I  was thinking about an excuse that came up for me today when something I was working at just wasn’t coming easy.  It would have been so easy for me to just say - you know that’s true I may as well quit on this. Then I realised what I was doing and stopped in my tracks - I was listening to a really good excuse and momentarily accepting it. I am sure everyone has at some time or other given up on a dream/not pursued their passion because of an EXCUSE. They are even more convenient than fast -food and readily available at all times.  They seem to be the great ‘get out of sticking with it to the end’ clause and cause the abortion of more successes and dreams than anything else. Everyone of us, including those who have achieved great success are suseptable to them. Most people bow to them and give up/let go of what they were pursuing because of them and consequently remain in the mediocre zone.   However, it is worth noting that there is an alternative to this and it is simply deciding that you will no longer bow to the great excuse but that it will have to bow to you and your success. If you want to be successful at anything you must keep this attitude in the front of your mind. When you have a bout of the excuses bring to your remembrance the predominant reason  behind what you have set out to do - the ‘passion’ of your pursuit. This will help you to overcome the excuse and put it in its place.