But, Mama forgot to tell us about running with dull objects.  They too, are just as dangerous to your personal health.  Dull objects take many forms as both animate and inanimate objects. 

You'd never run with scissors, but are you guilty of running, figuratively speaking, with dull items like these?

• Dull riding lessons
• Dull advertising and offers
• Dull  friends
• Dull  clients
• Dull buildings and grounds
• Dull summer riding camps
• Dull clothing
• Dull business models
• Dull clinics
• Dull conversations

If you said yes to any of the above, you're normal.  Everybody falls into the dull rut from time to time.  But, dullness doesn't have to be a chronic condition, either.  If you are getting my point, then consider:

Dull Businesses deliver Dull Profits.

Escaping the dull-drums is not difficult, but the sharpening process relies on you to furnish the energy to liven things up.

Personal tips to reduce dullardism:

• Walk faster
• Ask Why?  more often
• Daydream
• Vary your speaking volume and pace
• Use gestures
• Dress like a winner
• Read a novel on the best seller list
• Avoid cluster discussions about gas mileage and the price of gas
• Add spice or hot sauce to your daily regimen as needed
• Improve your posture
• Smile often

Professional tips to defeat dull:

• Have a client appreciation event
• Apply a fresh coat of paint to stale walls
• Talk frequently about industry issues with other professionals
• Attend a national level horse show or conference involving your discipline (s)
• Volunteer to help industry organizations as a committee chairman or director
• Be a contrarian
• Be the social director organizing cocktail parties, dinners and excursions for prospects and clients
• Memorize a funny story or joke to tell when and where appropriate
• Schedule days off work and take them
• Speak less often-listen more often-the world is desperate for the brilliance of a good listener

Being dull is comfortable, but it generally does not pay well.  If you think about  the successful people in the horse business and other businesses, dull is not part of their personality description.

I suspect successful people, as kids,  were scissors runners.

As successful adults, they not only run with sharp objects, they juggle several at a time.