Success Principles

Top 10 Excuses People Often Give (Part 2)

June 23, 2008 , 1 Shawn

Let us continue our story, the top 10 excuses people often give. I hope that you have gone through the first part of this article. If you don’t you can always read it here, Top 10 Excuses People Often Give (Part 1).

So, the first thing you need to do, is to know what you want, where is your passion. Once you know the answers, go and search for opportunities. Don’t sit and wait for opportunity to come to you, if you are waiting, it will never come. Instead, go create some opportunities for yourself.

6. I Don’t Know How to Make Money

Yes, most people do not know how to make money. So what you need to do? Just follow your passion, do what you love, and somehow, you will find a way to make money out of it. Learn more, read more, and you will discover the real ‘secrets’ to be wealthy. Most of the time, when people are telling you that they do not know how to make money, actually, it is not that they do not know how. It is that they do not know what they want in their life. When you are so clear about what you want to achieve in your life, you will never come across this kind of uncertainty. It is that you do not know how to make money? Or it is that you are not ready to make money? When you are ready, the determination and the drive will bring you to do whatever it takes to make your dreams come true. Your mind will somehow come out with a plan how you can be a millionaire.

7. To be Rich is Not an Easy Task

If you ever heard people telling you this, they are just trying to justify that they have tried to make it happen, but they just don’t achieve it, because it is too difficult for them! Have you ever wondered why some people can make a million dollar when they are given a ‘manual’ of how to make more money, while most people will still remain the same and never create any amazing result? It is because it is the mindset and the behavior of the people, not because of the book or manual. There are so many wealth books being sold out there, some transformed their life after reading those books, some don’t. This shows that it is those who read and TAKE ACTION that make things happen.

Take internet marketing for example, some people try and try again, but they just hit the wall, and they will tell you that internet marketing just don’t work. It is not internet marketing that don’t work, it is that person that don’t work! Please be clear about this, it is the strategies and actions that the person took that count. You can read 1,000 wealth creation books and still broke, if you do not take any action. So, being rich is not about easy or hard, it is about whether you love it, whether you are using the right strategies and taking the necessary action. If you don’t chances are, you will be giving this excuse too. (Are You Using The Right Strategies?)

8. My Wife (Husband or Anyone) is Stopping Me

“It is because I need to accompany my parents, or else I will be rich now.” Heard this before? I’m sure you do. Some people will give this kind of excuse, they will put the responsibility and blame on other people. When you ask them why are they not successful yet, they will tell you that it is because their wife or husband or anyone in the world is getting in their way. The only one that they are not blaming is themselves. Funny huh. Remember this, whenever you blame on other people, you are giving away your power to control the situation. If you say that it is not your fault, you do not need to take any responsibility and therefore, you will never do a thing to change the situation.

This is how so many people are blaming all over, they can blame anything just they won’t blame themselves. You need to take charge of your life to be successful. If you put the responsibility on others, you will never improve. “Why did you failed math in school?” If you say that it is because your teacher did not do their job, you will never improve your math. However, if you say that it is because of your own fault, chances are, you will take control of your life, you will do something to change, because it is you that makes the things happened!

9. I’m Just Too Young/Old to be Rich

I believe that you have heard this too. Success has nothing to do with age. Colonel Sanders can makes his fortune at the age of 60s, and Anthony Robbins makes his millions when he is in his 20s. So you see, no matter what age you are in, if you have the desire to be rich, you can be rich! It takes just a simple idea to make a fortune. If you don’t have the idea, it is going to take you more time, but, your desire and your commitment will speed things up. You have heard how some people make their first million in just 1 short year, so everything is possible.

Don’t worry even if you are at your 60s, you still can make a difference and achieve amazing results in your life. All you have to do is to make sure that you truly desire for it, know it crystal clear about what you want in life and be 100 percent commitment towards your dreams. Make your dreams come true. Like what Nike tag line has to say, “JUST DO IT”.

10. Any Excuses That You Have Come Across

I will leave this number 10 excuse to you. Just think of it as any excuses that you have come across in your life. I believe that once you have gone through this article, you know it clearly that these are nothing but lousy excuses that most people give. You need to change your way of thinking if you desire for success. Don’t repeat these excuses in your life. You know that what determines your success is not from the outside, it is from the inside.

When something happen, it depends on the reason that you give to it. When you are broke, you can choose to believe that god wants you to be broke and you will never be rich. Or you can choose to believe that it is just a test that god has given to you. Anyway, it is the response or the meaning that you give. Since you are going to choose the meaning to give, why don’t choose one that empowers you? Now, go through this article if you haven’t, 4 Steps to Achieve Anything You Want In Life.