Here’s a really simple way… of looking at your failures.  You simply talked yourself out of success. You were not willing to pay the price upfront.  When you bargain with the price of success you ultimately lose. Your tendency of bargaining with the price is because of “Excusitis”.

 

Many people talk themselves into success.  But even more people talk themselves out of success.  They begin to have conversations about why they should not achieve.  Why they do not deserve what they want.  They have all the reasons to why they can’t do something.  And the moment they do that, they have no idea where to look for resources.  This may or may not be you, but if you know someone who would benefit from this article then perhaps you should forward this to them.

 

This article would help them to cure Excusitis.

 

Step Number 1:

 

The first way is to be held accountable to a mentor or a good friend for your goal.

 

By being held accountable, you would activate the resources in your mind to go about solving a problem.  The reason why goals are hard to hit is because of problems. When you commit to your friend or mentor, you would stop making excuses to yourself on not even trying.

 

This is a great way to break the cycle of making excuses.  Even before stepping out to attempt the goal.

 

Stop talking yourself out of success.  Prevent all negative mind chatter by being held accountable.

 

Step Number 2:

 

Tell your mentor or friend if you had done what you resolved to do or not.

 

This is highly effective in curing excusitis.  When you tell someone whom you respect that you are going to do something, you would more or less find a way to do it.  You would feel really bad if you had to go to a friend and tell them excuses about why you did not resolve to do what you said you would do.

 

Step Number 3:

 

To prevent yourself from using excuses too easily, you may want to use the power of visualization.

 

Visualize how silly and how weak you look when you are telling your mentor friend that you did not do what you said you would do.

 

Amplify that the feeling, intensify that picture by making it bigger and brighter.  Feel how you would feel when you’re totally belittled and weakened.  How would you sit?  How would you speak?  How embarrassed would you be in front of them?

 

Then change the picture.  Visualize yourself in the state of success.  Imagine yourself telling them how triumphant you were in accomplishing the goal.  Feel the feeling of total competence and confidence that you can accomplish almost anything you set out to do.  Amplify that feeling by 10 times, 20 times.  Close your eyes and at the peak of that feeling, clench your fist tightly. See what you would say to yourself when you’re feeling that joy of accomplishment.

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Excusitis is definitely curable.  This disease if left untreated, would definitely kill all your success cells.  The cure for it is a daily dosage of accountability to yourself and people around you who wants you to succeed.  It really isn’t too difficult to cure Excusitis.  The only difficulty is in the courage of stepping out and attempting to achieve what you want to achieve.  When a sense of what you want is overwhelmingly greater than your sense of fear, success inevitably follows.

 

Not only would you be able to cure Excusitis easily, you would begin to feel that it is easy for you to help others cure it.  It is definitely a wonderful feeling to support others in their pursuit of their goals.  But before we can do that wholeheartedly, we must be able to cure any weaknesses we have.  Is Excusitis holding you back?  If it is, now you have the answer.  You are reading this.  It definitely means that you have the resources and wherewithal to overcome any challenges.  Even Excusitis.

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