Evan CarmichaelSpeaker / Author / Introvert

How to Fix Your Excuse-filled Mind | 1-Minute Reality Check

26 Aug 2023 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:34

In this one‑minute motivational clip, Evan Carmichael explains that many people disguise fear as logical "reasons" or excuses—claims like lacking time, resources, education, or experience. He argues that these so‑called smart reasons are merely fear in disguise, and that the first step to overcoming them is to recognize and stop believing these excuses, thereby catching the underlying fear.

Chapters

Most of the time when you're afraid of something, we don't actually call it fear. We call it something smarter. We call it a reason, which is really just an excuse, which is really just fear, but we call it a reason. I can't do that now because I don't have enough time. I didn't go to school for that. I don't have the resources. I don't have the experience. I'm going to start that next week, or this is a great January 1st goal, and you convince yourself of all the reasons why you can't do it. We come up with all these stories, these reasons, and you believe the reason because they're smart reasons. They're smart. You wouldn't believe a stupid reason. It's a smart reason. That's what you're believing, but really it's just fear. So step number 1 is to actually catch the fear, to stop believing your excuses.