dOwN is ThE nEw Up

Here's what some people are talking about on the almighty Facebook : Is There an Upside to all the downsides of REcession?
it is the beauty of "constraints forcing creative solutions"

1. How can we use the downturn to inspire new growth? how can we create new business opportunities?
2. A silver lining to a downturn is that reducing waste can become a generative activity. In other words, being forced to tighten one's belt by external circumstances is more likely to generate creative solutions than a voluntary tightening during good times, when there is less at stake.
3. There is an Eskimo proverb that says: "The storm is the time to fish."