A natural man justifies all his actions

It is easy to make excuse

It is easy to blame everyone

The government and the institutions suffers us

Well, there is no excuse

I was supposed to post this piece a week ago, and I reason what is my excuse? Work and family commitments, yet I find time watching fight compilations on vine! Do I want to become a street fighter or challenge Floyd Mayweather Jr for his titles? Nah! Common! I’m better than that- So I hurriedly had to push this through, better late than ever. Forgive the error, get the message. What do we have here>>>>>>>>

Excuses are sweet to hitching ears but is heap of intentional absence from calculated contribution to personal success and progress. Excuses are explanations, vindications, justifications, hypothesis or alibis put forward so as to cover up failure and not look bad. Making excuse can be become a sport and a default response to a failure-prone life. In this life, you’ll either make excuse or progress. The numbers don’t lie, if you beat the statistics, you’ll be a new statistics. Why take a bet on your life, and use excuse-making as bait. Bruh, you got served!

There is a river of hope, some float why others are sunk. That same river flows through all mankind and all vicinities of human existence. ’I am not concerned about the lot of the many’. If only one person can make it out, I can also. On a field of track, only the winner takes the price. You can blame your tracks, weather or diet. Who cares anyways, remember, only the numbers count. Be in the number that counts.

Be your YES campaign. The more you are open to excuses, the more you are open to the ideology of failure. If not taken care of, it becomes a pattern. There is always going to be excuse for everything because we differentiate ourselves from others, and format a story for our circumstance. The only difference I see here is our finger prints. We are all faced with the almost the same situation. No one is exempted from the issues of mankind, be it rich or poor, young or old. The same reason you did not show up for your kid’s big day, drunk on your first day at work, or slag off in school. I have noticed the same currency in my life, at some time, I had explanation for why I am who I am and where I am. Then I realized, no one is interested in my cock and bull stories. Get the job done, move on, assume responsibilities and make progress. That’s all that matters.

Today, decide to starve off your excuse claims. Set new goals to accomplish task ahead of you. First is make goals for what to stop doing (un-resolutions) and second make goals for what you need to start doing (resolutions). Procrastination is a sister to ‘excuses’. Consider only meaning what you say and saying what you mean and be mean enough to do what you mean. Under the sky there is no perfect time to get anything done but if you must advance in life, you have to take that step to work up the stairs. By determination and perseverance the snails made it to Noah’s Ark. The reason some of us are not making progress is the same bullshit stories we keep telling ourselves every day. The world will only make way for a man who knows where he is going. We want instantaneous success and yet we are discouraged from taking the little steps of action. There is no short cut to success, it only cuts one short of expectations and lasting success. Except selling and profiting from a sex-tape is constituted as success in your dictionary.

Do I make excuses myself? Yes I do and make it seem like it is right. Then I ask myself again, do I want to continue making excuse or make progress? What I have discovered under the sun is with less than the resources and leverage I have, some people have succeeded. So what is my excuse? Some are easy, like because I am black (yet, Obama became a president of USA), spiritual excuses – It is the demons or ‘if it is the will of God’ (there is no ‘if it is will of God’ when it is to better your life, inasmuch it is not against His commandments, God wishes His own prosperity), my parents are so poor (go and read Forbes’s story, most started with nothing). If I can stretch my thinking, get my hands in my craft, with faith, determination, consistency and tenacity, I don’t see why I should not break-even.

A short-cut like a short circuit cuts you off unexpectedly. You cannot grow a palm tree in a month, it must pass through its season. Each season with different atmosphere and forecast but purpose unchanged and determinism undeterred. One of my favorites quotes- ‘only failures have excuses’. Successful people show results, failures tell stories. Do you fill the need to be a better person or best your roots? Mere words and explanations will not escape you from the harsh reality of life. Gold must go through fire to bring outs its beauty and value. There is no excuse- if one way is not working, find another way. In fact, there are multiple ways that leads to the market. Keep finding even if it takes all your life looking for novel ways to better your life.

In the popular Dallas TV show, you will notice John Ross sometimes have best intentions and always have an argument, explanation, or excuse for his unpopular deeds. Nevertheless, greed and ambitions has taken hold of him. Bobby Ewing gave him the best advice ‘stop saying I want to be a better person, be the better person’ (Season 3, episode 9).

‘Im the man, im the man’ in Aloe Blac voice- see full lyrics below. Be the dream husband, wife, student, manager, worker, and leader. Stop excuses, its odiferous. Produce results, and then we can get talking.

“The Man”

[Chorus:] Well you can tell everybody Yeah you can tell everybody Go ahead and tell everybody I’m the man, I’m the man, I’m the man Yes I am, yes I am, yes I am I’m the man, I’m the man, I’m the man

[Verse 1:] I believe every lie that I ever told Paid for every heart that I ever stole I played my cards and I didn’t fold Well it ain’t that hard when you got soul (this is my world) Somewhere I heard that life is a test I been through the worst but I still give my best God made my mold different from the rest Then he broke that mold so I know I’m blessed (this is my world) [

Bridge:] Stand up now and face the sun Won’t hide my tail or turn and run It’s time to do what must be done Be a king when kingdom comes

[Verse 2:] I got all the answers to your questions I’ll be the teacher you can be the lesson I’ll be the preacher you be the confession I’ll be the quick relief to all your stressin’ (this is my world) It’s a thin line between love and hate Is you really real or is you really fake I’m a soldier standing on my feet No surrender and I won’t retreat (this is my world)