In my previous posts, I’ve referred to refraining from calling certain steps you take in a Performance Lifestyle "excuses".

By the same token, I also refer to "true excuses" as those delusions in thinking which just don’t make sense.

This post is about revealing what a true excuse is and what it is not.

From the Start Where You Are post:

But keep this in mind… because a Performance Lifestyle gives merit to those steps you need to take to make taking other steps easier, refraining from calling them "excuses", even the challenges get easier, because you are able to perform better.

From the Does Michael Phelps Struggle post:

For anyone who is thinking, well he’s also got all the time and control in the world and millions of dollars in contracts, blah, blah, blah… (those are true excuses), all that has little bearing, because he can’t pay someone to sleep, eat or workout or swim… for him.

A true excuse is a form of immunity; "to excuse" means to grant or obtain an exemption for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic from a potential liability.

In other words, it’s coming to a judgment that is not really accurate about why you can’t or its not a good idea to do something, and this I can tell you is not serving you, because it is not true, there is not real data to support it.

Now saying something like "I need to take a nap" instead of working out at the moment, is not an excuse, because it’s grounded in a truth for you and it’s a good idea if you are tired prior to working out. Recharge your energy before you are ready to get active again, let alone engage in higher intensity training is a good idea.

Bottom line, an excuse can be picked apart easily as having little grounding in truth, and not serving you. What often gets past off as an excuse is something that is very meaningful and purposeful to your objectives or goals, that someone else has either trained you to believe our outright tells you is an "excuse" because of their agenda.

Be very careful about what you buy into. An excuse is thinking that is working against you; a step you need to take to move forward in a position of strength is not an excuse.

Action Tip

How you think and feel about yourself will determine your lifestyle ~ Aurthur Ciaramicoli Ph.D Author Performance Addiction.

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John Allen Mollenhauer is the founder Performance Lifestyle Solutions, the better healthier, more successful ways to achieve your goals in life, business and sport. As a former worn down workaholic turned Healthy High Achiever, John Allen (aka “JAM”) will teach you how to Live Like a Pro, optimizing your lifestyle the way athletes do for better results. He is the creator of the Healthy High Achiever - Unleash the Full Potential of Your Lifestyle to Perform, Look and Feel Better!