Healthy people are successful showmen.

Are you eating healthy? Are you getting regular quality sleep? Are you exercising? Are you doing well in school or at work? Are you managing your time and activities? Why?

Think about it. You budget very seriously to purchase the best feed nutrients money can buy for your show projects. You provide the very best shelter to assure comfort for the animal. You exercise the animals daily to develop the best consumer product. You place your show project as a daily high priority managing regular feeding and exercising times.

Your animal is in tip top shape for the show. Are you? Can your animal depend on you to be at your best to show? Animals do pick up on the handlers attitude.  When both the showman and animal feel good, look good and full concentration is on the class the opportunities are better for the judge to evaluate and place the animal higher in the class.

You don't always have to say no. A simple "I have another commitment at that time." will suffice. Set your priorities to be successful by committing to yourself to be healthy, to do well in school and at work, to get regular quality rest, to participate in activities that you enjoy and your show projects.  

Keep moving forward. How many steps forward will you take in 2016?