Wednesday's BOLD LAW "You can have reasons or results , you can't have both!" You know what they say about excuses.

Excuses...we all can have them and they are not particularly helpful. They are just another word for reasons why results didn't appear. Some of these excuses we have heard, or used, are pretty creative. Think along the lines of "My dog ate my homework."

In school, can you imagine trying to sell that one to an experienced teacher? Or making an excuse as a raw boot camp rookie to a Marine Drill sergeant? No way those are going to fly! In that case, you're just better off telling the truth and facing the consequences.

The problem with reasons (excuses) is that sometimes we can start to buy into them if we tell them to ourselves and others so often that they seem to be the truth. The reality of making up reasons why we did not or cannot do something overwhelm all the reasons why we should and why we can ! Excuses and reasons hold us back. They cap us or create a false ceiling that we impose on ourselves.

Better to spend all that creative thinking time on the truth. Why did you do or not do it? What's the issue? Was it in your schedule? Are you not confident enough or prepared enough to take whatever it is on? Take the time to figure those answers out and fail forward rather than not take any action at all.

How do birds learn to fly? Their mothers know they are ready and they push the baby birds out of their nest. We too , can learn to fly on our way down ! And once those excuses are removed , results begin to happen!

Jump out of your own nest today and go get some results!

You can have reasons or results, you can't have both.

Contributed by KCN leader Don Aldrich