Get a Life!

We all have such people in our lives...those you want to grab a hold of, shake them and yell "Get a Life!" I've had one such friend of many years. We hit it off as friends when we met at a certain job several years ago, even though he was of a different culture, country and age group. We worked together on some different projects and a couple of network marketing businesses.


For him, there's always an excuse as to why he couldn't do something or why he was not successful. Such things as:

• I have to take my daughter to school/pick her up from school (a college age daughter; even after she had her own car)



• I'm fixing the roof



• My daughter got a dog and I have to take care of it



• I'm re-tiling the floor



• I'm painting the house(an upcoming excuse)



• I have to re-finance my house (an upcoming excuse)

I've seen him borrow $3,000 to buy into a vitamin/weightloss network marketing program and as far as I know, I was the only person who bought his products. Four years later, he was dumping expired vitamins and powdered milkshakes into my hands. He was and remains in a constant state of "being broke" and complaining about it. (Since I decided to cut my losses with him, I've watched as he got all excited about 2 other programs which he did not follow through on.)

I began to see the light about him earlier this year when I read Larry Winget's book, "Shut Up, Quit Whining and Get a Life!" Some quotes from his "Quit Whining" chapter: "If you are unhappy, unsuccessful, sick or broke --please just keep it to yourself" and "whining prolongs the problem." This guy spares no one.

Well, the lightbulb finally went off in my head. I had been my friend's own personal guardian angel and I had spent countless hours helping him set up his presentations, driving him to meetings, giving him extra business building materials, helping him sharpen pencils...you get the picture. Yes, I enjoyed his company but it did nothing for my bottom line except kill time.



So I had reached that point where it was finally time to move on. Since then, I found plenty more productive hours to reach my own goals. It's quite refreshing.



My point is, take a look around you and see who is draining your batteries. Tell those friends and family to "Get a Life!"



Til next time,

Celeste Peterson