“Take it or leave it. That’s
just the way I am.” “I’m in a dead end job with no future.” “I don’t have a choice.” “I’ve always been fat and always will.” There
is a name for the quotes and all of those like them: Comfortable Excuses. A
comfortable excuse is anything that keeps us from moving forward or making
changes. We can have excuses, or we
can have results, but we cannot have
both. People stay in certain places because it is easy and comfortable;
however, easy and comfortable can also lead to stagnation.
Go out and make yourself a
little uncomfortable. Do something
totally out of your comfort zone and experience how freeing it can be finding
new results rather than the same tired, old excuses.
I am dumbfounded by the number of people half my age who sing the song of whoa-is-me. Hopefully when that clock starts ticking in their ear they will wake up and get moving. Meanwhile I have things to do...
ReplyDeleteMe too. The best one I've heard lately was from my friend Sally. Someone said to her, "Well Sally you just don't understand...math is harder than it used to be..." And all this time, I thought math was one of the only constants in the universe. :)
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