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07-21-2007, 05:01 PM
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 What Is Your Success Alibi? I just finished reading “Think and Grow Rich” again and at the very end of the book, in the chapter entitled “The Devil’s Workshop”, Napoleon Hill lists 55 alibis to success. In essence, they are the most common reasons people CHOOSE to stay stuck in life. It is something we all need to be reminded of, most definitely myself included because these things still creep up on us all. It’s a long list, but worth the read! 1. If only I didn’t have a wife and family… 2. If only I had enough “pull”… 3. If only I had money… 4. If only I had a good education… 5. If only I could get a job… 6. If only I had good health… 7. If only I had time… 8. If only times were better… 9. If only other people understood me… 10. If only conditions around me were different… 11. If only I could live my life over again… 12. If only I did not fear what “they” would say… 13. If only I had been given a chance… 14. If only I now had a chance… 15. If only other people didn’t “have it in for me”… 16. If only nothing happened to stop me… 17. If only I were younger… 18. If only I could do what I want… 19. If only I had been born rich… 20. If only I could meet “the right people”… 21. If only I had the talent some people have… 22. If only I dared assert myself… 23. If only I had embraced past opportunities… 24. In only people didn’t get on my nerves… 25. If only I didn’t have to keep house and look after the children… 26. If only I could save some money… 27. If only the boss appreciated me… 28. If only I had somebody to help me... 29. If only my family understood me… 30. If only I lived in a big city… 31. If only I could just get started… 32. If only I were free… 33. If only I had the personality of some people… 34. If only I were not so fat… 35. If only my talents were known… 36. If only I could just get a “break” 37. If only I could get out of debt… 38. If only I hadn’t failed… 39. If only I knew how… 40. If only everybody didn’t oppose me… 41. If only I didn’t have so many worries… 42. If only I could marry the right person… 43. If only people weren’t so dumb… 44. If only my family were not so extravagant… 45. If only I were sure of myself… 46. If only luck were not against me… 47. If only I had not been born under the wrong star… 48. If only it were not true that “what is to be will be”… 49. If only I did not have to work so hard… 50. If only I hadn’t lost my money… 51. If only I live in a different neighborhood… 52. If only I didn’t have a “past” 53. If only I had a business of my own 54. If only other people would listen to me 55. If only – and this is the greatest of them all – I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me and correct it. Then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others. I know there is something wrong with me or I would now be where I would have been if I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them. The moral of the story – stop letting your excuses get in the way of your success because that is all that they are – EXCUSES! Go out and get whatever it is that you want in life, because nobody else but you is going to get it for you.      |
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07-21-2007, 05:54 PM
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| "Yes... but you don't understand. I have a "real" problem... I'm not like one of those losers who complains for nothing... My problem is that I can't get motivated... I don't have any energy and I am depressed... plus, I have all these negative thoughts... and so many fears... There is no way that I can ever amount to anything..." Here it is folks... a ready made excuse for anyone who is too damn lazy to come up with one... just copy/paste...   . |
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