The many changes occurring in our economic foundation require a new focus and discipline for you to thrive and prosper. Here are five keys that I consider essential.

• Pay close attention to your finances. During difficult or transitional times knowing exactly where you stand financially and keeping up-to-date financial records are essential for strategizing and making rational financial decisions.
• Stay tuned to financial news. You will benefit from following stories and commentary about the financial sector and becoming more literate about the financial world. This requires knowing much more than just the movement of the stock market, which is a limited view of financial trends.
• Focus on the present, not the past or future. The future is entirely unknown, and during uncertain times people tend to project into the future from fear. Many people are thriving right now and there’s no reason why you can’t thrive and prosper too if you adjust your financial behavior and goals to fit current conditions.
• Be open to new ideas and opportunities. Holding onto the past often provides apparent safety when in fact it keeps you from moving forward. Have an open mind and carefully examine the potential of opportunities that are presented to you, even if they require moving out of your comfort zone.
• Take care of your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, connect to others, express yourself authentically, and meditate daily. This is not the time to withdraw and comfort yourself with unhealthy foods and inactivity.

Making changes to your focus and behavior requires ongoing attention and support. The Peace of Mind & Prosperity program can provide this for you. Read more about the program on ProsperityPlace.com.

Resourses: PBS.org and CSPAN have some excellent interviews about events leading up to the financial downturn and suggestions for the future. Highly recommended: (All can be downloaded from ITunes
The Warning: a Frontline program. http://bit.ly/ax6qdP
After Words Interviews on CSPAN’s Book TV
    Joseph Stiglitz: Author of FreeFall
    Naomi Prins: Author of It Takes a Pillage