Here I was, all set to write a tongue-in-cheek article called “The Top 10 Celebrity Self-Sabotagers of 2010”.

Replete with the usual suspects like Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan – along with newcomers Jesse James, Ben Roethlisberger, Christine O’Donnell , and 2010’s #1 self-sabotager Lebron James – I was feeling pretty good about my list.

Until I got to thinking about today’s celebrities.

See, it used to be a lot easier to be a celebrity. You had the Hollywood studio machine that carefully controlled the public’s exposure to you. Stars were packaged like gods and goddesses, super-beings who were not only above, but simply different from the rest of us mortals.

Today, you’ve got Snooki.

We live in what one of my teachers calls The Attention Economy. When I was growing up in Maine, there were four channels (including PBS), plus Channel 56 in Boston if you held the rabbit ears just right.

Today, there are hundreds of cable channels, billions of web sites, too many emails, and more tweets than we can possibly pay attention to.

Yet the human brain has not changed since I was a kid. The human brain can only handle so many inputs at a time. With too many sources vying for our attention, it’s only natural that we have to filter out far more than we let in.

Which brings me back to why I feel sorry for today’s celebrities.

Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV puts it this way (I’m paraphrasing): “If I had appeared on Carson, I’d be a legend. I’ve been on Conan. That puts me on the Z-list.”

So, rather than pile on 2010’s celebrity self-sabotagers, here are four ways to avoid being on this list next year – and avoid the need to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory:

1. Get rid of the yes-men. Many celebs have grown an Entourage of Enablers – hangers-on who make sure the celeb gets anything they want. But “getting anything you want” isn’t always good for you. (Just ask Tiger Woods.) So, dump the yes-men and bring in people who will tell you the truth, even when you don’t want to hear it.

2. Use Afformations. Afformations are empowering questions like, “Why am I enough?” and “Why am I so fortunate to be who I am?” Using Afformations will switch your brain from beliefs of not-enough to beliefs of enough. For free samples of Afformations, visit Afformations.com and iAfform.com .

3. Find a Loving Mirror. A Loving Mirror is someone who sees you for Who You Really Are, not who your publicist says you are. Many of the multi-millionaires I’ve coached didn’t have anyone who loved and appreciated them just for BEING, only for their accomplishments. The trap here is the belief, “In order to be loved, I have to keep doing more and more.” The human soul will always rail against that belief; hence, the self-sabotaging behavior.

4. Focus on what you have, not what you lack. America is suffering from the disease of “not-enoughness”. We truly believe there’s not enough work, not enough money, not enough love to go around. When you focus on what you lack, you will create more feelings of lack.

But when you focus on what you HAVE, you will create the feeling of having. Happiness is equivalent to “I have what I want.” When you focus on all that you have, your feelings of happiness will naturally increase – and it’s awfully hard to sabotage yourself when you’re truly happy.

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LOS ANGELES — A day that began with authorities confirming Lindsay Lohan was being investigated for battery on a female staffer at a California rehab facility treating the starlet ended with the worker fired after giving an interview about the incident.

Riverside County sheriff’s detectives said Tuesday they are investigating the “Mean Girls” star for an alleged altercation with a worker at a Betty Ford Center facility in Palm Desert that occurred after 1 a.m. on Dec. 12.

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Dawn Holland — whom TMZ interviewed Tuesday afternoon — wrote her report 6 hours after her showdown with Lindsay at Betty Ford. Holland says during the heat of the argument, Lindsay “threw the phone … I threw up my left hand to block it and then she grabbed my right hand and tried to snatch the phone that I had up to my ear, then called me a ‘C__T B___H.'”

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AP/LOS ANGELES – Lindsay Lohan is under investigation for an alleged misdemeanor battery against a female staffer at a rehab facility where the actress is receiving treatment, authorities said Tuesday.

Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela said officers responded to a Betty Ford Center facility in Palm Desert on Dec. 12 shortly after 1 a.m. for an incident involving Lohan.

Valenzuela says a female staffer reported having a dispute with the “Mean Girls” star and that she wanted to pursue charges. No arrests were made and Valenzuela says detectives continue to look into the case.

Their results will be presented to Riverside County prosecutors, who will decide whether to file a criminal case, Valenzuela said.

Messages for Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, were not immediately returned. An e-mail message seeking comment from a Betty Ford spokesman was not immediately returned, although the facility does not comment on its patients.

Lohan has been receiving treatment at the Betty Ford Center and its facilities, about 120 miles east of Los Angeles, since late September.

A judge overseeing her probation for a 3-year-old drunk driving case has required Lohan to remain at the rehab center until Jan. 3.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox has scheduled a hearing on Lohan’s progress for Feb. 25. He has said he would be willing to place her on informal probation and allow her to leave Los Angeles if she stayed out of trouble until then.

Lohan’s stint at Betty Ford is her fifth stay in rehab and her second this year. Fox agreed to release her early from treatment at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in late August, but she failed a drug screening within weeks.

Fox opted to send her back to rehab rather than jail, where she would have been released early due to overcrowding.

The battery investigation was first reported by celebrity news website TMZ.

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I’m back, front and center on my couch in a vintage Dolce & Gabbana jammie set. Eating nachos. And by nachos I mean Wheat Thins with some guacamole. But wishing that they were nachos.

Mostly I’m here to see what wit and wisdom our favorite cabbie, Deshawne, the oracle of the City of New York, has to say regarding Patti’s terrible ensembles but knowledge in the realm of lurve. So sit back and get ready to discuss what socially inept exceptionally rich person who has decided to make a fool of themselves by going on national television will do this week. It might involve a helicopter, some roses, and definitely a lack of social skills!

9:01: Juuuuuudith is faaaaamous. (Judith Regan. This is clearly a plug.)

9:03: Andrea, who has an accent that rivals Mickey Blue Eyes. Anyway, she has a long list of attributes she wants in a dude that sort of looks like my extensive list of frozen yogurt toppings that I use in heavy rotation as to always keep my taste buds guessing.

Patti will decide what she wants. Are we ready for a smackdown? I am scared. I am scared. Two headstrong brunettes with thick accents tearing each others hair out.

OMG HI DESHAWNE.

9:06: Judith Regan, omg radio talk show host! Illustrious career. Radio?? Omg her granddaughter in that Alex Wang dress I have. I die! We’re swankypants in the Hamptones hot totting around in a caftan. I hate caftans. Muu muus. Torch them.

9:08: Judith wants to hang out, sexually, with Bruce Vilanch. Sadly, when I think of him I think Hollywood Squares. He also sort of looks like a muppet. BUT he is funny. Um Patti just said “Juicy Goosey downstairs.” I need to go die.

9:10: Andrea (WHO WE INTERVIEWED), serves food at partiez. Like Monica on Friends! Without the sexy Tom Selleck. Sigh.

9:11: Patti is now lighting sh*t on fire, (Andreas list), not just people’s egos. So, watch out, there is now a FIRE element to Millionaire Matchmaker.

9:14: Spehshul screening sesh. Three dudes for each girl. We’re screening for the best of the best. Who will go on television. PS Rach still has purple bangz. Maybe I should go with that. We like Carlos for Andrea. Craig is awesome from one head shot?

9:17: We’re making Judith’s contenders do stand-up. And we’re plugging Caroline’s. Jon kills it with a Lindsay Lohan joke. Meh. Chris killed it with a paraplegic joke. Meh. But we still like Dave, who to me looks like Orville Redenbacher?

9:21: MIXERRR. Zomg Bruce Vilanch is here! But he likes boys. Sadz! Judith needs someone who is secure and funny and successful. (Jason Segel, call me!)

9:27: It’s time for an intimate dinner party mixer with television cameras and Patti Stanger! Judith is getting ready to get on a ship. She is wearing blue & white. Where is her sailor hat?

Andrea looks like a hottie pattotie. Carlos is breaking out his sexay latin self. I’m counting how many bald heads are at this table?

Rachel & Destin look bored. They are wondering where their tattooed friends are.

Judith likes funny guys. We like Judith.

9:32: Andrea is unhappy. Recon time. DUN DUN DUN. Patti is piiiiiiiiiiissed. Andrea is all of a sudden changing? This is weird. Me likey Carlitos.

9:35: At the other end, we’re having a moment of silence. Patti is kicking Dave out of the dinner party. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUDITH REGANS COOCH. The cooch in a sailor suit. I am under my coffee table shuddering.

Judith picked Jon, (but his chin needs a good shave), and Andrea picked Carlos.

WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT JUICES PATTI. ENOUGH WITH JUICES. I CANT EVER HAVE A SMOOTHIE AGAIN. EVER. JAMBA JUICE IS DEAD TO ME.

9:41: Patti drops her famous quote, which I dropped in my Washington Post article. I’m getting bored of it. You need new soundbytes Patts.

9:45: The Players, Andrea is cooking dinner for their date. Wasn’t Carlos supposed to choose? But then she is cooking? But she told me it was edited to make it look like they didn’t tell her? I am confused, Andrea. Read my interview and let me know what you think. This is not a date though, Andrea is looking for a new client?

9:47: They’re at the Museum of Sex. Judy is laughing a lot. I’ve actually never been to that Museum. I wonder how often they use Clorox wipes on everything.

9:50: Omg Carlos & Andrea both love food and parrots? This is weird. But then again, we have a BAMF parakeet named Moe. So, I shouldn’t judge.

9:52: Watching funny smart people on a date is refreshing. This is rare, and this will be the only instance of it on this TV show.

9:57: Judith loved her date!!! YAY! Andrea got a verbal beatdown.

So, what else is new.

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