The approach taken by GREY WOLF toward economic sustainability and survivability is
one that combines intution and logic, modern technology and ancient insights, abstract nonlinear
mathematics and obvious common sense.
Before going into an exploration of the model, the methods, and what it means for you as an
individual, family, or extended group, it makes sense to reflect upon what are some of the inappropriate
and dysfunctional paths we can follow today and henceforth, so as to avoid pitfalls and "dead ends" that
are going to do us no good as human beings trying to have a good life, one with happiness and security,
in the face of hardships and challenges that abound, some completely out of our control, and others due to
human ignorance, greed, and other factors and conditions that we need to recognize as being part of our
social matrix.
To speak of certain financial dead-end behaviors and the need for making some sharp and radical turns in
thinking and action is not to say that everything we have known and relied upon is wrong and must be cast
aside or avoided. GREY WOLF is not about pulling out all of your cash from every bank account or investment
account. Nor is it about moving to the hills or forests and living in a log cabin. Nor is it about taking
unpredictable risks with your time, money, life, material assets, intangible assets, or anything.
GREY WOLF is, however, about diversification, counter-balancing, leveraging, hedging, and focusing, with a
very strong emphasis upon reliance for what are the most necessary commodities and functions of life - those
concerned with provision and sustainability of:
- water
- food
- shelter
- fuel and other energy
- health maintenance
- safety and security
- comfort
Thus, GREY WOLF is about avoiding those pathways, those activities, that do not contribute to the above and
which, no matter how attractive or intelligent or civilized or elegant they may seem, are simply not
appropriate any more (if ever they were) as the primary or sole sources of security for people today.
Thus, it is important to know what are some of the "dead ends" that are not going to work in the future and
why they need to be avoided as "primary" vehicles for your financial security and sustainability.
