if you don t have the skill set rkt now is the time to get that. there are lots of opportunities. lots of opportunities for entrepreneurship. for bartering services. you watch msnbc, read the news and you say, i don t feel i can do anything to help. anything to change the special interests, the government. how do you deal with the feelings of powerlessness? by a willingness to hold opposites. that means on the one hand, you recognize that on some level, you do have no power at all and you can t actually influence these things. i tried yelling at them. they don t listen. but on the other hand, you give every ounce of your energy in the beliefs that you can. that s the paradox of it.