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End the Blame Game and the Dramas – Part 1
By far the biggest obstacle that will prevent you from having the success that you desire in business and in life is YOU! Stop blaming your team, the economy, your suppliers, your referrers, your business partners, your customers and prospects, etc… the only person ultimately responsible for your business success is you. It is your self doubts, fears, anxieties, etc that will prevent you from taking the necessary action, prevent you from leading and influencing your team to perform effectively, prevent you from attracting more customers, prevent you from stepping out of your comfort zone and doing things differently to really grow your business… and deliver on your business vision.
What are excuses?
You have probably heard lots of excuses in your business. Excuses take many forms – the economy, the weather, fears, being tired, etc. Prospects have probably said that they do not have the money or the time to work with you, customers may have made excuses for delaying paying you for completed work, suppliers may have made excuses why they are unable to provide you with stock on a certain date, employees may have made excuses about being late for work, referrers may have excused themselves from referring more customers to you, etc.
Excuses are reflected in the language that we use. When you hear “yes, we can…, but..” usually an excuse follows the “but”. When you hear “I can’t….”, “It won’t….”, etc. these are also excuses. Underpinning these excuses are often unconscious beliefs that sabotage our success. For example, if someone consistently makes the excuse “I can’t afford it”, that becomes their reality. Their whole business and life revolves around lack and that is what they keep attracting for as long as they have that belief.
Anytime you hear anyone rationalize why they do not have the result that they want, they are making excuses for not having their result. For example, “I did not reach my sales target this month because of the economy.” What is interesting is that in this economic environment, I have heard a number of business people say “My sales are up this month because of the economy.” Excuses are simply that, just reasons for not having the results that we want.
What is also interesting is that once we stop making excuses, our results improve dramatically! When you buy into others’ excuses you are disempowering them and yourself. You keep them stuck in their problem by accepting their excuse and you become the facilitator of their excuses. Once we stop buying into other people’s excuses, we become true leaders and inspire and empower them and ourselves to succeed.
Discover the benefits of being excuse-free and how to stop the dramas in part 2 of this blog.
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