To counter this, we should instead focus on our strengths - in particular how to use those strengths to make the best of every situation.
Finally, to overcome your excuses always cultivate patience , optimism , confidence , and persistence .
And if you must make excuses, then at least keep them private. Nobody respects people who don't take responsibility for their decisions and actions.
Benjamin Franklin once said that:
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To overcome our defaults and improve our thinking, we must build strength to make a space for thinking between a situation and our response.
We need make it a habit and use inertia default for our benefit. Here are the source of strengths to be developed:
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