What’s Really Stopping You?

Are You Completely Happy With Your Efforts?

 You can be.  So whats stopping you? There are several key factors that separate the ‘winners from the ‘whiners. I want to hone in on a real ‘biggie that we all struggle with¦ ‘Blame Or in other words, ‘Accountability.  Let’s use a simple ‘spelling lesson to illustrate my point. Here is a word that Ive created that has several different pronunciations. It depends on how you look at things. 

The word is JUSTIFI. 

Most people automatically pronounce this as “JUSTIFY. I say this is because most people have mastered the skill of ‘justifying their actions or inactions, but the word is not pronounced ‘justify. 

At second glance people will say this is pronounced like the ‘iffy in ‘jiffy and my statement for why this is the case is because most people are indeed ‘iffy and very non-committal.  It is of little surprise to discover that most ‘whiners happen to be ‘iffy in all that they do. Why? Because ‘iffy whiners enjoy ‘blaming and ‘justifying because these people are non-committal and the non-committal crew is this way because of the fear of failure. Weve all been there, but are you staying there? 

Now, how does the ‘winner see the word JUSTIFI? They see it like this¦.              

 “JUST IF I 

To see it any other way relinquishes accountability, but MORE importantly, control. Once youve relinquished control you are not going to end up where you want, but you will end up where ‘they want you.  

And you get to define the ‘they. So, are you doing all that you know you can do to get your richly deserved rewards?

Don’t be the person who stands in front of the fire place and demand that it gives you heat and THEN you’ll put wood into it…you must first put the wood in to get the heat - just like the old cliche…the only place you’ll find success before work is in the dictionary.

Thad

“Think Big¦Dream Bigger!

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