We make excuses for ourselves

As soon as we utter any defeatist words, we justify why it is that we aren’t where we want to be.

I had to hear a friend tell me that I was making excuses for myself. It was true. It dawned on me that saying an apparently innocent phrase like “it’s a male dominated industry and it’s harder for women to get the jobs they want and succeed” was actually me setting myself up for failure AND justifying it in advance.

Never enter a battle defeated.

Although I had heard it before, it took another reminder from a good friend for me to re-drill this simple concept into my consciousness. Don’t step up to bat thinking that you’ve already lost – because you ultimately will, if you keep thinking this way. On the other hand, you start with a winning attitude and whether things work out the way you like or totally go bust, you still would’ve won by virtue of your positive outlook and the experience you can charge it to. It’s not rocket science.