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I always say, “You can’t see where you’re going if you’re looking in the rear-view mirror. You have to look ahead through the windshield.”  Don’t get caught up on the bugs either… ( that’s another entry :) )

Don’t focus on the past – it’s in the past.  You learned from it, right?  Move on and forget it.  Your past experiences have made you who you are today, however your past can hold you back and hurt you as well.

It can be paralyzing… it can be hard… it is not always easy to leave the past behind but you HAVE to do it.  If this is your current addiction – and yes – it is addicting to some people- I suggest you do whatever it takes to snap out of it.

Wallowing in misery has become a favorite past time for some people… even people you know – right?  You know people like this… the volunteer victims? I know people in the business world that are like this.  They have been hurt before… someone has done them wrong or they think they have been done wrong  :) .  They always think everyone is out to get them. How can they ever have a positive business or a positive influence on others with this mindset?

Live for the now – the present – and build for your future.  It’s bright.

There is no rear-view mirror in the spaceshuttle. You are either going to the moon or you’re done. – Hazen Christensen

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The other day, I attended a seminar where the speaker, multimillionaire Blake Mallen, said:

“You are either politicking or producing, but you can’t be doing both.”

Gossip or politics doesn’t get you any closer to your goals. Most of the time it keeps you from taking action and doing any real work. If you look at most true producers and achievers, they simply don’t have time, nor the desire to be a part of it. They are too busy creating value and taking steps towards advancement to care about whose dating who, or “showing” everyone how successful they are.

There are a lot of organizations where people get so caught up in the water-cooler gossip that they never produce any results in the process. They may be “in the know” or part of the “in” crowd, but usually no real production occurs from it. If you want to go after your goals, you must produce and leave the gossiping to the others that don’t really want success. What kind of a return does the drama between Sue and Charles produce?

You can either be politicking or producing, but you can’t be doing both.  Me… I’d rather have the results and the freedom those results produce.


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