Posts tagged with "excuse"
10. February 2014
Feb 10, 2014 - Too caught up in busy work? Are you constantly busy, but are not making any real progress? Are you visiting the same issues over and over in your mind, knowing the next steps you could or should take, but then aren't taking them? Do you find that you are easily distracted in using your time on less important or less urgent activities, while those tasks, projects or decisions that are more important await your next step? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need to...
04. November 2013
Nov 4, 2013 - Are your goals still exciting you? Are the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of this year still exciting and driving your progress? Or, has your momentum towards achieving some of your goals lost its luster and vigor? When you consider the goals you identified at the beginning of the year, which ones have seen little or no progress? Is this because you no longer desire to achieve these goals, or have you had distractions or other pressing matters that have taken a toll...
28. January 2013
Jan 28, 2013 - What do you need to overcome to succeed? What do you believe are your obstacles right now to your success? What do you think is holding you back from moving forward or progressing in the way that you would like to go? As I stated in the introduction to Section 2 in my book, Me, Myself & Inc, “Real or imagined, an excuse or reality, imposed or predisposed – whatever is keeping you from where you want to be personally or professionally is all a matter of what you believe or...
06. August 2012
Aug 6, 2012 – Is it really others holding you back? Are the actions of others affecting or hindering your ability to move forward with what you are trying to do? Is this someone you rely on and must count on or someone totally out of your control, but still having an impact and influence on what you can and cannot do? The more important question is, are you deferring blame and responsibility or are you really dealing with an obstacle? Are these “others” a convenient excuse, or are they...
12. July 2010
July 12, 2010 – Are you avoiding something? Do you find yourself avoiding aspects of your work, business or life because it is not exactly the way you had hoped out would be? Don’t allow frustration or disappointment to be your excuse not to take action. Avoidance only serves to bog you down emotionally, and distract you to inaction on other fronts. Whatever it is, you have the power within you to make it better, more rewarding, or to reach an understanding or decision that can help you...