Every one of us, at one time or another, made a friend who turned out to be negative.  They may have started out positive, but somewhere along the line they turned sour; always complaining, never smiling, and most of all, bringing you down.

So what did you?  You let them know how you felt, right?  You told them their new behavior was not helping you be hopeful or optimistic, right? You didn't?  Why not?  You know that if you continue to hang around negative people it's going to bring you down, right? It will, and fast.

If you aren't sure why you are holding on to negative people I have 7 reasons you may want to hear.  Chances are very good that I list the reason.

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Everyone wants to be happy, right?  So how come some people aren't?  I thought about this the other day and I came up with a pretty clear reason why; people don't assess where they are happy and where they are not.

Take people, for instance.  If you want to have a positive, uplifting and happy life you need to be surrounded by like minded people.  However, many people let negative people stay in their lives because they never assessed if they added to their lives or not.

Many people make excuses for having negative people in their lives. They feel they can't just quit a job with a boss that doesn't respect them (YOU CAN AND YOU SHOULD).  Or they feel that a parent that is abusive or unkind needs to stay in their lives (again, no, they don't)

This week I am putting the focus on helping you evaluate all the people in your life that you spend the most time with.  Today, I am going to talk about evaluating the people in your life and then once you have that list, the people that add to your life and the people that don't, then I will talk about how to change or relationship or end it.

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It's not one of the most popular new year resolutions, but I bet it's on your mind.  I'm talking about increase your level of focus and attention.  It's not an easy thing to do either.  technology has given us myriad ways to pee away time when we lose the focus of what we are working on. 

Ultimately though the responsibility is yours to stay on task. However, that is not as easily done as you may think.

In fact, the reasons you lose your focus may not even be aware to you.  Thankfully, I am go to demystify it for you.  On today's show I am going to talk about 4 reasons you become distracted, along with 4 questions to help you understand which applies to you.

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