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Your Excuses Don't Matter....

Name: Your Excuses Don't Matter....
Uploaded: 2022-06-02T20:48:09+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this motivational monologue, the speaker (SPEAKER A) argues that using gender—or any external characteristic—as an excuse for personal lack of…

2 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker (SPEAKER A) argues that using gender—or any external characteristic—as an excuse for personal lack of progress is unhelpful. She observes that most people default to convenient reasons for why things don’t happen, and challenges listeners to stop allowing those reasons to dictate their actions. While acknowledging that studies show women may face systemic disadvantages (e.g., lower pay, bias toward attractiveness), she contends that dwelling on such facts does not advance personal growth. The core message is to reject external excuses, adopt personal responsibility, and focus on thoughts that actually help one improve.

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I never use the reason for anything getting done, for anything not getting done, for anything happening or not happening for me as the fact that I'm a woman. I believe that if you were to take everybody off the street, 10 people, each person would have a reason that they could point to that is a very convenient reason for why things are not happening for them in life. It's this default that so many people go to for why things don't happen for you. The question to ask yourself is, what if you just didn't allow yourself to use that as a reason. And you might be thinking, well, Layla, that's kind of not fair because it is a reason that a lot of things don't happen. Like, there's been studies done on people who are more attractive get more things that they want. Women get paid less. Well, true, but is that a helpful thought? Is that going to help you in this situation? Is that going to help you progress? Is that going to help you get better? The answer is no, it will not. I have found that that is not a useful thought to think.