CHARLES ON...

I did something this week that I have never done before.  I had my first breakdown via social networking.  When you're running two companies and considered to be a work-a-holic by most, recovering from a week of work is one of the hardest things you'll ever have to do.  If anything else goes wrong on top of that, then you're basically screwed.  That's my story in a nutshell.

For the first time, I found myself tweeting all about it (and, of course, linking it to Facebook).  No one clearly knew how to act.  I received voicemails from people I haven't spoken to in years, and today I even got an e-mail from someone who sends me constant hate mail apologizing for being so rough on me.

Everyone seriously thought I had lost it, and I probably had.  After taking a few hours off work and soaking in some of ABC's Wednesday night line-up I managed to sleep for about 14 hours and wake up realizing that my problems here in New York City are nothing compared to what is going on in the rest of the world.

When you feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders, take a few moments and think about what others might be going through.  For me, it is normally the poor people living the hills of Tennessee.  This time it was the Haitian kids surviving for over a week without food and water underneath earthquake rubble.

The important thing to remember is that you can get through it.  Have faith in yourself.  Henry Ford said it best, "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."