Bob Meyer

Imagine you had a friend who had lost a hundred pounds in the course of a year, they worked out and ate right and took all the steps to move forward to getting healthy. Then imagine after they reached their goal weight they decided to celebrate by buying a 100 lb bar bell, they bought special straps for the bar bell so they could carry it around on their back all day and everyday. Sounds crazy doesn't it? How many people actually do this with everything else in life, emotionally and mentally, business and personal? Who wants be one of those people?

When you carry around dead weight, it makes every other task more challenging than what it should be. Focusing mentally on anything productive is hard to do when your mind has things in the back trying to push their way forward. Dead weight can come in many forms, whether its thoughts or clouded emotions, sometimes it can even come in the form of another human being. People who are not focusing and moving forward with you are DEAD WEIGHT. Have you ever known one of those people who at first, just seemed to need a genuine helping hand but later you find out thats what the whole relationship consists of, you carrying them...the whole way.

When we are on the road to success, our generousity is not a free ride, sluff off the dead weight because those who want to go with you will be at your side and not on your shoulders.

It can be a challenge to stay positive when we are constantly reminded of things that could be or can go wrong. Even watching tv can be a challenge with the media's perspective. Some of the things we hear could potentially send some people into "panic overdrive". It is wise to be prepared, but there is a huge difference between 'being prepared' and 'dwelling on the worst case scenario'.

Our reactions can actually change a situation for better or worse. When you dread something happening, you are thinking about it negatively and in a sense almost making it happen. Its like when you fear it, you are experiencing the emotion you would have if it was actually happening, why go through all that when you don't have to. Some people, at the first sign of possible bad weather, they are ready to panic and change location, when all they really need to do is just throw an umbrella in the trunk and start thinking about what they are going to do on the next sunny day.

Staying positive can be a challenge at first, but make it a habit so it becomes a way of life. One very easy and simple way to make an adjustment is, tomorrow, try to go through the whole day just maintaining a smile on your face, no matter what and see how differently things could turn out. The reactions you get from people will alter your day. In the atmosphere of life if someone has to set the mood, it might as well be us!!

It can be a challenge to stay positive when we are constantly reminded of things that could be or can go wrong. Even watching tv can be a challenge with the media's perspective. Some of the things we hear could potentially send some people into "panic overdrive". It is wise to be prepared, but there is a huge difference between 'being prepared' and 'dwelling on the worst case scenario'.

Our reactions can actually change a situation for better or worse. When you dread something happening, you are thinking about it negatively and in a sense almost making it happen. Its like when you fear it, you are experiencing the emotion you would have if it was actually happening, why go through all that when you don't have to. Some people, at the first sign of possible bad weather, they are ready to panic and change location, when all they really need to do is just throw an umbrella in the trunk and start thinking about what they are going to do on the next sunny day.

Staying positive can be a challenge at first, but make it a habit so it becomes a way of life. One very easy and simple way to make an adjustment is, tomorrow, try to go through the whole day just maintaining a smile on your face, no matter what and see how differently things could turn out. The reactions you get from people will alter your day. In the atmosphere of life if someone has to set the mood, it might as well be us!!

Whether we are the direct blame for an outcome or just involved in the result, there is an opportunity for excuse or reason. Reason is a rational motive for a belief or action but an excuse is a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise. The key word in the definition for reason would be "rational"...in the definition for excuse it would be "defense".

Reasoning is thinking that is coherent and logical, and an excuse is a poor example. Remember when we were kids and mom would say "don't give me that excuse" or "stop making excuses". If we take a detour off the path and make a mistake, just own up, take responsibility, it makes the recovery go smoother.

If someone does us wrong, we don't really want to hear excuses, do we? We can be understanding and let people give a valid reason (if the have one). Lets say a man running a red light hits another car, he might say "well i was in a hurry" which is the reason he was running the red light but its just an excuse for hitting the other car. We can accept that he was in a hurry but being in a hurry is just an excuse to not use wisdom and reason. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can certainly choose our reaction to them.

There is always a reason for everything, but there is never an excuse.

Whether we are the direct blame for an outcome or just involved in the result, there is an opportunity for excuse or reason. Reason is a rational motive for a belief or action but an excuse is a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise. The key word in the definition for reason would be "rational"...in the definition for excuse it would be "defense".

Reasoning is thinking that is coherent and logical, and an excuse is a poor example. Remember when we were kids and mom would say "don't give me that excuse" or "stop making excuses". If we take a detour off the path and make a mistake, just own up, take responsibility, it makes the recovery go smoother.

If someone does us wrong, we don't really want to hear excuses, do we? We can be understanding and let people give a valid reason (if the have one). Lets say a man running a red light hits another car, he might say "well i was in a hurry" which is the reason he was running the red light but its just an excuse for hitting the other car. We can accept that he was in a hurry but being in a hurry is just an excuse to not use wisdom and reason. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can certainly choose our reaction to them.

There is always a reason for everything, but there is never an excuse.