I was talking to one of my best business friends today and this is usually a guy who doesn’t think about the glass being half empty or half full, to him life is always a full glass!

Well, he was so negative and disparaging about everything and everyone we talked about no matter what I said he came back with mucho negativity. This was the third time in a row that he was this way, I asked him about it and he harrumphed “I’m fine, I haven’t changed one bit”.

This was so discouraging to me, it put a damper on the rest of my day. I had decided in January to banish all (or as much as I could) negativity from my life. People, places, situations, whatever. I was doing pretty well, there still some negative people I have to deal with, but I try to limit my exposure as much as possible.

As such I have made the decision to limit my exposure to the gentleman I mentioned above.
My point is if you surround yourself with negative things, it will color your entire life – business and personal. Get rid of those things as fast as you can, all they do is drag you and your outlook down with them.

You would be surprised how much better life and business will be without these yahoos. Surround yourself with positive thoughts, images, people, places, events, etc. Trust me it is very uplifting. I’m off my soapbox…