7:14 AM
Friday (somewhere in CA)

Just kidding.

I know where I am.

I was up at 5:45, letting my dogs out, and getting the trash out so the
trash collector could drive by and pick it up.

Have to make sure that's done every Friday.

If I don't, wow, I have a killer week.

So what am I going to blog about?

Worry. Worry. Worry.

I hate to bring that up, but it's something you're
probably good at.

I think in many ways it’s a human condition –
and the mind naturally goes into worry, any
chance it gets. If you're not keeping your mind busy,
it will go to things it doesn't need to.

For instance, here are some of the worries which
I think most business owners go through on a daily
basis…

Read them then tell me if I'm right or not.

We worry about money.

We worry about getting enough clients or patients.

We worry about getting too many patients at one time.

We worry about whether we can handle the workload.

We worry about whether we can afford to invest in marketing.

We worry about whether we can pay our bills.

We worry about our relationships.

We worry about what will happen if we don’t invest in marketing.

We worry about whether we are spending enough time with our family.

We worry about our staff quitting.

We worry about people stealing from us.

We worry about whether we are spending enough time to grow our business.

The list goes on – truth is, we'll always have something to worry about
if we let our mind take over.

My advice: watch your worries, but don’t take them personally.

See them as the mind’s natural wanderings and our mind's do
wander.

Of course, we shouldn’t ignore them – if they are important,
we should do something about them.

But worrying won’t make your worries go away.

It never has and it never will.

I've only found one thing that pushes worries out.

ACTION!

Only action will do this.

And if you’ve taken the action you need to, then let go of the worries.

One of the best questions to ask in order to do this is:

What’s the worst thing that can happen… the worst case scenario if what

I am worrying about --- comes true?

That question clears your mind...

because you very quickly discover that whatever you are worrying about –
you’ll be able to handle.

And with this in mind, then you can take some action to make sure
it doesn’t happen.

I say to just do what you do, do it the best you can and what happens,

happens. I've found that 97% of what I worry about, never happens, so I quit

worrying. I still do a little bit, but nothing like most people do. Some call me a

person that shirks responsibility. I don't think I do. Some people tell me that they

can't do this, and you know what? They're right because they said they can't.

So that's my blog post for the day.

Don't worry about it.

I'm not.

This is my blog, I write what I want to write, I share what I want to share, and I

more or less - do what I want to do, with whom I want to do it with. I think that is

pretty darn cool.

I'm only here on this earth for a short time. I am not going to be dictated to by

anyone. I love my life and I live for me. I love people and I want the best for them

and I'll do what I can for them, but I won't bear their cross for them.

Wow, is this some heavy stuff or what?

I must be on a roll or I need a shower.

LOL

I think I'll take a shower.

See you next time.

Dr. Carney