We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Rudyard Kipling
“I’m too busy right now”, “Next year is probably a better time to start”, “I need to wait until the kids get settled into school”, “I need to wait until after the holidays”, “It was just really crazy last week, and I couldn’t get it done” “Are you kidding me, I can’t afford that now.”
Sound familiar? These are often the excuses we tell ourselves in our business. Even when we have the very best intentions to get more clients, build our business, attend more networking events, write a book, start a blog or newsletter, or start a new product.
I’m so surprised how often people stop themselves from doing something they say they REALLY want to do in their lives or business by using excuses. And what it boils down to is the INNER SELF DOUBT that consistently allows people who SAY they want more clients or to make more money in their business to question, over think and become unwilling to take the steps or do the work that can create the result. And it’s that same inner self-doubt that creates the excuses that come up, “I don’t know how to sell”, “I can’t afford that now”, and “I’m not sure that’s right for MY business.”
This inner self-doubt, the questioning everything, and the not taking serious ACTION when the solution shows up, all comes down to one thing that’s called…SELF SABOTAGE.
You need to realize that THE limitation around getting to the next level in your business is created by your own mindset. Once you realize that, you can change your perspective, stop using excuses and make the commitment to “just go for it”.
Here’s a process that I’ve seen work with myself and in my clients recently:
- They make a firm decision (to succeed, to attend something, to write that book, buy something)
- They stop over thinking and start looking at what’s in front of them in terms of solutions and possibilities
- They spend time quieting the inner critic and the relentless self doubt
- They are totally committed and they get very creative in looking at different ways of making it happen
- They take ACTION in spite of the fear and self doubt
Once you make the decision to succeed, it’s time to commit to doing whatever it takes to make it happen.
Whatever it takes.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
Answer this question: What is it that you are wanting to do that you’re stopping yourself with excuses or money or time?
Make a list-be honest with yourself and if you see yourself doing this very thing…
Answer this question: How BADLY do you want this thing, whatever it is?
If it’s something you want really badly, then you need to approach it as a life or death situation. Shut all the “back doors” and “ways out”, stop with the excuses and start taking bold, decisive action towards what you say you want in your business or your life. It’s about saying YES to what’s possible for you, saying YES to all the opportunities that are before you.
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
Francois La Rochefoucauld
Leave a Reply