Posted by
CKHustler on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:59:37 PM
Now, for those of you who played sports, you know exactly what this mean. For those of you who didn't, you may still know, but if you do not... Basically it's saying that if you are focused on your task at hand and confident, you have won half the battle. Obviously physical skill plays a part, but mentally strong athletes will succeed far more often. If you are confident in yourself, you take your physical steps without hesitation or worry and that causes you to beat your opponent if you are equally matched physically. Ok, I hope you all get that...because now I'm comparing this to our economy.
For the last couple years the MSM and democrats have been predicting this recession and even saying we were currently in one. Neither were true, but they hammered at it. I would get you quotes and whatnot, but even the liberals reading this know its true. So with that in mind, how did that affect our economy?
Our economy was going along fine when they started in with their recession talk. Our tax breaks recovered our economy spectacular after 9/11. The recession Bush took from Clinton was turned into positive results. Now, picture yourself as an investor. You are hearing from NBC, MSNBC, CNN, etc etc, that a recession is looming. What do you do? You reel in some of your investments fearing it could drop in value, maybe you sell your extra property? Picture yourself as a middle-class family parent. What do you do? Instead of buying that boat you could finally afford, you save your money since you heard there was a recession looming. The lower income families are already saving all they can and hardly making it. My point is, their rants about a recession caused people to fear for the recession. Our physical attributes were moving along at a great pace, but our mental game was in the tank. We were then not able to perform at our best without 50% of what is needed for 100% total.
So, in my opinion, the democrats ranting and raving of a recession got their wish in forcing one upon themselves. If you shoot a basketball with the expectation to fail, you will miss. If you swing at a baseball with the expectation to fail, you will swing and miss. If you shoot a penalty shot in soccer with the expectation to miss, you will not score. If you look at our economy and inform the people that a recession is looming, a recession will occur.
You thoughts and response is welcome.