Welcome to 2012! In the last week I have heard a variety of year end reviews, everything from, “It was the best year of my life” to “I am so glad this year has come to an end, it was the worst year ever”. Perhaps it is time for an honest appraisal of the last year and how you may or may not have contributed to your successes this past year. Take an inventory of the people that you surround yourself with the most. As Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” I would like you to conduct an exercise that is from The Success Principles by Jack Canfield. Sit down in a quiet place and make a list of all the folks that you spend time with on a regular basis including friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, people that may be part of an organization or religious group. Once your list is complete, place a minus sign next to the names of those people that are negative and toxic and a plus sign next to those people that are positive and caring. You may see a pattern emerging as one area of your life may be negative or one may be positive. It could be that you have a mix of folks in different parts of your life with different energy. Now, here is the hard part. Stop spending time with the folks that have the minus sign next to their name. Life is about choices. You can choose to be with people that support you, nurture you, believe in you and help you with your dreams or you can choose to be around people that drain your energy. It is up to you. Choose wisely and here is to the best year of your life!
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