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MEDIA ADVISORY, October 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Steve McSwain, author of The Giving Myths, says...
• "Eat, Pray, and LEARN" - "Many are clueless," observes McSwain, "about how the market system works. It is our ignorance that fuels the panic that flames the fear that results in decisions that are almost always unwise and costly," says McSwain.
Learn the basics. "I was an adult," McSwain admits, "before I learned how to balance a checkbook. Nothing wrong with not knowing everything," says McSwain, "but there's everything wrong with not knowing enough-and, what you don't know will hurt you."
McSwain counsels parents to seize this opportunity to talk to children about money matters. "When given an allowance, help them to discipline themselves to 'save a little, share a little, spend the rest'. That's a formula for their financial success--yours, too."
• Stop, Meditate, and Breathe. "It'll help you avoid a hasty and ill-informed decision." McSwain describes a time when, following a divorce and a career change, he invested without investigating a product advertised on late-night television that promised financial freedom. It turned out to be a scam and cost him thousands.
"Before doing anything with your financial portfolio," McSwain counsels, "get good advice from a professional. Then, with that advice, stop, meditate, and breathe. Better yet, sleep on it overnight."
• Don't Judge Others--Too Quickly. "There's plenty of blame to go around. But, no special interest group has a monopoly on greed," observes McSwain. "Greed like a weed can grow in anyone's garden. It'll spring up wherever there's a crack in the soul."
"The incomes of corporate executives and their 'multi-million-dollar parachutes' enabling them to disappear even before the eulogy has been read, passed the level of absurdity long ago. It is a national disgrace--the American Dream on greed-eroids," says McSwain.
"But, before judging anyone, take a look at what's growing in your yard. Many Americans have been, in the words of Will Rogers, just as quick to 'borrow money they don't have, to buy things they don't need, to keep up with people they don't even like'."
"The best greed-control is to sow seeds of generosity. This may seem ludicrous but just remember, no matter how hard you have it, you can be sure someone is having it harder."
• Share a Little, Especially Now. "Generosity never bankrupted anyone," says McSwain. "I've met a lot of bankrupt people but it wasn't giving that made them so. Generous people always have enough and plenty left-over to share some more."
"The proverbial story of the boy who shared his little lunch and ended up feeding a great multitude ought to be enough to remind every American that as we 'Share-A-Little' we 'Save-A-Lot'--like this great country, for starters," says McSwain.
"The great spiritual master said, 'Give and it will be given to you.' You do not give-to-get, but you do get what you give. That's the real 'Law of Attraction' and it works for everyone, religious or otherwise."
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