In 'Gone with the Wind', Rhett Butler claimed "there are two times for making big money, one in the upbuilding of a country and the other in its destruction". During an economic downturn, the results can be shattering ualost jobs, businesses and marriages. Even in the good times, over 300,000 of us are retrenched each year and 80% of small businesses fail within the first two years. If recessions are an inevitable part of the economic cycle, why can't we plan to be one of the survivors? Or even be one of the people or businesses that prosper through the tough times. This book not only inspires, comforts and motivates but includes advice from leading experts in the fields of business, investment and family relationships, as well as case studies from real people who prove it can be done. Whether you are an employee or employer, stay-at-home-mum or small business owner, a retiree concerned about investments or a school leaver worried about finding a job in times of rising unemployment uathis is an indispensable guide for anyone who doesn't want to sit and wait for disaster to claim him or her!