It really all comes down to this in living the life that you desire … you can make excuses or you can make it happen.
The only thing standing between you and your goal
is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself
as to why you can’t achieve it.
–Jordan Belfort
Everyone has ‘em … excuses for why they can’t or won’t do something to change the direction of their life, to step into their greatness, to go after a dream they have always had.
As Charles Haanel wrote in “The Master Key System”
There is always the cry “to have” but never the cry to “be.”
People desire to be successful, they dream of it, imagine what it would be like to have time and financial freedom and success, but they quickly douse the flame of desire with excuses.
No matter how big your dream, it’s up to you. You can make excuses or make it happen.
Napoleon Hill writes in “Think and Grow Rich:”
Building alibis with which to explain away failure is a natural pastime. The habit is as old as the human race, and is fatal to success! Why do people defend their alibis? The answer is obvious. They defend their alibis because THEY CREATE them!
Read through this list of commonly used excuses from Hill’s book. Do any of them belong to you?
Fifty-seven Famous Alibis (Excuses)
by Old Man IF
IF I didn’t have a wife and family . . .
IF I had enough “pull” . . .
IF I had money . . .
IF I had a good education . . .
IF I could get a job . . .
IF I had good health . . .
IF I only had time . . .
IF times were better . . .
IF other people understood me . . .
IF conditions around me were only different . . .
IF I could live my life over again . . .
IF I did not fear what “THEY” would say . . .
IF I had been given a chance . . .
IF I now had a chance . . .
IF other people didn’t “have it in for me” . . .
IF nothing happens to stop me . . .
IF I were only younger . . .
IF I could only do what I want . . .
IF I had been born rich . . .
IF I could meet “the right people” . . .
IF I had the talent that some people have . . .
IF I dared assert myself . . .
IF I only had embraced past opportunities . . .
IF people didn’t get on my nerves . . .
IF I didn’t have to keep house and look after the children . . .
IF I could save some money . . .
IF the boss only appreciated me . . .
IF I only had somebody to help me . . .
IF my family understood me . . .
IF I lived in a big city . . .
IF I could just get started . . .
IF I were only free . . .
IF I had the personality of some people . . .
IF I were not so fat . . .
IF my talents were known . . .
IF I could just get a “break” . . .
IF I could only get out of debt . . .
IF I hadn’t failed . . .
IF I only knew how . . .
IF everybody didn’t oppose me . . .
IF I didn’t have so many worries . . .
IF I could marry the right person . . .
IF people weren’t so dumb . . .
IF my family were not so extravagant . . .
IF I were sure of myself . . .
IF luck were not against me . . .
IF I had not been born under the wrong star . . .
IF it were not true that “what is to be will be” . . .
IF I did not have to work so hard . . .
IF I hadn’t lost my money . . .
IF I lived in a different neighborhood . . .
IF I didn’t have a “past” . . .
IF I only had a business of my own . . .
IF other people would only listen to me . . .
IF – and this is the greatest of them all – I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.
Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit. Habits are difficult to break, especially when they provide justification for something we do. Plato had this truth in mind when he said, “The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.
-Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
What is it that you want?
You deserve the best that life has to offer.
It is easier to move from failure to success
than from excuses to success.
–John C. Maxwell
Here’s to your amazing transformation …
Trisha
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