Excuses

Excuses

You cannot fly with the eagles if you continue to scratch with the turkeys.”  ~ Zig Ziglar

Before we begin, what excuses are you going to make for not reading this whole blog ? If you decide to read the whole blog, what excuses are you going to make for not using the information that you are going to learn? I know you don’t know what you will be learning, but you have those excuses all lined up, don’t you?

Take time to really think about your excuses and write them down. These are the same excuses that you use every time to stop yourself from learning anything new. You can have success or excuses, but you can’t have them both. People that learn quickly only focus on the information and skills that matter – excuses don’t matter, and they are thought viruses. The only things that are keeping you from getting what you want in your life are the excuses you keep telling yourself.
Who would you be without your excuses?
Think about it
Every excuse you accept makes you weaker. Excuses stop you from concentrating and paying attention. When you excuse yourself from learning something new, you block your focus and your energy. Always remember that where your attention goes, your energy flows.

Some of the most common excuses that people use to give away their power are: 

1.I Am Helpless 
I’m not smart enough.
It’s not my nature.
I don’t have the time to practise the information (Time is always there; you just need to schedule it.)
I don’t have the right genes to have a good memory (How do you really know that?)
I am getting older;
I can’t do anything about my memory. You can’t teach old dogs new tricks! (Then it is a good thing you are not a dog!)

2. Someone Else Is to Blame My parents always said that I was stupid. I need support to develop these skills. It is the book’s fault; I need to experience it in a seminar. It is impossible to have a negative emotion without blaming someone or something.
 Free your mind.
 You always have two choices with your life and experience: you can either learn from it or you can place blame. The choice is always yours.

3. Too Much Stress There is just too much to learn. I have to change my thinking. It will be difficult. We excuse ourselves into living mediocre lives. We explain why we can’t do this or that; we excuse ourselves from taking responsibility. Decide now to stop giving away your power to your excuses. Are your excuses true? Are you 100% certain that they are true? Do any of your excuses really enhance and empower your life? You are more than your excuses, aren’t you? Drop them now! Richard Bach said, “Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.” The only cause for not doing something with the information that we have is you; nobody else but you. You are responsible for your learning. The person that has the most to do with what happens to you is you! If you believe your limits, your life will be very limited.