Excuses versus reasons

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Written by Jim Chaput
After a 19-year career in financial services, Jim left a leadership position to focus on health and fitness. Jim is a Master Practitioner of Applied Movement Neurology and holds Certificates in Applied Functional Science and 3DMAPS from the Gray Institute. His passion is empowering people to help resolve the pain, tension and insomnia that prevents them from living well.

Is an excuse different from a reason? I think so.

Excuses seem like a mechanism for eschewing responsibility. When you give an excuse, you’re saying, “It’s not my fault, there’s nothing I could have done.”

Reasons are an observation of what occurred. You identify a cause so you can learn from it. “Here’s why that happened and what I will do differently next time.”

Which do you use when things go wrong?

1 Comment

  1. Pat

    PMA makes all the diff.
    That’s what I learned at our last movement class.
    Thinking positive thoughts (not excuses etc)
    keeps me on track. Keep the focus & stay balanced.
    Positive mental attitude … ok… Got it.
    😊👍 Thanks for the inspiration!