Ep#875: Don’t Get Married to Your Excuses

Now, everybody has excuses from time to time.

I used to have that too in my past.

But the problem happens when you get too comfortable with your excuses.

You know, letting excuses become a long-term commitment to like excuses are a way of avoiding action and if you really want to move forward whether it's in your career your public speaking your life you need to stop getting married to your excuses but i'm going to show you you know how you can start breaking up with your excuses and stepping into your potential in a new life so check this out The first tip that I have for you is recognize your excuses for what they are.

Excuses are often mask for for not taking action.

It's like excuses often mask the real reasons, you know, why we are not taking action.

Like whether it's your fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of the unknown.

Like I've had clients tell me they're too busy to work on X, Y, Z.

Like but in reality is the fear of not doing well that held them back.

And once they overcame their mindset block within a three minute conversation, boom, like they overcame their three year big problem in a three minute conversation because that entire tunnel was cleared.

And now their mental car can move on without any hindrance.

So once they recognize the fear, they were able to address it head on and make progress.

Tip number two, excuses are comfort zones disguised as reasons.

Often excuses keep you in a comfortable place even though they stop you from growing.

So it's important for you to ask yourself, am I making excuses to stay comfortable? For example, I've seen leaders stay in the same role for years using excuses like, oh, the timing isn't right or I don't have enough skills yet.

I don't have enough confidence yet.

When the truth is they are afraid to take on new challenges.

And tip number three, the best way to break free from your excuses is to work with a mentor who will push you toward consistent actions.

You don't need to wait for the perfect time.

You can't do that just by reading books and watching YouTube videos or watching TV.

Just get a mentor and start being pushed.

One of my clients started dedicating just 10 minutes a day to mastering their leadership in a specific way we call it the LPF framework.

Over time, that small habit led to a huge improvement and gave him the confidence to speak in front of hundreds of audience.

Now, if you have been making excuses about why you are not where you want to be in your communication skills, and if you are ready to make a change, then listen to this.