Finding Opportunity in Difficult Times (How Do You Do That?)

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Here's today's article...

Finding Opportunity in Difficult Times (How Do You Do That?)

Remember the Chicken Little story when you were a kid? Chicken Little was in the woods one day, an acorn fell on her head, and she cried out "Help, help, the sky is falling! I must go tell the king."

When a person jumps to an irrational conclusion and works everyone they meet into a panic, the expression "the sky is falling" comes to mind.

It can be argued that this is happening with the current economic situation--the public is being whipped into mass hysteria.

Whether or not you believe the economic "sky" is falling (or that it's already crashed around you), tough times have always provided great (and lucrative) opportunities. The trick is to know what to look for. So, how do you find opportunity during these tough times? [Read more]