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How to Stop Making Excuses and Start Taking Action

If you find yourself hiding behind excuses and unable to move forward in your personal or professional life, this article is a must-read. Be sure to sign up for the free report on the Biggest Reasons People Can't Push Past Fear and How You Can at the end of the article.

Author: Hilary Harwell
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Sometimes we find ourselves incapable of moving forward with plans in our business, career or personal life. Many times the issue is not that we don't know what we should do, but instead that we find innumerable excuses why we can't or don't follow through on those plans. Take a moment to consider what some of your current excuses are...

One of the most common that I have heard from clients lately is that they are not ready to move forward with plans to grow a business or make a career change because of the uncertainty in our economy. Others include scarcity of funding, timing issues such as having a young family and also concern over the success of a new venture. All of these are coming from a perspective of scarcity. This perspective has been the dominant view in our society in the recent years. The issue behind adopting this type of perspective is that when you do so, you also create self-imposed limitations on your own growth, both personally and professionally. The scarcity perspective is one that is based upon fear. Fear that there isn't enough to go around. Fear that now isn't the best time to start a business. Fear that making a significant change is too daunting a task and that one will be overwhelmed with the enormity of the project.

Look closely at the excuses that are currently deterring you from taking action and growing your business or your self. Determine the root cause of the excuse. Is there something that could potentially happen in the future that is preventing you from taking action? Is the inaction actually based upon a fear? Understanding the underlying issue is a critical component to being able to move from excuse phase to action phase. In life, you either have excuses or you have results. Consider which you would prefer and what is holding you back today.

About Author

For more information about overcoming fear and self-doubt so that you can take action today, get your free special report - The Biggest Reasons People Can't Overcome Fear and How YOU Can at http://www.aninspiredmind.com. Hilary Harwell is a professional life coach and founder of An Inspired Mind, LLC. She is currently authoring a book on how to live a more purposeful life. Her passion is working with creative, entrepreneurial people to help them push past self-doubt to fearlessly pursue their dreams.

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