The Mindset Mentor - Ep 76 - Excuses are B.S.

Episode Date: February 12, 2016

I hate excuses because excuses are just reasons we tell ourselves why we cannot succeed before we even try. In this episode I teach you how to speak to yourself and change your mindset and wording in order to make sure that you never allow yourself to talk yourself out of pursuing something that you really want in life. Want to learn more about Mindset Mentor+? For nearly nine years, the Mindset Mentor Podcast has guided you through life's ups and downs. Now, you can dive even deeper with Mindset Mentor Plus. Turn every podcast lesson into real-world results with detailed worksheets, journaling prompts, and a supportive community of like-minded people. Enjoy monthly live Q&A sessions with me, and all this for less than a dollar a day. If you’re committed to real, lasting change, this is for you.Join here 👉 www.mindsetmentor.com My first book that I’ve ever written is now available. It’s called LEVEL UP and It’s a step-by-step guide to go from where you are now, to where you want to be as fast as possible.📚If you want to order yours today, you can just head over to robdial.com/bookHere are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYoutube

Before we dive into today's episode, if you would like a free copy of our motivational ebook called Hack Your Goals, the Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Success, go to mwfmotivation.com and download it. It's already been downloaded over a thousand times, so go ahead and get your copy now. All right, I'll get you the podcast right now. Welcome to the MWF Motivation Podcast, which I am proud to say has been rated the number one podcast in iTunes new and noteworthy in six different categories, including self-help and business, and is a podcast designed to help you grow into the best version of yourself in 10 to 20 minutes. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we'll take a life topic, break it down, discuss it, and leave you with thoughts to impact your life and mind. My name is Rob Dial, and

the podcast starts now. Welcome to the MWF Motivation Podcast. I am your host, Rob Dial. If you have not yet done so, please subscribe to us, however you listen to us, and share this with a friend if it happens to impact you in any sort of way. That is how we're going to grow to be one of the biggest podcasts in the world. Because you and I and our entire community is taking over this whole world with motivation, with positivity, and all of that good stuff. And today what I'm going to be talking about is excuses. And the reason why is because excuses are like buttholes.

Everybody has one and they all stink. And the reason why I want to tell you that is this. I was on a podcast interview. I was being interviewed by somebody else today. And he said, you know, all of the stuff that you're saying is really good. I love it. But what if there's somebody out there and they say, hey, this sounds really good. All of this stuff about becoming an entrepreneur, about following your passion sounds really good. But I can't do this because I have a mortgage

and I have a family and I have all of this stuff that I have to take care of. What do you say to that person? And what I said is this, if you're already thinking that, you might as well turn off the podcast and stop listening to this episode because you have already counted yourself out. There's nothing that I can say to you to change your mind about you being successful

because you have already counted yourself out. You have already made the excuse that you can't do that, whatever it is. So let's say that for instance, there's somebody out there. Let's just, I'll give you an example. Let's say that some guy named John is out there and he listens to my podcast and he says, this is all really good stuff. I love this. I want to be an entrepreneur. I want to do this and go out and be successful. I want to do all that stuff, but I can't because, or he says, I want to do all of that, but I can't because... Or he says, I want to do all that stuff, but blank. And there's some type of blank in there.

Well, that blank is you filling your head with reasons why you can't do it before you even try. So let's say John wants to be a successful entrepreneur, but he can't because he's like, Oh man, I have a mortgage and kids. Yeah. Well, there's a lot of people that have a mortgage and kids. And the thing about having a mortgage and kids is most people do have that. And I guarantee that there's some successful entrepreneurs that were out there that had a mortgage and kids. But I guess I can guarantee you that those people didn't see that as an excuse of why they could not succeed at what they wanted to.

Actually, what I would probably guess is those people saw it as an excuse of why they had to succeed. They had to succeed at this. They had to follow their passion. They had to go become an entrepreneur in general, and they had to succeed at it because they have a family that needs to see them succeed. They have a family that they need to support. They have a mortgage that they need to actually pay. So instead of using it as an excuse, those people flip it around and their excuse,

what would be a normal person's excuse, now becomes their purpose. So I want to ask you this, how many times have you been in the situation where you're like, man, I really want to do this, but whatever it is, some excuse, just fill it with whatever it is. So excuses, you can come up with a million of them. Here's the thing, though. You can come up with an excuse. And when you do, you're automatically turning your mind into reasons why you cannot do it. So what I want you to start focusing on is not the reasons why you cannot do it,

because I'm sure there's a million reasons why you cannot do whatever it is you want to do. But take those reasons of why you can't do whatever it is you can't do, whatever it is that you can't do, it's a tongue twister, and turn them into reasons why you can do it. I used to hear a phrase all the time. I still hear it sometimes and I love it. And it says, I can't, therefore I must. And what that means is that I can't do this for these reasons, which is the reason why I have to figure out why I will do it, why I will be successful at it. So if you're in that situation, if you're the type of person that likes to make excuses, stop making excuses and figure out ways to actually change your wording around to figure out how you can overcome it.

So for instance, if there's a wall that you have to climb and it's 40 feet tall, the only thing that you can think is, you can't think, man, there's no way I can climb this wall. The only thing you can think is, I'm going to have to's no way I can climb this wall. The only thing you can think is I'm going to have to figure out a way to climb this wall. And if you think that all the time and you change your mindset to nothing is going to hold me back, there's no reason that I could come up with an excuse for this. I will never make an excuse to get in my life. And you start living your life that way, you'll start to notice that it becomes easier to conquer your fears. It becomes easier to face these challenges. It becomes easier to do the things that you want to do and to live the life that you want and to follow your life with passion. So I'm making

it a very short episode for you so that you can just learn that don't say anything about reasons why you can't succeed. Don't ever say, I can't. Don't ever say anything like that. Don't even let that thought come into your mind. And if it does, immediately remove it. Change your life by saying, I'm going to do this and here are the reasons why, instead of saying, I can't and here are the reasons why. So with that, I want to leave you the same way that I leave you every single day. Make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. And I hope that you go out there, you conquer everything, you live your life with passion, and I hope that you have an amazing day. Well, that's it for today's podcast. If you want the show notes for this episode, they can be found at mwfmotivation.com. Also, if you liked this episode,

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