“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any
excuse.” ― Florence Nightingale
My daughter and I were talking about the “fear of humiliation.” I know it’s a problem for many, but my daughter made me realize even more that this was a HUGE problem for both young and old.
In our conversation, I learned that many of her friends and associates found it difficult, even impossible, to admit they had fears. Instead of addressing their fears – they validated their reason for not doing something with an EXCUSE.
Your excuses are your fears in disguise ~ Adalia
No more excuses
What are some of the excuses you’ve made recently? Were they genuine excuses or has your subconscious mind being conditioned to cover up your fears with excuses?
If you’ve concluded that your excuses are fears in disguise – here’s an inspirational video from Nike. Ignore the commercial element and, hopefully, you’ll be inspired to stop making excuses and face your fears, head on.
For your inspiration – No More Excuses
It’s a wrap
There’ll never be a short supply of excuses Don’t accept them when your subconscious mind serves them. Nine times out of ten, it’s your fear in disguise.
You’ll get additional benefits from reading my series “are any of these five fears holding you back.”
Your turn
Share your insights about this video. Also, Have you used excuses to avoid addressing you fears?
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Fear is a personal limiter. So many great ideas pass through people’s minds only to be completed by someone else. Then you sit there and say, dang … I thought of that pet rock. Dang … I thought about that next big thing. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway is probably one of the best self esteem producing events in your life. If you haven’t tried a ropes course, try one. Stand on the paper pole and leap. Feel that fear. Fail. Try again. When you succeed your are stronger.
Great tips for moving through one’s fears, Dianne. Thanks for sharing. Have you walked on fire? I haven’t and I have never had the desire to take on that challenge.
Brilliant. Let’s see.
My excuses: I’m too busy to work on my own book right now.
Fear: Success and failure. Not being “good enough” and fear of rejection. Fear of being overwhelmed by success (too much to do!).
The turnaround: I’ll take it step-by-step. I can do this. What have I really got at risk? Just my reputation 🙂
Lisa, I would say you’re fearless but I know you move forward in spite of your fears.Successful people like yourself experience fears of one kind or another. They’re successful because they don’t allow their fears to stops them from taking action to achieve their results.
Spot on article. This was exactly what I used to do! Lots of excuses for why I shouldn’t or didn’t need to do certain things, yet I was perpetually paralyzed into inaction! Were these things really objectively things that I didn’t want or need to do, or things I was scared to death of trying..
Hello Adam, Glad to see you here. I believe the latter part of your statement is correct. You made excuses because of fear. What do you think?