Good morning and welcome to the increase your impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua episode

1,837. Today I want to read to you an excerpt from Shane Parrish. It was a newsletter that I

received from him a long time ago and I really like it. And I've been thinking about it a lot

lately. And here it goes quote, no one cares about your excuses as much as you do. In fact,

no one cares about your excuses at all except you. When people's actions have outcomes that

don't line up with how they see themselves, they tend to insulate their egos by blaming other

people or unfavorable circumstances. Frazes like it was a great plan but poorly executed.

We did the best we could and we never should have been in this situation in the first place.

Are often just self-preserving phrases. Here's the thing, it might be true. Maybe it really wasn't

a bad plan just bad execution. Maybe you really did do your best. Maybe you could never have been

in this, maybe you should have never been in that situation in the first place. It doesn't really

matter. No one cares. None of it changes the outcome or solves the problems that still remain.

Just because something happened that was outside of your control doesn't mean it's not your

responsibility to deal with circumstances the best you can. Focus on the next move.

The next move makes the future easier or harder. Close quote. There is so much

in that excerpt that we can talk about. But the one thing I want to focus on is

not making excuses. Realizing that no one cares in the big scheme of things. How difficult

yours or mine or anyone's situation is. And the next best thing is to focus on your next move,

your next action. What are you going to do about it? Because how you choose to respond,

like Shane says, will make the future easier or harder. So my question to you is,

given your current circumstances, no matter how difficult it is, and some of you listening to

this are an unbelievably difficult circumstances. Not minimizing where you're going through. My question

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