Excuses are for the weak--Lesson 8

I had an epiphany yesterday...and that epiphany was...we all need to STOP MAKING EXCUSES, STOP WASTING TIME, AND START LIVING OUR LIVES LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!

I'm sure you're thinking to yourself..."No shit, I've been trying and I am not getting anywhere. I still hate my job, I am still fat, and I don't make any money." I guarantee the answer to your problems, regardless of what they are, is that you make excuses. It may start off as a small excuse to something minuscule, but compound that excuse with another excuse...and you now have a medium excuse. If you follow that logic, you will wake up one morning and your entire being is essentially an excuse. For what? Because you are lazy? Because you are scared? Wake the fuck up! It is our responsibility as a generation to make this shit hole country of ours BETTER! We CAN NOT do that if everyone has an excuse every time a tough situation or decision pops up.

I decided when I was a freshman in college that excuses are for the weak. I was trying to make my mark in the athletic world and I realized the only one to blame for my success or failure was ME...not the coaches, not my teammates, and certainly not the opponent we were playing. I came up with a philosophy that allowed me to not only make my mark as a freshman but to continue forward with an elite collegiate career. What is this magical philosophy you ask?

"No Mind": A philosophy that completely embraces obstacles as they pop into life, turns them into fuel for your inner "fire", keeps a realistic positive attitude, and keeps complete focus on realistic goal setting. NO EXCUSES BABBYYYYYYYY! Let me tell you...after I wrote the 'ol "NM" on everything in sight as a reminder, I made it my mission to not let anything distract me from my ultimate goal of success. The coach tried to bench me...I sat outside of his office every morning before he arrived and asked him what I had to do to be the best. A better player transferred in to the school and took my spot...I worked out twice as hard, employed a strength and conditioning coach and took my game to the next level. My car was stolen the night before our conference championship game...I said "Fuck it, shit happens, and I will deal with this after the game". All of those situations could have created an easy way out...an easy excuse to quit..."he's just better", "my mind wasn't right due to my car being stolen", etc. etc. I say "FUCK IT, EXCUSES ARE FOR THE WEAK".

What if we all lived our daily lives with "No Mind"? Our DAILY lives...not our lives in 5 years or our "look back at 50", LIFE...today. I guarantee if you stop making excuses in every aspect of your life for ONE MONTH... you will see a significant improvement. We only have one shot at this thing called life and I say we make the most of it. No excuses...