News is a commodity that needs to be marketed to garner revenue, but unfortunately most of it is bad. You don't need to know all the bad news in the world and it is unlikely that you could, even if you tried. Bad news is like a missed step. Imagine that your footsteps could be monitored accurately as you walked. You would find that the majority of your steps would be off track even by just a little. You would not be able to walk in a straight line even if you tried. The important point is that at the end of the day you would be none the wiser unless someone showed you the analysis of your walking pattern. Surprisingly you would discover that you had several missed steps, a couple of near misses even a minor fall. But you would have made it through the day without the slightest concern. Bad news is just like the missteps that occur during normal walking. You don't need to know a whole lot about your errors or those of others. When you hear bad news try not to listen. If it is on the television change the channel or mute the sound. If it is encountered in conversation change the topic or move away. Don t go looking for the unpleasant things that you don't need to know about. Don t look down at your feet look ahead and take bold steps. The little errors are quite normal and like bad news are miniscule parts of the big picture. They are definitely not the picture. http://xylott.blog.co.uk/
We all have been in this situation at one time or the other. We are busy doing something, maybe on the phone, possibly on the way out the door and someone asks for some information or for us to give an answer to a future proposal. It is possible that the proposal seems really feasible but the questions are coming at the wrong time. You have to rush, you are late, you are busy or on the phone or something is just not right for you at that time. What should you do in such a situation?Well, the answer is quite simple.If it doesn't fit its not right.The answer that you should give may surprise the other interested party.You should calmly let them know that your inclusion or the input that they require will not be relevant to the outcome that they seek. The advice or direction that they needed from you at that moment is either unimportant or it is likely that they already know the answer or that it will come from another quarter. You see the principle still holds.Things that are out of place are really just that. They can be ignored.So when your friend calls you to ask for directions to go somewhere and you forgot where you wrote them down, or you will have to go to great lengths to get the information, don't worry about it. They won't really need them.Your friend will manage just fine and may even decide not tocome after all. The same thing applies to you if you find yourself in your friend's position. http://xylott.blog.co.uk/