The financial markets are still in the bad shape. It looks like the government wants to save them and their solution is to use taxpayer money. The experts are saying that they are trying to do the same thing as was done in Sweden 10 years ago, but with one big exception?  Yes, I said exception.  The exception is that the people that made bad decisions do not have to take the consequences.  In Sweden, the people that made the mess were not rewarded.  The risk was on the companies and not the taxpayers.

How can a CEO who ran a company into the ground walk away with a golden parachute?  What is the result if I do not have to take the consequences of my decision that results in my underearning?  First of all, I will not change.  I will keep making the same decisions with the same results, i.e., underearning.  I might complain, but keep on doing the same thing again and again.  It is difficult to change behavior, especially when the result is not getting through.  Even when the result is getting through and it is devastating, it is still difficult change.  I have to want to change and need to change.  Be willing to go through some tough times while doing the change.

Do you think that the Wall Street CEOs will not do this again if they do not have to feel the consequences for their actions?  Do they want to change?  Do they need to change?

It takes courage to change, a lot of courage.

Love and peace,

ElinAnna