Don’t blame your bedtimes on society #Habits

12 Oct 2020 · 1 min

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TJ Walker delivers brief motivational advice urging listeners not to habitually blame society or external circumstances for personal or business failures. He concedes rare, severe exceptions (e.g., civil war and forced refugee status) but emphasizes that many factors are controllable; he contrasts people who thrive in recessions with his own late-1990s experience of repeated business failures during good economic times to illustrate personal responsibility and avoiding excuse-making.

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Don't get in the habit of blaming your failures on society. Sure, if there's an unexpected civil war in your country and you have to become a refugee, you have a good excuse for your business not doing well, things not going well. It's all you can do to survive. But in every recession, some people thrive. On the other hand, I remember back in the late 90s, everyone was doing well. Economy was expanding, stock market was booming. I had multiple business failures. So, yes, there are some circumstances beyond your control. But you can control a lot when it comes to your personal successes. Your businesses, your failures don't automatically say, well, there's a recession or there's coronavirus. Of course I have to crawl up in a ball. Don't get in the habit of using that excuse.