Why owning up to one's weakness is the stepping stone to strength. "He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else" - Benjamin Franklin
Why have you fared badly in your examinations?
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- The correction was strict
- Everybody did badly
- I wasn't well that day.
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Multiple choice of answers - all reeking of weakness and lack of character. The day a student stands up for himself and says, "I did badly because I had not prepared well," he or she stands up tall - owning up to one's weakness is the stepping stone to strength.
Take ControlThe one who realises that things went wrong because of his lack of control, can quickly take control and set things right. Whereas, the one who thinks that the whole world is at fault and is out to trip him - trips up again and again. Looking for and finding excuses is a habit that can become a destructive vice - it starts when a mother thumps the floor and blames it for a child's fall. It goes on through childhood, studies, work, life, marriage, family, and it never ends. Everything is someone else's fault - or fate - or circumstance.
Are we puppets, then? Teach them young - the fall is a toddler's first lesson - pick him up and let him walk - there is no need to bang the floor. The undone homework is your child's laziness - not the teacher who loads too much. The poor marks are yours or your child's negligence - not the education system - the lost promotion could be your lack of enthusiasm or worth - not another's lack of scruples and so on.
Final ThoughtsTake the bull by the horns - tackle the issue. Excuses do not sound good. They certainly do not do any good.
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