What Real Leaders Don't Do

One thing real leaders don't do is to give excuses and fight for them; they create results. They understand that to fight for one's excuses is to be robbed of power to transform. It is not fighting a good fight.

Just take a listen to some of our civil and political leaders speak on certain issues and your heart will break beyond repair. Instead of proffering solutions to current challenges, they tend to explain away the problems. Real leaders don't make excuses; they create results.

Friend, if you're going to live the life of your dreams, then you have to do away with excuses. For no one ever built a great life on the foundation of excuses. The doorway to greatness is not unlocked by giving excuses however 'legitimate' they may be.

When you cultivate the habit of giving excuses, you rob yourself of enormous power. The more you fight for your excuses and don't do away with them, the more they will own you and rob you of power. The moment you let your excuses go, you step into power.

A lot of the things we proffer as an excuse are creations of our own imaginations. They are illusions, to say the least. Listen to the ancient sage: The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!” Proverbs 26:13 (New King James Version)

Excuses negate responsibility. I guess it's one of the reasons why we love to engage in it. When you are faced with a problem, you have to accept responsibility for it and look for ways to turn it into opportunities for change. Apportioning blame is not going to help matters in anyway. It is when you accept responsibility that you step into power.

Yes, it's could be a fact that it wasn't your fault, but blaming others and circumstances isn't going to help you either. It can give you a momentary psychological and emotional relief. It is when you accept responsibility that you will own the situation. Your creative juices will begin to flow as you seek out solutions, not culprits.

Folks who abandoned their pursuits to problems were only interested in such endeavours. When you are committed to a task, you do everything to see to it's definite conclusion. Renowned author and motivational speaker, Art Turock said it better when he noted: "There is a great difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."

How committed are you to your life vision? how committed are you to the goals you've set for this year?

Don't find an excuse for how little, if any, progress you have made; find a way. Don't make excuses; make a plan and take corrective action. Do take the ultimate responsibility for where you are, and for where you want to be.

Do not rationalise your challenges...Rise up and take charge, Now! No more excuses! You are empowered. Cheerio...