THE DOLLAR VALUE OF EVERY EXCUSE
On the other hand, Adrienne Dorison, a success strategist, writes that the one thing successful people don’t make is excuses because they have defined priorities, accept responsibility, are long-sighted, and so on. Rather than manufacture excuses, successful people produce solutions by taking decisive action on opportunities.
An excuse
is a reason which we give in order to explain why we have done something wrong,
or have not done what we were supposed to do, or in order to avoid doing
something we ought to do. In excuses, we tend to blame others
for our situation and avoid taking responsibility. Dr. Claudia Aguirre says
that excuses stem from a deeper, unconscious desire to protect ourselves (our
ego) from anxiety and shame. Indeed, excuses spring from a deep-seated false
sense of self-defense.
Generally, many shortfalls in life such as marital
problems, lack of education, business failure, poverty, career stagnation, health
problem (such as obesity), etc., result from excuses.
Apart
from the above, excuses have other terrible consequences: they reduce
self-motivation, trigger lack of self-confidence, reduce the force of
perseverance, limit our vision, create fear of failure, promote lack of belief
in our abilities, and prevent positive change of attitude. In short, excuses
are an expression of weaknesses. All these make excuses too expensive to manufacture. And if you keep making excuses, you’ll
not change from who you are and where you are.
Do you give excuses? As a
marketer or salesperson, do you give excuses for not selling products or services? As an entrepreneur, do you offer explanations why you can’t improve
or expand your business? As a government, do you give excuses why you can’t provide
enabling environment for investors? As an individual, do you make excuses why
you can’t use your present income to build assets that generate cash flow or
why you can’t build up passive income? If you do, all those excuses carry
serious dollar implications.
If you think that being a
female is why you can’t excel in your job or business, it’s an excuse. If you
believe that your age (being too young or too old) is why you can’t fulfil your
potential in life, it’s an excuse. If you have the mind-set that because you
have lived on the wrong side of life for many years and because of that you
can’t change, it’s an excuse. If you believe that you’ll never have enough time
to accomplish your goals, it’s an excuse. Whatever it is, excuse is excuse. You
know what? Both in corporate and personal lives, excuses always rob us of the
opportunities to make more money or
Lori
Newman observes that “Excuses keep you where you are, solutions move you to
where you want to be.” Willis Whitney also says that, “Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want
to do when all they really need is one
reason why they can.” The truth is, no one grows rich giving excuses.
How Every
Excuse Affects Your Dollar Value
Since
no company grows bigger and richer by manufacturing excuses, since no nation
grows richer by giving excuses, and since no individual grows rich by making
excuses, it means that an average excuse takes more and more dollars from our pockets
instead of putting more and more dollars into our pockets.
Given that the real value of the
dollar would depend on the amount of goods and services a dollar can
purchase, it means that with more dollars we can afford more needs and improve
our standard of living, but with less or no dollars at all, we wouldn’t be able
to afford them and that would lower our standard of living.
And since each excuse culminates in
lack of money and deprivation of dollars, then it means that if
there is anything one important thing you must not accept from yourself, it is
excuses. Every excuse robs you of motivation, responsibility, energy, potential,
productivity, and above all, dollars and higher standard of living. This is how
excuse adversely affects your dollar value and living standards.
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