It is Time Women Stopped With the Excuses

Women have permission from society to use all kinds of excuses.

It is acceptable in most societies to say you cannot do something or that because you have children. Beyond that most people accept excuses like; I don’t have time, I don’t have the money or I don’t have the skills.

Yet... we have proof that women with children can do anything they want. We also have proof that time, money or skills are not real excuses for doing anything.

As an entrepreneur you will have to train yourself to stop using excuses. That can be hard, especially if you are used to using excuses, and even more so if you surround yourself with people who accept your excuses at face value.

Being a mother is not an excuse

In my higher level group coaching and mastermind programs there are women who have young children and also women who are pregnant. When I ask them why they aren’t using their children as excuses, they always answer;

my children are the reason I do what I do, not an excuse.

When joining SOMBA Kickstart, Agniezska had two young children with the third one on the way. Becoming pregnant had given her a bigger reason to take her business to the next level. She wanted to show other women in Poland what is possible as a mother who wants the best for her children and at the same time wants to embrace her own potential.

Having limited finances is not an excuse

Her example also highlights how she doesn’t use money as an excuse. Agniezka participated in a scholarship competition for one of my programs because in her mind she didn’t have the money to join. After someone else won the competition, she was determined to find the money to join. She got enough money together to sign up for a payment plan, she didn’t know yet how she was going to make the next payment. She was so committed to make her money back that within a month she had already enough to make the next two payments. Agniezska didn’t just pay down the payment plan, she turned into a star student with her determination.?

Time is not an excuse

In the same way money isn’t really an excuse, time isn’t either. Everyone has the same amount of time but somehow some people are able to make a much better use of it than others. When I was working as a CEO in Iceland and doing an Executive MBA in London, I was also able to read 2 books a month, be a social rep for my class and grow the business I was running. The busier I got, the more productive I got. It was all about setting priorities and then follow through on my commitments.

Lack of skills is not an excuse

Once you crush the time and money excuses, the skill excuse often pops up. A lot of women say they are not tech savvy or that they don’t have this and that skill. Most of my students didn’t know how to do any of the things that they are doing. Skills are not really about skills, it is about attitude. Next time you think of saying; I don’t know how to do this, add a simple word at the end; I don’t know how to do this yet. And that’s how you crush the skills excuse.?

Here’s how you can crush your excuses by making it a priority...

Excuse mode

1. I cannot do this because I have children
2. I don’t have the time
3. I don’t have the money
4. I don’t have the skills

Potential mode

1. It’s a priority for me to show my children what is possible for them and their mother so I’ll find a way to do this
2. It’s a priority for me so I’ll carve out time to do this
3. It’s a priority for me so I’ll figure out how to pay for this
4. It’s a priority for me so I’ll learn how to do this

The very best way to stop using excuses is to surround yourself with people who don’t use excuses. These are the people who tend to take action. Action-takers don’t use excuses, they are busy figuring out how to make it work.

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