A Million Excuses Not To Get the Job Done

A few weeks ago I went into a busy area to conduct a Survey. My mission was to find out how many people knew about life coaching and Neuro Linguistic Programing and also to find out what workshops they would like to do.

One of my questions was this:
Have you attended any workshops or courses on self development or personal growth in the last year or the last five years?

82% of the people I surveyed had not done any in five years.

This to me was amazing. I mean, we all have ambitions and dreams, yet some of us do nothing about it.

I can relate to this, I left school early, I had no ambitions when I was a young teen, except travel the world and help people. I did not know how, when or why, but I just knew this was my direction in life.

The last five years I have attended multiple workshops and courses and this is how I became a Life Coach and NLP practitioner.

So imagine you are working in a job that has no interest to you. You complain about your job constantly. You would love to do something else, yet, you are the Unlucky one. Nothing ever goes your way.

What if, you decided today, to take the first step? What if you decided today to take up a new challenge? What if you decided to save some money for a course or workshop? Could your life change?

Rome was not built in a day, but it was built. Firstly, a plan was put forth. Then a time frame. Then a budget was made. Slowly, slowly and brick by brick a glorious city was erected.

Now imagine you used this as a metaphor to your own life.
You want to build your own kingdom. You imagine opening your own business or you want to work at a better firm or company.

You know that the only thing that is stopping you can be done within a two year period. This already sends shivers down your spine. Two years is too long. "I cant do it" because.........

Excuses, we all have a million, we could write a book called " A million excuses not to get the job done"

When Rochelle my wife and I wanted to come back to Malta, we made a three year financial plan. Now thats a long time... Or is it!! Three years passed since then. As I write this message, I can honestly tell you, both of us are at the happiest stage in our lives. WHy? Because we took action.

I always wanted to become my own boss. Why again? I wanted to be in control of my own time. I did not want to work long hours for anyone but myself. Today I start work at 10am. I am so flexible with my time that I can pretty much do what I like when I like.

Of course like everyone I have to survive financially. So what did I do? I gave myself financial targets to achieve each month.

So if you have a dream today, work on it. Do not leave it for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a day late.

Do some research. Find out exactly what needs to be done. If money is stopping your dreams, save, or change your spending habits a bit (every little counts).

Find out what it takes. Ask someone who is doing what you want to do. See if it is exactly what you want. Push yourself to achieve results.

When you get where you want to get, find out what else you can learn, try to be a step ahead. Money spent on your own self development and personal growth is never waisted.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. YOU CAN DO IT.

I do hope you have enjoyed this message like I have, if you have any feedback, suggestions or topics you want to discuss please feel free to message me. If you live in Malta and want to find out more about the benefits of life coaching please message me for a FREE coaching session.

Keep Well and have a WONDERFUL day
Claude Camilleri

Written by Claude Camilleri,
Master NLP Practitioner, Malta
founder of Successlodge
www.successlodge.com