Excuse me from Excuses
“Excuses are tools of the incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness”
I’ll never forget that sentence; it changed both my approach towards commitment and behavior for the rest of my life. If you say you will do something you MUST commit to it, or else be labeled as an excuse maker. Sometimes circumstances prevent plans from actualizing, however excuse making is a cop-out as old as time itself.
Let’s break down this definition of excuses:
Tools(…devices…equipment…) of the incompetent(…the unfit, the unskilled, the unable…)used to build monuments(….humongous structures…) of nothingness…(your excuse provides absolutely NOTHING to make up for what you did not do).
At this point, making excuses does more harm than help. The best course of action is to:
- Admit to your failure at holding the commitment you made to yourself and others.
- Decide if you still want and are able to hold this commitment.
- Whichever you choose, forgive yourself.
- Re-commit, re-focus, re-build.
We’re all human, failure on some level is inevitable; but the true measure of our character is how we adjust and recover.
