The "It will take too long" excuse

❌ The “It will take too long” excuse ❌

If you’re stuck deciding to pivot careers, study something else, or do something completely different and fear it will take too long, read on... 🔽

A psychiatrist named Dr Murray Banks shared an exchange he had with a woman who had decided not to return to school because she’d be too old when she finished.

“How old would you be in five years if you got that degree by starting now?” he asks her.

“Forty-nine,” she replies.

“And how old will you be in five years if you don’t go back to school?”

“Forty-nine,” she answers, seemingly confused... but with the look of one who has become conscious of the excuses she created for not elevating her life.

⚡️ SNAP!

This week I’m reading ‘Excuses Begone’ by Dr Wayne Dyer. He lists over 18 types of excuses we tell ourselves that limit our ability to live our potential, which include:

• “It will be difficult”

• “I can’t afford it”

• ‘It’s going to be risky”

• “I’m too old (or not old enough)”

• “I’m too busy”

• “It’s too big” 🔷 I love how Dr Dyer reframes this as, “I think only about what I can do now. By thinking small, I accomplish great things.”

This book is raising awareness of my internal dialogue and challenging me to question existing assumptions.