KB114 -Your excuses are lies you tell yourself to feel better.

Harsh Truths
Super Harsh Truths To Help You Start 2025 with a Bang!

Welcome to the final instalment of my 12-part “Super Harsh Truth Series” for this festive season!

Over these past 12 days, I’ve dropped daily truth bombs to challenge your mindset, spark action, and help you gear up for an incredible 2025.

My goal?

To give you at least one game-changing insight each day that you can take into the new year, laying the groundwork for a year you’ll indeed be proud of!

Let’s dive into the final one…

#12 - Your excuses are lies you tell yourself to feel better.

#12 - Your excuses are lies you tell yourself to feel better.

Your excuses are lies.

They’re stories you tell yourself to avoid responsibility, protect your ego, and justify staying stuck.

Time, money, energy, whatever excuse you’re clinging to, it’s not the real reason you’re not where you want to be.

The real reason?

You’re choosing comfort over commitment.

The harsh reality:

• “I don’t have time.” Wrong. Someone busier than you is making it work.

• “I don’t have the money.” Wrong. Someone with less money than you has figured out a way.

• “I don’t have the energy.” Wrong. Someone more tired, overwhelmed, and stressed has still found the strength to show up.

Your excuses aren’t real, they’re just convenient.

They let you off the hook so you can avoid doing the hard work.

But here’s the thing…

While you’re busy justifying why you can’t, someone else with fewer resources is proving they can.

Why excuses are dangerous:

1. They steal your power. When you blame circumstances, you give away control. You’re no longer the driver of your life; you’re a passenger.

2. They keep you comfortable. Excuses let you avoid discomfort, but growth lives on the other side of discomfort.

3. They waste your time. Every moment spent rationalising why you can’t is a moment you could spend figuring out how you can.

Excuses don’t change your circumstances.

Action does.

Feel like you don’t have time?

Prioritise differently.

Feel like you don’t have money?

Get creative.

Feel like you don’t have energy?

Start small and build momentum.

The problem isn’t your situation

It’s your mindset!

Here’s the truth:

• Someone with less time than you is getting in shape.

• Someone with less money than you is building a business.

• Someone with more challenges than you is making their dream a reality.

Ask yourself:

• Are you willing to face the fact that your excuses are self-inflicted roadblocks?

• What would happen if you stopped justifying and started taking action?

• How much longer are you going to let excuses hold you back?

The bottom line:

Excuses feel good in the moment because they let you off the hook.

But in the long run, they’re poison.

They rob you of progress, potential, and the life you claim to want.

Time, money, energy, whatever your excuse is, someone with less has done more.

They didn’t let circumstances define them, and neither should you.

It’s time to call your excuses what they are: lies.

Stop lying to yourself.

Start doing the work.

Because the only thing standing between you and your goals isn’t your circumstances

It’s you!

Own it. Fix it. Move forward.