Make results, not excuses

Strive for succeeding and not failing

How often do you make an excuse before you have even tried to do anything? I bet it is more than you think. Recently I had decided to change my eating habits. I have made a conscious decision to eat healthier and therefore change my lifestyle. It has been quite difficult at times. Especially when being around a large gathering of people, such as at a party. Most of the time there are few choices for someone who is watching what they eat. However, I was diligent and have managed to lose the extra weight that I was carrying around. Throughout this process, as I lost the weight, I would have people ask me what I was doing on my diet. What surprised me was the reaction. Yes, I was on a strict no sugar, low carb diet, which is not easy to follow. But it is not impossible. But the reaction I received shocked me. Before anyone even tried, they were making excuses about why they couldn’t do what I was doing.

 

 

This reaction made me pay attention to how often I made excuses about why I couldn’t do something. And it made me realize that we as human beings will make an excuse about why we will fail before we even try. We will decide on failure before we have even tried for success. And this applies to every area of our life. Whether it is losing weight, having success at our job, or even having the relationships that we want. We decide that we aren’t worthy of having something that we really desire. So, we make excuses instead of expecting results. Until we recognize that we are doing this, we can never change it. So today I challenge you to pay attention to your language. Ask yourself, “Am I making an excuse?”. And if you find yourself doing it, change that excuse to a challenge, Decide to at least try something instead of concluding that you will fail before you have even tried. Challenge yourself to make a result instead of an excuse.