Stop Making Excuses for Yourself
I wrote a post today on my site SupplementPricing.com that I feel applies to more than just health and fitness. So rather than rewriting the post here and applying to eCommerce, I’d recommend you head over there and read the original post. Think about how the concept relates to a business or anything else you’re looking to accomplish in life. Then come back here and leave me a comment about what you thought.
Here’s the quote from Tom Venuto that started it all:
You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!
Here’s the link to the post on SupplementPricing.com: Stop Making Excuses, Start Getting Results!
So here’s the challenge: stop making excuses for why your business isn’t going as far as you’d like. Look for the excuses you’re making, and then get over them and start working on results.
Here’s another great quote from Mark Sanborn:
Fear nothing in life but to waste the present moment.
Make every moment count. If you do something, don’t let it be an excuse later. Do things consciously, with a choice. Then you can start working on making the right choices that will move your forward rather than being pushed around by life.
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I like the second quote. Ideally, this is how I would like to live my life… it’s easier said than done. I am going to try and make this my motto, maybe I’ll start doing things I would like to do…
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am
I like that quote as well. I think that it’s something to always be working towards.
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Make every moment count just stands out massively in this article. I am currently trying to start my own business and have started a blog as a beginning point. After reading this I know I am doing the right thing because life is too short to be stuck in a job you hate. Also I have read ‘Stop Making Excuses, Start Getting Results!’ and the points you make under ‘developing the passion’ is awesome. This is great advice for anyone to take on board.
Keep up the great work
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Glad you enjoyed the articles. Good luck with your new blog!
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I was thinking a lot about this very thing the other day. Time is such a precious item, and we waste it so often! When our business isn’t making enough headway, we look to complain rather than find the solution.
Food for thought. Thanks for the post.
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
It really is so easy to waste time, procrastinate, and just not get much done. It’s something I have to work on constantly.
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I was going over this with a client just the other day. They were upset about their business and wanted to blame everything on their website when really their business model was flawed.
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
i’m sure that’s a common story out there. what suggestions did you make for them?
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Thanks for that movation boost.. or you could say a “quit whining!” post. I been up and down with the whole economic crisis, so me being about to work hard and not giving up will be a better result than me doing nothing at all.
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:18 am
So true! Working hard is always the better alternative
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It is very easy to make excuses and its a good point made set realistic excuses. So many people myself included set unrealistic goals, then when you don’t reach them you feel demotivated. If I set realistic goals in the first place, then when I achieve them It will give me a big boost and encouragement to try harder.
Cheers
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
I totally agree. I think one of the biggest de-motivators out there is unrealistic goals. Focusing on realistic ones is always the way to go.
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Right on. Live life in the moment.
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Yeah, I think that about sums it up
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Excellent distinction! Getting results is hard, but you’ll never get there if excuses are acceptable!
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I am one of those people that once I start something, I really get on a roll with it. But when I am in a “down time” i really get on a roll with that too. So I just need to find more ways to actualy start something, that way I can succeed!
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Dan Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I have that problem as well. I believe in taking breaks, but sometimes over do it
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Carrick - Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the motivation - it is not easy to keep your head up in tough times.
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Fear Nothing In Life But to Waste the Present Moment.
Words of Wisdom. Putting this little feller unto the wall as I seem to be having too many moments of weakness where I go Wikicrazy looking up stuff killing my productivity.
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True. It’s one of those things which is essentially fairly straightforward. Just need to get moving, more or less in the direction of your goal, as opposed to remaining stationary, rationalizing said situation. Unfortunately, it’s here that a lot of people falter. You can see it on blogs all the time. So many blogs have been abandoned. It can get hard after a while to keep pounding out post after post over weeks, months and years.
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You know, I really don’t think of myself as one of those ‘excuses’ type of people. To my surprise I found I have said well over a dozen of those things myself. I guess there is a fine line between a true “excuse” and a “reason”.
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I agree with your opinion. coz we must do both.
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A wonderful way to start out the new year! Thanks for the great quote-it keeps everything in perspective!
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Great quotes. Thanks for the motivational piece. Finding excuses for whatever that goes wrong in your life is just an easy way for you to not accomplish anything. Once you find that perfect excuse, you say to yourself, there ain’t nothing i can do to change the outcome, thus you are at peace with yourself and nothing ever gets done.
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As we are grown ups we should make our own decissions that better suits our business plan. No one comes and solves the problem so we could be capable enough to face any situation..
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Life is about taking advantage of opportunities every single day. Stop making excuses, because all the “reasons” you have for not interacting with men are just your excuses.
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Nice quotes man..
By living in the moment there are no excuses as well..
So true, we must live in the moment as much as possible because we do not know how long it will last..
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i agree - get up do something. positive thoughts and actions leads to positive things
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We really excuse a lot to ourselves daily and they are really lame. Perhaps we are living n a fool’s paradise and we plan a lot. I think we need a real time action rather than wasting all our precious time in making those false plans. I am doing action in these days and I can feel the difference.
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Time and tide waits for none. We have to use our time judiciously. Before doing anything think and take the right decision, so that you don’t regret later if there’s something wrong. Develop the habit of reasoning. Helps a lot.
Fantastic quotes written in the article.
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It´s easy to make excuses for your self.When it comes to having your own business you need to put the excuses aside and get to work and work everyday.
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The second quote feelis like a description of my Friday. I’m not letting that happen again.
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Allowing excuses to remain in your life is equal to planting the seeds for regret and watering them faithfully every single day. Don’t be a sucker. Do whatever it takes to push past them.
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It’s true. Making excuses disables a person from really getting anything done. Or maybe it’s just that people who don’t do anything are most likely to make excuses, and unfortunately to criticize those who do get things done.
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Good sayings . making excuses gets you knowhere.
reminds me of the saying a journey begins with one small step
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wow. Hadn’t seen that before - quite an impact. Nike always make good ads, but thats a cracker!
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Thanks for the motivation - it is not easy to keep your head up in tough times.
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I caught myself in a position where I was making excuses and waiting for a hand-out. Then I kicked my own a$$ and motivated myself. This is the best time for business. Competition is lower than old times due to failing businesses and quitters.
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Along with making excuses, procrastination is probably the next big factor for failure of most businesses and entrepreneurs. One of my resolutions for this year is to actually implement some of the many plans I have spent years thinking about.
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Really it is true and thanks for sharing it.
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Excuses always excuses, we most forget excuses and just Do it, hehe I sound like nike, but this is a fact, we don’t have to put excuses all the time in everything what we plan or intent to do..
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You really do have to slow down, and enjoy life as it comes. There is alway something to complain about, but only the truly blessed enjoy what they have.
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Agreed. Thanks for the interesting post.
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Wonderful words and thoughts to live by; it would be amazing to see what humanity could achieve if we all stopped making excuses for ourselves and instead DID.
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The point is simply, “Just do something and stop whining!” right?
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Sounds like a lot of the excuses that i use… i have to keep in mind i have the ability to do a lot in life.
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Excuses always excuses, we most forget excuses and just Do it, hehe I sound like nike, but this is a fact.
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I agree with you.
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I totally agree. I think one of the biggest de-motivators out there is unrealistic goals. Focusing on realistic ones is always the way to go.
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The second quotes really stick in my mind “Fear nothing in life but to waste the present moment”. Most of us miss some significant event and enjoy our lives just because of being afraid of the consequences that might happen after deciding to do a thing. I think is about believing in yourself and having faith in everything that you decide. How can you able to achieve the things that you like if you don’t have the guts to take the risk. Taking risk isn’t bad, is something that enable us to explore life, that may lead us to attain our goal.
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Well, I never make excuses with myself. And I agree with those two sentences.
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You’re so right! I’m a middle school teacher and I can’t begin to tell you how much I would like my students to understand that concept. You really can apply it to any aspect of your life. For my students, they give me excuse on top of excuse, but are shocked when their grades reflect these numerous excuses. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Great post!
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You can make excuses or make money, but you can’t do both. That is what I always inform my sales representatives.
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Wonderful quote, thanks for sharing it. That is definatly a goal we should all be working towards, at work, at home, and in ourselves.
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It is amazing how many people blame their site/blog for a failed business growth; however, much of it is their business model was flawed-I think it is wise to start at the bottom and figure ways to be more productive and stop using excuses, instead find solutions.
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You know, sometimes I also do make excuses when I am unable to accomplish something or that I am unable to finish working on something. That is a bad habit of mine, but I’m going to make sure that I won’t make excuses then.
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hello,
I like the second quote.When we are not confident on our work and we dont impletment the right hard work to achieve the result then we cant imporve our business..
The above article is very nice….
Thanks
Marc
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I had this problem when I was like 12. I would say something untrue and then yell at myself (in my head) who knows why things slip out, but just remind your self every time you do it that it is wrong. Eventually it will sink into your subconcious and you will think before you speak.
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The worst thing you can do is make excuses for yourself, or blame others for your failures. Instead, learn from them, move forward, and make yourself better for it. Learn from others, you can’t make all the mistakes alone!
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“You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!.”
This hits the point. Yes - made me think.
Well you may make excuses and get results in a way too. The result will just be NOTHING.
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Making excuses for ourselves is not good for our improvement. I stand by this author.
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The blog made it’s really out standing,great,fabulous and hilarious one,it having beautiful tips and information for its great work thank you.
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if you excuse of any challenge or task then you must be loosing the chance of getting high on peak it could be your success so always go ahead and dnt make excuse for yourself..so thnaks for this post!
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Excuses are one of those unnecessary things in life and surely a big waste of precious time!
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How true, and well written. It’s easier to make excuses than do the work.
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Making excuses for yourself is not really good, you should always think first before doing that. Anyway, let me check the original post.
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I’m sure they were unaware of the potential risk. Another reminder that we shouldn’t just blindly trust a product based solely on the reputations of those that promote it. Nice post, I appreciate the way it was explained so that anyone can understand.
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Making excuses for yourself is not really good, you should always think first before doing that. Anyway, let me check the original post.“You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!.”
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Stop making excuses for your failures and unproductivity. This is what the article is saying. I agree, but I can’t just stop from making excuses for the things I’ve done and for the things I failed to do. What can you say on this? Can you recommend something to put an end to this habit?
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“Fear nothing in life but to waste the present moment.”
This is a cool thought. Many people are guilty of making excuses as to why they can\’t or wasn\’t able to complete a certain task. Time for us to wake up.
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helpful article
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I want to check the original post. Thanks!
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Excuses are a defense mechanism that can last for so long. One should just realize the cause of these and take actions for the consequences. What are the biggest excuses you’ve heard or seen from business mistakes? Is there any famous business that has risen up from a huge mistake in the past that could be a good example for recovering small businesses? How can one postively take the no excuses attitude on with the recession going on?
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It is ok to excuse as long as it is true. right?
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I think the same. Thank you for the post.
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The second quotes really stick in my mind “Fear nothing in life but to waste the present moment”. Most of us miss some significant event and enjoy our lives just because of being afraid of the consequences that might happen after deciding to do a thing.
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“You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!”
I could not agree more to this. People can’t expect to see results by doing nothing and resorting to excuses all the time.
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Haha , this is the first time I heard of this , but then I must say it is pretty relevant . Not just for people with internet based jobs but in daily life too .
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This is what the article is saying. I agree, but I can’t just stop from making excuses for the things I’ve done and for the things I failed to do.
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I agree. We must live our life up to the fullest. No time to waste any single moment in our life since everything seconds will count. However, we end up not accomplishing anything within the day. Our attitude must be changed, we need to be more focused than before if really want to achieve success in life.
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One cannot make excuses. I do agree. ..Take the help of the supplements and be healthy always.
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This is why a lot of people fail. Instead of working to make their business better, they’re just to busy making excuses for themselves and thinking about how miserable their online business is.
Nothing gets done on it’s own…
Nice post
Johnny
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For me, it’s better to accept challenges and fail than to make excuses just to prevent the challenges in life. As what they said, failures makes you more stronger and learns from it.
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I like both quotes. Actually, I believe in you, wasting precious moment in your life means so much. If only everybody spent their time wisely, all of us will surely succeed in careers.
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Very nice post. Excuses can so good as well. Just excuse but don’t lie.
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Allowing excuses to remain in your life is equal to planting the seeds for regret and watering them faithfully every single day. Don’t be a sucker. Do whatever it takes to push past them.
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I think it is a natural human trait to make excuses, almost a defence mechanism to protect against failure.
As business owners, we have all had projects that have failed, so rather than make excuses, the smart will analyse what went wrong and see how they can improve so that this won’t happen again.
Excuses will only hold you back from achieveing true success…
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All the captions are very nice to remember. It is very useful for everyone in their daily life. Especially the first one..
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Thanks for your post. It really motivated me a lot. Wish to see more post in the future.
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positive thoughts and actions leads to positive things
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thank you for this informative post
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I completely agree with it, though I find it so hard!
I find myself making excuses without knowing it’s excuses. And the fear that accompanies so many moments in life tells us stories that we tend to identify with and believe it’s the truth.
Many times I find myself believing my own lies and with those excuses I avoid being in the moment, doing what I want to do, and feeling what I’m feeling…
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Excellent distinction! Getting results is hard, but you’ll never get there if excuses are acceptable!
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thanks for the motivation and tipsnya, greeting success
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Sounds like the typical overweight, mcdonald’s eating couch potato!
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another great motivational post! Thanks! It’s so easy to put off doing something day after day-Will definitely have to come back to this post when I’m making excuses for myself.
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Too right, excuses show weakness and lack of will or resolve… it the goal is achievable.
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sometimes you hear exuses from people that really make you cringe, get a backbone!!
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It is a crime to waste your life
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A wonderful way to start out the new year! Thanks for the great quote-it keeps everything in perspective!
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nice , iam very interest with your article
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Yet another favorite of mine. This one is going straight to my bookmarks
Terrific and inspirational post, thanks a ton for sharing it with all of us. I just mailed this article to 4 of my closest
friends. You earned a straight 5* for this one. This article is mainly useful for the internet business people, but it also applies for the others.
Thanks again.
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Right on. Live life in the moment.
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You are absolurely right - there is NO point in making excuses. ACTION and effort will get you far - NOT excuses!
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thx for fantastic post
thumbs up
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Thanks a lot! Looking forward for more post coming from you.
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Yeah you are absolutely right. In every thing you do in your present, you always get the results. When you make excuses, you get bad results.That’s the way life is..
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HEY REALLY A VERY ATTRACTIVE POST IT IS REALLY USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE . THANKS FOR THE POST KEEP BLOGGING
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I really wondered after viewing the posts of your site SupplementPricing.com .How can you make it possible.
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for that movation boost.. or you could say a “quit whining!” post. I been up and down with the whole economic crisis, so me being about to work hard and not giving up will be a better result than me doing nothing at all.
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You are absolurely right - there is NO point in making excuses. ACTION and effort will get you far - NOT excuses!
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Must say that it fits me very well at times, correlates well with with fear of success.
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i’m really impressed by the quote from Tom Venuto…. keep posting:)
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