Excuses are the sure and reliable building blocks of failure. Whether you find yourself offering them or accepting them, they are a definite warning flag that you are veering off course.
Well thought out actions make up the currency of effectiveness, whereas excuses are the currency of futility. Every setback has a reason. Every mistake has a reason. You can either accept those reasons, and learn something positive from them, or you can turn them into excuses, and thereby allow them to defeat you.
There are plenty of very good reasons not to do what needs to be done. You have all sorts of them. You’ve had a hard day, and you’ve got a headache -- that’s a good reason not to make that one more call.
There’s not enough time. There’s not enough money. You don’t know anybody who could help you. Something’s holding you back and it’s not your fault. You’re tired. You got off to a slow start. You have a slow metabolism. What else? Do any of these sound vaguely familiar?
Each excuse is a small defeat, and they can add up quickly. The best strategy is to avoid them. Explain yourself, but make no excuses. Listen to reason, but accept no excuses.
After all, if you didn’t have all those excuses you would already be living the full and complete expression of your dream. But you’re not. What enables you to keep your distance from your dream are those very impressive excuses.
The most powerful excuses are the ones that are true. Some excuses are just flat-out lies, and you know it, and those are pretty easy to get beyond. But the excuses that are real and valid and reasonable and true, those have the power to hold you back forever if you let them. The good news is, you don’t have to let them.
What do you want more -- excuses or success? Excuses may make you feel good right now. However, they will lead to pain in the future. A year from now, when it’s too late to do anything, the excuse you feel so good about today won’t do much to ease the pain of regret you’ll feel for not having taken action.
You have two choices. You can resort to excuses, and thereby let circumstances control your life. Or, you can take action in spite of the reasons not to. Just do it anyway. Take control of your life. Live with purpose, passion and direction.
Experience life without excuses. Your own effectiveness and the effectiveness of those around you will skyrocket as a result.
Well thought out actions make up the currency of effectiveness, whereas excuses are the currency of futility. Every setback has a reason. Every mistake has a reason. You can either accept those reasons, and learn something positive from them, or you can turn them into excuses, and thereby allow them to defeat you.
There are plenty of very good reasons not to do what needs to be done. You have all sorts of them. You’ve had a hard day, and you’ve got a headache -- that’s a good reason not to make that one more call.
There’s not enough time. There’s not enough money. You don’t know anybody who could help you. Something’s holding you back and it’s not your fault. You’re tired. You got off to a slow start. You have a slow metabolism. What else? Do any of these sound vaguely familiar?
Each excuse is a small defeat, and they can add up quickly. The best strategy is to avoid them. Explain yourself, but make no excuses. Listen to reason, but accept no excuses.
After all, if you didn’t have all those excuses you would already be living the full and complete expression of your dream. But you’re not. What enables you to keep your distance from your dream are those very impressive excuses.
The most powerful excuses are the ones that are true. Some excuses are just flat-out lies, and you know it, and those are pretty easy to get beyond. But the excuses that are real and valid and reasonable and true, those have the power to hold you back forever if you let them. The good news is, you don’t have to let them.
What do you want more -- excuses or success? Excuses may make you feel good right now. However, they will lead to pain in the future. A year from now, when it’s too late to do anything, the excuse you feel so good about today won’t do much to ease the pain of regret you’ll feel for not having taken action.
You have two choices. You can resort to excuses, and thereby let circumstances control your life. Or, you can take action in spite of the reasons not to. Just do it anyway. Take control of your life. Live with purpose, passion and direction.
Experience life without excuses. Your own effectiveness and the effectiveness of those around you will skyrocket as a result.
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