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CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

249: Ending Excuses

CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.92.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today is about ending excuses, especially that tried & true excuse of, "I'll start tomorrow".

Here's the reality: it doesn't matter how motivated you are, it doesn't matter how great your plan is or how much you want it if you are in the habit of talking yourself into delay, deferral or excuses.

Instead of focusing on what to eat, when to eat or the latest, greatest diet, I encourage you to look at the ways you talk yourself into not doing the work, and focus on overcoming those limitations.

We're doing that together in today's episode. Don't miss it!

http://primalpotential.com/249-ending-excuses

Ending Excuses: "I'll Start Tomorrow"

Yes, tomorrow exists. However, it has nothing to do with what you can do today.

When we put off our plans, when we defer our goals to tomorrow, it's just a way of making ourselves feel better about not doing the work.

We don't want to say "I'm not going to eat healthy" so instead we say "I'll do it tomorrow".

What you can do tomorrow doesn't have anything to do with what you can & should do today.

When you defer the work until tomorrow, you reinforce a pattern of delay.

The more you use that excuse, the more likely you are to continue to use it.

Become increasingly aware of when you're avoiding taking action.

Replace thoughts of what you pledge to do tomorrow with reminders of what you're capable of now.

Tell yourself, "I'm a person of today. Right in front of  me is an opportunity to make progress and I won't pass it up."

Do not delay until tomorrow what can be done today.

Nothing will ever be attempted
if all possible objections must first be overcome."

— Samuel Johnson

If you look for an objection or reason to delay, there will always be one.

Stop searching for excuses and start looking for opportunities to act.

Resources:

Breaking Barriers: How To Overcome Emotional Eating & Self-Limiting Beliefs

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton.

0:06.6

Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and

0:13.7

doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential.

0:21.2

Let's get started.

0:24.8

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Primal Potential Podcast.

0:29.2

Thank you for coming back. It honestly means more to me than you can imagine that you are here

0:36.5

spending your precious time with me now. This is our show. Yeah, I'm Elizabeth Benton,

0:42.8

I'm the woman behind the mic, but I don't see this as my show. I see this as our show because

0:48.8

without you, without helping you, there is no show. I'm here to help you move forward, to help you

0:57.2

achieve your goals, to figure out what's holding you back and then help you overcome it permanently.

1:04.3

So you, listening right now, you, this is your show and I am genuinely and sincerely here for you.

1:15.7

Today we're talking about excuses. I am busy busy busy 50 shades of busy getting ready for

1:23.4

my first ever Primal Potential live event just a few days from now. It is a small group

1:29.8

women's transformation weekend and one of the questions I ask to the folks who are coming.

1:36.5

It's in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. I ask them, how do you talk yourself into choices?

1:44.0

You don't feel good about. You know, like that internal dialogue that justifies making a choice

1:51.2

that is not aligned with our goals, the way we rationalize things that self talk, that talks us into

1:59.2

breaking a promise or a commitment that we have made to ourselves. One of them I think I mentioned

2:06.2

in the last episode, oh, this one thing doesn't matter or just this once. Here's the deal, guys,

2:12.4

because today we're talking about one specific excuse, the excuse of I'll start tomorrow.

2:18.8

You can have amazing intentions. You can be incredibly motivated. You can have ambitious goals.

2:29.2

You can have the best strategy in the world, all the support and resources in the world.

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