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There are only two reactions I get when I tell people that my first book is about learning the habit of rising early. Not being a morning person is an excuse, not an explanation.
1. I need to do that.
2. I could never that. I’m not a morning person.
The subtitle of the book is “Learning to rise early in 30 days”. It’s not “Because you’re a morning person anyway so wake up early for the next 30 days.”
It’s not a fact
“I’m not…” is an excuse we claim as fact. Below I compiled a list of lies we tell ourselves, men and women, single and married, young and old. Excuses are reasons we tell others and ourselves that allow us to stay the same. Tweet That
Excuses never go away
My five year old son woke me up at 3:30am when he climbed in bed with me. He was my excuse for not getting up when my alarm went off at 5:30am. I got up anyway because excuses will never go away. You always have the option of making excuses but you also always have the option of not accepting your excuses and living as if they’re lies. Some of your excuses are lies that you’ve said so long that you believe them to be true.
I want us to stop lying to ourselves. There are several excuses on this list that I continue to believe and that I need to stop saying and most of all stop believing. What are your excuses on the list? Do you have even more? You can choose to embrace them or reject them.
My heroes don’t use excuses
People I want to become like don’t use excuses. Tweet That They don’t have reasons for not doing things that are good and difficult. Successful and happy people find a way to get past their own excuses and the ones the world offers them. Today, list your excuses and then start rejecting them. If that sounds simplistic then good. It’s not that complicated so you can do it and so can I.
- I’m not good with numbers.
- I’m not a morning person.
- I’m not an athlete.
- I’m not smart.
- I’m not coordinated.
- I can’t spell.
- I can’t cook.
- I can’t understand computers.
- I can’t make that much money.
- I can’t help you.
- I’m not able to give that much.
- I’m not as good a mom as her.
- I can’t meet new people.
- I don’t like dating.
- I’m not attractive.
- I don’t like organized religion.
- I’m not a reader.
- I can’t stop working.
- I’m not good with money.
- I’m not good with details.
- I’m not the parenting type.
- I’m not interested in that.
- I can’t stand for it to be that quiet.
- I don’t like change.
- I’m not that interesting.
- I can’t start a new career.
- I’m not creative.
Replace “I can’t” with “I’ll figure out how to”
Replace “I don’t” with “I’m going to try to”
Replace “I don’t like” with “I’m trying out”
Replace your assumptions and excuses with possibilities and attempts. Or just stay the same. What excuse do you need to reject today?
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