Sunday Story…Excuses

Are nails used to build a house of failure. I read this somewhere recently. Let that sink in for a moment. I’m not talking about just one facet of life. This is true all through your life. In the gym, at the dinner table, your career, and your relationships are built with either excuses or personal responsibility.

It is easy to blame some external force for not achieving your goals. We all laugh at the kid who tells his teacher that the dog ate his homework. That excuse is obvious and humorous. But how many times have any of us used something similar to fail at something? Because that is what it is…a failure. The kid failed to turn in his homework. The excuse was just the piece that held it together. One more drink, one more dessert, one more missed workout won’t really matter.

We all do this. We tell ourselves that this one time won’t really matter. But we are building a house of failure. Every excuse is another nail. Every excuse is just a way of cheating yourself of success. Every excuse makes you feel good now, but they rob you of feeling great when you achieve your goals.

I understand that eating right is hard, getting up early is hard, being on time is hard, showing up and doing your best is hard, staying on task is hard, hell life is hard. Do you know what’s harder?

That’s right. Living in a house built of excuses.

Be better. Be accountable to yourself. Be the hero of your story.

John Mariotti

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