Carrie Wilkerson: “Excuses are Lies that No One Else Believes, Except for You.”
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Sean Croxton
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Carrie Wilkerson shares a heartfelt reminder that success isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s personal. From overcoming excuses to defining your own version of fulfillment, she challenges you to align your goals with your values, family, and purpose. This episode will inspire you to stop chasing others’ definitions and start creating success that truly fits your life.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're working, stop thinking I should be with the kids. |
| 0:03.7 | If you're with the kids, quit thinking I should be working. |
| 0:06.3 | If you're with your spouse, quit thinking we should be with the kids. |
| 0:10.0 | If you're, you get what I'm saying, plan your time so that you can be present and fully engaged. |
| 0:16.5 | Put your technology down. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show. |
| 0:39.1 | I am your host, Sean Croxton, as Sean Croxon.com. |
| 0:41.0 | We got Carrie Wilkerson on the show today. |
| 0:42.7 | Our QOD is this. |
| 0:47.6 | Excuses or lies that no one else believes except for you. |
| 0:53.4 | So she's going to encourage you to create your own definition of success. |
| 0:57.1 | To ask yourself, what does success look like for you and only you? She's going to encourage you to eliminate the distractions that are keeping you |
| 1:02.6 | from having the success that you want. She's going to encourage you to stop trying to do it |
| 1:06.9 | all alone, and she's also going to give her thoughts on why balance is a myth, especially |
| 1:12.2 | for parents. Carrie Wilkerson's coming up. Some of you may be self-growth skeptics, or some |
| 1:22.5 | of you may be success cynics. And what I would say is that I am a product of this kind of environment |
| 1:32.7 | that 20 years ago, when I became a mom and adopted two amazing toddlers from foster care, |
| 1:43.8 | I didn't have any view of business. I didn't have any view of success. I didn't have any view of business. I didn't have any view of |
| 1:47.1 | success. I didn't have any view of passion or ideas. I simply knew that I told the judge I do |
| 1:53.3 | as long as we all shall live. And those kids needed me. And I needed to leave what I was doing, but I needed to make some money. |
| 2:03.0 | Can I get an amen? |
| 2:04.0 | Anybody else just need to sometimes make some money. |
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