I hope that you have seen this show, although a comedy there is a lot of truth to it. Have you ever thought how events in your life trickle down to the next person? We all come across those people that we help and I'm sure how we think about the good karma. My question is what about the bad karma? What about those that we could have should have been better for?

I know where will I go with this.....it has been a long time since I wrote a blog, I was in a bad motorcycle accident that put me out of commission for a while. But while being out of commission (and several My Name is Earl episodes) got me thinking about those that I have touch in good ways, bad ways and people that I should have been better to.

In a time of New Year Resolutions that will soon be forgotten I have decided to create a small (to get started) "Earl List" of 5 things that I need to own up to.

1) I'm going to talk to my former assistant and apologize for letting my competitive nature get in the way of our friendship. I need to apologize for not being supportive and not always wishing her the best.           I did this today, I think she was surprised that I owned up to it and grateful to start our friendship again. We both owned up to misunderstanding, miscommunications and things that should have been done differently. I left our lunch feeling better and hopeful about our more mature friendship.  

2) I need to ask a good friend of mine if I'm a good friend and what ways can I improve.     I did this today, she was brutally honest, which sucked at first but I needed to hear it. She said that I was a good friend but often flaky, I would over promise and under deliver. I would schedule things but cancel and I treated her like my time was more valuable than hers.  She said that is was something that she can accept but thought I should know. She complemented me on other things but all I could think of is how can I be such a flake to a friend that would do anything for me?                                              

3) I need to say thank you more....I don't do that enough, more thank you cards, more thank you phone calls and just give more thanks.

4) If I have nothing nice to say I need to shut up. I often get caught in the office drama, I need to keep my head down and focus on my business. I will also remain positive about my industry.

5) I need to contact a few Realtors that I have lost touch with.... This one is a hard one for me because I know personally I don't want to face why they may not work with me anymore. Not that I have lost a lot but there are a few that I loved working with but lost that spark. I want to find out how I could have been better, not for their business again but for my personal growth.

I realize that people come into my life for a moment, a season and a life time for a reason. But maybe some of those people should have been a life time and I would only give them a moment. I want to get those moments back or a least make sure that I do right by them.

Call this my self evaluation blog, I think we all need it, we all need to own up to our weakness for that will make us stronger. Would you join me in owning up? I know this is not the easiest thing to do but it might be nice to know I'm not alone. ;@) Catherine