Rebuilding Economic Wealth Kaizen Style

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.


I watched the above video recently and it explained the current Credit Crisis so well, in plain English! Helping everyone to understand the problem is the first step. Helping to rebuild the world economy is no small task. In my opinion, even throwing Billions or Trillions at the problem cannot solve this problem.

Stop The Blame Game

Many people are still out to blame someone else for the problem, whether it be bankers, scammers, sub-prime mortgage borrowers or even that noisy dog down the street ruining the peace and quiet of the neighborhood! Once you watch the above video, and hopefully get a better grip on the problem, it's time to figure out what each of us can do!

Like everything in life, you need to set a goal and you need to know your strengths. If you are not sure, find a life coach, start a diary, start a blog! Do something that helps you think and get your thoughts out on paper or any other medium other than your "grey matter"! It took over a decade for this whole mess to build, it all started from the Dot-com boom. That's when everyone started pouring money into real-estate. So guess what, it will take even longer to get out of this crisis.

Take Control!

Feeling helpless will not help you! Doing something about it will. I'm not asking you to be superhero, just a hero! Do it in small steps, Kaizen style! Take a first step to help your friends, family and neighbors. Whether it's helping them find a job, just listening to their gripes and working them out or lending/giving them a few dollars to help them through the rough patch. Make sure they are responsible and will pay back, we don't want to start another personal lending crisis do we?

If done right, these simple Kaizen steps toward rebuilding community and on a larger scale the world economy, will make the world prosper more than ever. Like all things Kaizen, it will take time and lots of patience. The key to Kaizen is small steps to improvement. Likewise we need to continue moving forward, review our progress, and continue to improve on what we can do and offer to help others do.

Save The World

It's time to start healing the world. Don't wait for someone else to do it for you. The only person who can make a difference is you! So get going, and change the world for the better!

So what will I do? I will continue to provide my technical support services to businesses and individuals that need them. I will continue to blog! I will continue to develop my own interests and build better community. In my own neighborhood, I will help keep the streets clean and help my neighbors!

I hope you will all do the same and start taking Kaizen steps to turning this Crisis, into the biggest opportunity to come along in a long time! What will you do? What are your plans to get through this economic crisis? What single step can you take today to get closer to your plans and goals?

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