Tag Archive: poor excuses

Poor excuse: I am not entrepreneurial

Many scare easily at the word “entrepreneur”. I guess I can relate to that to a degree. For a start trying to spell it is a nightmare, let alone understanding what it means.  So let’s embrace the term wholeheartedly before you continue using the excuse I’m no “entrepreneur”.   When looking up the definition there…

Poor excuse: I don’t have any million dollar ideas

I was talking to a friend the other day about my recent blog post on million dollar ideas and she said “Andrew, I have no sympathy for those that have million dollar ideas and someone else reaches the market before they do – those people have no one to blame but themselves” and then she…

Poor excuse: I do not have the skills to be successful

Have you ever had one of those conversations with someone who was just introduced to you at a party, a club, a bar, at work, or anywhere else for that matter in which they asked you what you do for a living and after you give your reply, they go a little pale and reply…

Poor excuse: Someone took my million dollar idea!

Imagine, in a moment of creativity, that a million dollar idea had just popped into your head. An idea that will produce the hottest products. Demand will go through the roof. If anything, supply levels will struggle to meet demands. You can picture building the ultimate business and raking in the money. In one of your…

Poor excuse: I do not have the time to be successful

Of all the excuses I have heard over the years for why an individual refuses to make changes in their life in order to start or continue on a journey to success, the weakest one would have to be claiming that there just simply is not enough time! Oddly enough those who make such a…

Poor excuse: I am not smart enough to be successful

I hear these lines of defence all of the time. “I flunked at school”, “I never made it past junior high”, “I really struggled at college”, “I am not smart enough”, or “I am no genius”. All of these are common excuses for why an individual fails to start or continue on the journey to…