Life Happens…Lose the Excuses!
The clamor of chaos follows the frenetic face of frustration and
it’s not even noon yet! Sounds like your day? It was mine at 9:00 a.m.! Forget
lunch…meetings, followed by conference calls and a myriad of email to boot. I
finally have moment to breathe - yippee - I then realize it is 6:00 p.m. Where
did my day go?
Overwhelming,
isn't it? Do you have similar days? Weeks go by, turning into months. Have you
ever said, “I’ll call”, “Let’s do lunch” and “I always have time for you”, but
are your words and actions really in sync? Are you guilty of making these
statements over and over? How many friends and family members are you ignoring
in the process of managing your life?
In one of
Aesop’s many fables, we are told of a boy, who fictitiously cries
wolf on more than one occasion. When the wolf really appears, the villagers
ignore the boy’s cry based on past behavior. Are you “the boy who cries wolf”
with words and empty promises? Do you use life as your excuse for not keeping
in touch?
In the
technological world in which we live, there are no excuses! Email, voice mail
and text messaging enable us to keep in touch using minimal time. Actions
really do speak louder than words. In fact, actions yell integrity, loyalty,
consideration and respect. Empty excuses, could have, would have, should have
and my favorite - I’ll try - are not acceptable, period!
Be true to
yourself and to others by letting your actions speak louder than your words.
Life happens to all of us…lose the excuses!
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