The Habit of Persistence - Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

Londina Cruz & Donna Kunde - “Building Success Habits”

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Introduction
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in”  – Bill Bradley

In order for persistence to work, we need to eliminate all possible excuses why success isn’t happening and failure is allowed to take over. Today’s show will uncover the 55 Famous Alibis by Old Man IF from the book Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.


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Objectives - The WHY 
People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight excuses to explain their lack of achievement. 

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. Many business owners would rather defend their excuses to explain their lack of persistence and achievement.
   
2. Careful examination of the list will uncover hidden blocks to success.
   

What You Need to Know - The WHAT

1. You have absolute control over only one thing...your thoughts.
   
2. If you fail to control your own mind, you can be sure you will control nothing else.
   
3. Controlling your thoughts is either the result of self-discipline and habit.
   
4. There are 55 common excuses that lead to failure and lack of persistence.
   
5. Building excuses to explain away failure is as old as time and fatal to success.
   
6. All judgment is self judgment.
   

What You Need to Do​​ - The HOW
A character analyst compiled a list of the most commonly used excuses. As you read the list, examine yourself carefully and determine how many of these excuses, if any, are your go to reasons why things didn’t work out. Some of the excuses are clever and a few of them are justifiable by the facts. But excuses won’t build your business. 

1. IF I didn't have a wife and family . . . 
   
2. IF I had enough "pull" . . . 
   
3. IF I had money . . . 
   
4. IF I had a good education . . . 
   
5. IF I could get a job . . . 
   
6. IF I had good health . . . 
   
7. IF I only had time . . . 
   
8. IF times were better . . . 
   
9. IF other people understood me . . . 
   
10. IF conditions around me were only different 
    
11. IF I could live my life over again . . . 
    
12. IF I did not fear what "THEY" would say . . . 
    
13. IF I had been given a chance . . . 
    
14. IF I now had a chance . . . 
    
15. IF other people didn't "have it in for me" . . . 
    
16. IF nothing happens to stop me . . . 
    
17. IF I were only younger . . . 
    
18. IF I could only do what I want . . . 
    
19. IF I had been born rich . . . 
    
20. IF I could meet "the right people" . . . 
    
21. IF I had the talent that some people have . . . 
    
22. IF I dared assert myself . . . 
    
23. IF I only had embraced past opportunities . . 
    
24. IF people didn't get on my nerves . . . 
    
25. IF I didn't have to keep house and look after the children 
    
26. IF I could save some money . . .
    
27. IF the boss only appreciated me . . . 
    
28. IF I only had somebody to help me . . . 
    
29. IF my family understood me . . . 
    
30. IF I lived in a big city . . . 
    
31. IF I could just get started . . . 
    
32. IF I were only free . . . 
    
33. IF I had the personality of some people . . . 
    
34. IF I were not so fat . . . 
    
35. IF my talents were known . . . 
    
36. IF I could just get a "break" . . . 
    
37. IF I could only get out of debt . . . 
    
38. IF I hadn't failed . . . 
    
39. IF I only knew how . . . 
    
40. IF everybody didn't oppose me . . . 
    
41. IF I didn't have so many worries . . . 
    
42. IF I could marry the right person . . . 
    
43. IF people weren't so dumb . . . 
    
44. IF my family were not so extravagant . . . 
    
45. IF I were sure of myself . . . 
    
46. IF luck were not against me . . . 
    
47. IF I had not been born under the wrong star . . . 
    
48. IF it were not true that "what is to be will be" . . . 
    
49. IF I did not have to work so hard . . . 
    
50. IF I hadn't lost my money . . . 
    
51. IF I lived in a different neighborhood . . . 
    
52. IF I didn't have a "past" . . . 
    
53. IF I only had a business of my own . . . 
    
54. IF other people would only listen to me . . . 
    
55. IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them. 
    

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