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Special Tips by Tim Connor “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Raymond Chandler Setbacks and adversity are often signals that some aspect of life has come to an end or needs to come to an end. They are wake-up calls, or what I call choice points in life. Many people, myself included on a number of occa- sions, resist endings from time to time. Sometimes however, we embrace or encourage them. We want to continue life, a business, or lifestyle forever. Most people die with unfinished business left in them. It is seldom there isn’t some- thing more which could have been said, done, seen, learned, or shared by some- one who has passed on. Learn to see setbacks as opportunities to question your decisions, life direction, goals, or commitments. The ability to control your emotions and take full responsibility for your life and its opportunities and dramas is one of the key skills necessary for success, balance, and happiness. There may be times during life when it is appropriate to feel guilt, anger, resentment, fear, jealousy, disappointment, grief, insecu- rity, blame, and hundreds of other feel- ings due either to your belief system and values, or the circumstances and people life throws in your path. Some people have the ability to experience these various emotions and let them go quickly, leaving no long-term nega- tive residual effects. Some, on the other hand, seem to remain stuck in any one of these negative emotions - to their detriment I might add. Emotional matu- rity is the ability to see life clearly - to deal in what is - not what can be or was, or what you want it to be. Was it something your parents did 20 years ago? Something a customer said last week? Or something a spouse or friend said yesterday? Old baggage is emotional stuff we carry around with us for days, months, even years. It is usually negative stuff like old hurts, re- sentments, anger, or some kind of pain inflicted by another person or situation. It can also be just carrying around old guilt, failure, or fear which impacts our current relationships and life in general. Why do people hold on to all these old feelings? Everyone moves through life with their own very personal agen- das, needs, and life issues. Old baggage starts to feel very comfortable after a while - so comfortable many people die never able to let go of these hurts, slights, and pain. There is one very good reason to let go of all this stuff. One of the major causes of stress today is sup- pressed emotions that fester in the body, taking their eventual toll on some aspect of our physiology. So why let the old bag- gage go? It may kill you if you don’t. In His service, Tim To receive Tim’s weekly FREE motivational booster articles, contact him at www.timconnor.com with “please add me to your free booster e-mail subscriber list” in the subject line. Or contact him via e-mail at admin@ worldwidedrillingresource.com WorldWide Drilling Resource ® 16 JUNE 2014