Have you the mental strength to resist mass hysteria?

A lot of people think mass hysteria is images on the News of milling crowds, swarming like ants, looking mad and crazy and doing bizarre things.

They never find themselves in the middle of a huge crowd and so they think they are safe from the kind of irrational behaviour that crowds are famous for. People in crowds seem to revert to some kind of primitive behaviour.

When you think of crowd behaviour, you tend to think of Germans going crazy at Hitler’s rallies, and the insanity that followed. You thinks of riots and anarchy. Rock concerts with girls fainting and trying to get onto the stage.

You do not think that, sitting at home with your family watching TV, then driving to work and going about the normal daily routines in your life, you are part of any mass hysteria.

Okay, so you may not be throwing rocks or screaming hysterically. But chances are, you are acting just as irrationally as if you were in a crowd. This is because you ARE in a crowd.

If you are watching News channels along with millions of others, you’re in a crowd.

If you’re exposed to any mass media that means you’re part of a mass and prone to acting accordingly.

If you’re using “free” financial planning from the blue chip life insurance companies to plan for your future the way 99% of people are; if you’re investing in property the way 99% of people do; or running a business the way 99% of people do; then you’re showing crowd behaviour.

And the crowd is not successful.