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What We CAN and CAN'T Control During a Crisis


so when I woke up today it really felt
weird it felt very similar to what was
happening in 2008 around the recession
and I wanted to shoot this video for you
to share a little bit about my
experience in 2008 to hopefully help you
and equip you with things that you might
need as the day's move over here amongst
the sort of things that are happening in
the world right now and if you happen to
be a online business owner or a content
creator I wanted to share a little bit
about how this may affect you both on
the positive and the negative side in
2008 the stock markets plummeted the
stores were depleted of toilet paper and
other necessities and there was that
that sort of funk in the air that you
probably feel right now that is just
full of fear and just everybody scared
and worried about what's gonna happen
next and back then it was the recession
caused by a number of factors related to
the US economy that you know we don't
need to get into right now but there was
that sort of underlying tone of just
well how long is this gonna go for and
when are we gonna come out the other end
and today here in 2020 it feels very
very similar eerily similar in the way
that everybody's sort of behaving and
fearing that this time is obviously a
result of a disease that is sort of
being spread around the world a pandemic
now and I remember like today there are
two camps of people there are the people
who are fearful who are panicked who are
super worried who are preparing for the
worst and then on the other hand there
are people who think those people are
crazy who are saying well this isn't
anything to worry about this this will
you know die off in the summer or what
have you and and there's no worry
whatsoever I'm not filming this video to
take one side or the other but in all
honesty my family and I we are fearful
we are taking precautions
however I'm also wanting to make sure I
understand all the facts so I don't get
persuaded by crazy headlines or random
tweets that might be going viral versus
knowledge from people who do know about
what's going on right now
it's your choice to determine where you
want to lie on that spectrum and I'm not
going to tell you what to do but
whatever you do please be wise please be
safe and I just hope everything's cool
when you're int I am filming this video
however because in 2008 I thought I was
not vulnerable to this situation
although lots of people were having to
stay at home to work or getting their
hours cut or even getting laid off you
know I always thought well I was immune
to the situation and I just kept telling
myself well you know that that would
never happen to me that that would never
happen to me
but on June 17 2008 it did happen to me
and I was like go from the only job I
knew that I ever wanted that I ever
dreamed for and I had no plan B and it
was crushed absolutely crushed the
timing was not great at all I mean it's
never great in these situations but I
was about to get married
and I know that getting laid off and
having a situation like that is not
comparable to being sick with an illness
that could cause death for some people
but in this situation it's one of those
things where even if you're not infected
for example you will still be affected
by what is going on there's going to be
likely things that have to change in
terms of your plans maybe it's having to
stay home or not having work anymore
maybe having to watch the kids at home
because schools are on lockdown maybe
it's travel plans that were canceled
their vacations that were canceled and
even if you wash your hands all the time
you stay out of danger you stay me in
places that are save you can still be
affected by the situation even if you do
everything right and when there's a
major life change like that and I know
from experience it can completely derail
you especially when it's not your fault
and there's nothing that you can do when
I got laid off in 2008 I was enough bad
mood for like three weeks straight
everyday blaming somebody different
blaming my boss blaming the economy
blaming my country blaming myself was
not healthy at all and more than that it
was not getting me anywhere either the
issue was that I was focused on things
that I could not control you can't
control what you can't control
I couldn't go back and get my job back I
couldn't change the way the economy was
working at the time yet those were the
only things I was really focused on
during those three weeks and right now
there are things that are happening that
you can't control but at the same time
there are things that are happening that
you can control and it's those things
that we can control that we should be
focusing on when I learn this back in
2008 when I finally realized that I
couldn't change the past but I could
change what I did now so I could change
the future for me in the situation I was
in everything changed what was once
considered a dire depressing moment
became a huge opportunity I having
gotten laid off had more time in front
of me than I had ever had in my whole
life before and I started to think about
what I could create or what I could
start that maybe I always wanted to I
just didn't have the time to do it
before so what I did was I started an
online business helping architects who
still had a job pass a particular exam
and now 12 years later since starting
that business and multiple businesses
later I can honestly say that a lot of
what's happened to me lately with
success in my business and in my life
was a result specifically of that
mindset change that change in
perspective during that really tough
moment in in my life and in really the
world now of course with a home-based
business online being able to help and
serve other people around the world
through a computer it's obviously the
best situation that I could be in right
now and so if you also happen to have an
online business or thinking of starting
one or you are at online content creator
perhaps now with the time that we do
have this is the time to lean into that
a little bit more to do the things to
take the bold actions that perhaps you
were putting aside or maybe now there's
a reason to do those things where you
thought you had a safety net before and
that's the one thing that I realized was
when I had my safety net of a job I
wasn't going to do the things to become
an entrepreneur here's another situation
that may be happening perhaps to you if
you have kids maybe the school simply
gets home
they don't want to have the kids come to
school for a while everything's on
lockdown so now you have to watch the
kids at home and yes I know how much of
a strain that can be especially when you
have much younger kids we can't control
what the schools are doing however we
can control what we do now with the kids
at home with us maybe this is the time
to establish some really solid sort of
game nights and traditions in your
family maybe this is the time to start
sort of an hour-long reading habit in
the afternoon and trust me if you're
gonna actually enforce that you better
be reading to or else it's just not
going to work and then extra time with
the kids whatever you do with that that
can only help you bond with them more
which then in turn in the future could
potentially mean a better relationship a
stronger relationship once we're on the
other side of all this stuff I want to
give a big shout-out to Sean kennel and
Benji Travis over at video influencers
they shot a video yesterday oh there's
actually an hour long livestream about
this whole pandemic and what that means
for content creators for business owners
and I love how they reframe the
opportunities that we have in front of
us because if you are a content creator
a youtuber podcaster blogger social
media business owner online course
creator coach of any kind you actually
have some big opportunities in front of
you because think about it people are
potentially gonna be staying home more
they're not gonna have work to do like
they did before they're going to have a
lot of time on their hands to do things
that they weren't able to do before so
perhaps this is the time they can start
learning from you or being a part of the
community that you're gonna build or
taking an online course that you have
we're consuming your YouTube content
more consuming your podcasts more and if
you don't have something up and running
now that people can consume well maybe
now is the time to get it in place what
I really fear however are the content
creators who are trying to take
advantage of the situation and the fear
that are in people right now and that
that's not what I'm telling you to do
and and you shouldn't do that there are
people out there selling hand sanitizer
for a thousand dollars on eBay right now
and that's just sickening but there has
been no other time in our history that
it's been easier to begin to generate an
income online to begin to start an
online business and to do it in a way
where you're actually serving others
helping people and
banking with them you have an
opportunity maybe now is the time to
lean into that a little bit more than
you did before you know a lot of people
are gonna watch some Disney Plus waiting
for that Mandalorian season too by the
way this is the way Etsy see that's what
I'm talking about somebody crafted this
out of fiber glass or whatever and it's
awesome and a fan like me loves it right
what could you create that you could
potentially sell maybe it's an online
course digital maybe it's a physical
product I don't know it's not unusual to
be loved by anyone all I'm saying is yes
it's a terrible situation I pray that
you and your loved ones and everybody
you know is safe and and and and fine
right now we're gonna get it we're gonna
get through this and I'm gonna be
creating more content here on YouTube
because I want to connect with you more
I think building a community in this
time is gonna be more important than
ever because we're gonna need each other
truly not just you and me but the people
who need you or need you to step up and
lead them and make them feel better and
make them feel safe and make them feel
like they belong to something because
there's gonna be a lot of stuff
happening in this world I don't see this
dying down anytime soon
so let's make the best of it cool will
you do that if you leave a comment below
let me know that you're gonna do your
best I know it's gonna be hard for many
of you but let's do our best to see the
positive in this and we'll try to see
how we might be able to come out better
even better on the other end then when
we entered it so I just want to wish you
all the best
thank you so much for being here a team
Flint you are amazing
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you enjoy this video and again let me
know in the comments section below that
you are going to try your best to look
at the positive in this and hopefully
lean into your content creation a little
bit more to serve others out there in
this world who desperately need you at
this time peace take care and as always
team Flint for the win

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