Excuses are “reasons” that are used to justify why were not where we want to be…. Facts re-figured, re-positioned conveniently to justify us NOT living in integrity…. scapegoats used to blame when we are not treating our goals as something we’re ETHICALLY responsible for attaining.
So, what is your excuse for today?
YOU SEE, IF ONE EXCUSE WILL DO,
ANY EXCUSE WILL DO.
Here’s why I’m thinking about this.
- I’m a reformed excuse maker. =) So, I’m a TRUE expert in this arena.
but - I nearly made an excuse for today.
Here’s the deal. I have an eye condition that has been VERY well managed. Only today, I wake up and literally it feels as if there’s a spotlight on my face. My sight is way distorted. I can BARELY see at all…. in terms of details. For the first time in a year, my $20,000 contacts aren’t working. They’re actually making my sight worse.
And I have ZERO idea what’s going on.
So, while today WAS shaping up to be one of my all time favorite work days because I am cozy at home while the rain is pouring down in my area… and I had made all sorts of plans for today,
for what I will accomplish,
finish,
start,
follow up on,
earn,
etc…
NOW, something has messed with my plans.
And, let’s face facts…
my VISION is pretty necessary for my work. =)
Hard to type when you can’t read.
But hard doesn’t mean impossible.
And so, I’m sticking to my commitment.
I’m no longer an excuse maker.
If ONE excuse will do…
ANY excuse will do.
And THAT is a dangerous
and slippery slope…
if you are pursuing extraordinary levels of success.
Just look around you.
Those who are WILDLY successful don’t make excuses.
Do they show up because they HAVE to?
No.
Could I “take this day?”
Yes, of course.
Frankly, my daily income wouldn’t even take a hit.
But how I show up
and WHAT I allow to stop me from showing up…
what I give POWER to,
matters.
True… my eyes are failing me today,
but my HEART… is raring to go.
The FIRE inside me is undeterred.
And so here I am.
I urge you to examine your OWN patterns around “excuses,” facts you’ve USED to justify not showing up as the leader you are…
You will see that excuses are addictive.
And it will take some iron-clad commitment to break them.
It will seem HARD at first,
it will BE hard at first,
but TRUE leaders,
the names YOU Know in YOUR niche
do NOT acquiesce to excuses.
We do not BEND and BOW to the excuse of the day, no matter how TRUE it it.
In fact, we do the opposite…
we INSIST on bending EVERYTHING ELSE around our own WILL, around OUR objectives.
So, today…
all of my windows are closed,
all lights cut out. (to cut down on glare)
Scleral lenses out for the 100th time.
And vision deemed UNIMPORTANT,
at least LESS important
than my goals,
for today.
If you’d like to know more about the TWO questions I ask myself about excuses… a habit I created to BREAK the spell of excuses over my own success journey, here’s a quick video:
If you’ve been making excuses as to why Women Who WOW isn’t for you… stop. Join us. Or at least reach out to have a conversation about it. We’re a tribe that is going to keep succeeding, smashing ceilings and goals and records… with or without you. But I’d rather it be with.
