you keep your head when it seems the whole world around you is going crazy? That’s probably a question many of you have been asking yourselves the last few weeks. In times like these, a great approach is to go back to James Allen and the principles in As a Man Thinketh. Let’s begin with a central tenant of the book:

Author: Randy Gage