It was 9:00 p.m. I had just finished dinner with my mastermind friends.

When I ordered an espresso, my health-fanatic friend Dr. Tomshack looked at me and said, “You’re drinking an espresso now? Are you sure?”

Being Italian, I said, “Of course.”

It was a damn strong espresso.

Sleeping that night did not come easy.

At the next morning meeting, I blamed Tomshack for my poor sleep because he let me order the espresso. Another friend also blamed him, saying he should have slapped the espresso cup out of my hand.

We had a good laugh, but then, on a more serious note, I wondered if there was anyone I was consciously or subconsciously blaming for anything else.

It reminded me of a story the late, great Jim Rohn told about showing his mentor his blame list, including his parents, the government, taxes, etc.

His mentor looked at the list and said, “Mr. Rohn, there’s only one problem with this list. You aren’t on it!”

Are you on your list?

Kick butt, make mucho DEEnero!

Dave “Late night jitters” Dee