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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
-- Ann Radcliffe
 

 

Friday, August 15, 2025

Rise above the excuses

Don’t let excuses get in your way. Don’t let excuses steal your opportunities.

Excuses accomplish nothing. The time and effort spent in concocting and explaining excuses is time you could be using to move forward.

Yes, you have challenges, you face obstacles that continue to arise. But rather than turning them into excuses, transform them into sources of determination and inspiration.

Working to get beyond a problem is a whole lot more effective than complaining about it. Leaning into a challenge provides a far greater return than using it as the basis for giving up.

Decide what you intend to do, then commit yourself to making it happen in spite of whatever resistance you encounter. You can realistically choose to be energized by the difficulties rather than demoralized.

Resist the temptation to traffic in useless excuses. You have great work to do.

— Ralph Marston

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