I stopped watching
the news on regular networks.
The new programs on regular networks
are worried about ratings.
Negative news attracts
the most eyeballs.
But negative news was also
making me
pessimistic about the future.
Pessimistic people
don’t build businesses.
Why would they?
In their view,
any businesses built
would only fail.
I now get my news
from the business networks.
Business networks
are concerned about ratings, yes,
but they are MOST concerned
about their advertisers.
Their advertisers
are trying to sell
investments.
People don’t buy investments
if they are feeling pessimistic.
Why would they?
They would believe
any investment bought
would fail.
So the business news
attempts to be optimistic.
Here is what is happening
in the world.
Here are some ways
you can profit from that event.
That mindset helps me
as a business builder.
“Thoughtful people
regularly bemoan
our loss of civility,
the rise of trolling
and bullying
and most of all,
divisive behavior designed
to rip people apart
instead of moving us
productively forward.
And at the very same time,
reality TV gets ever better ratings.
So much so
that the news has become
the longest-running,
cheapest to produce
and most corrosive
TV show in history.
Increase that exponentially
by adding in
the peer-to-peer reality show
that is social media,
and you can see what’s happening.”
Where are you getting
your news?
Does that reporting
encourage or discourage you
to build a business?