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So they say the economy is in shambles. Unemployment is the highest it has been in 16 years, companies are failing daily, and my 401k is down more than 50% year-to-date.

Some people are blaming “the rich” and “bad luck” for their misfortune, while others continue searching for a scapegoat.  Well, these people are the people who will struggle in the next few years. They will be laid off or have been laid off, they will let their businesses fail, and more importantly, they will let their life fall apart.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t have to be a petrified mouse in the corner of a fish tank awaiting a snake’s strike. You can be the snake taking strikes at all of your opportunities. As Baron Rothschild once said, “Buy when blood is in the streets, even if the blood is your own.”

So, your blood is in the streets. It’s your move.

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