Why I Can't

"Can't" is a disease that gets even worse when we justify our limitations. Find out a cure for this global malady in this mini podcast.

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Transcript

Why I Can’t

Having worked with hundreds of thousands of clients who wanted to change their lives, the amount of times I’ve heard the justifications for their limitations is more staggering than a Mike Tyson interview . . . or punch.

One day I spoke to a gent who wanted to stop smoking. I specifically outlined what was necessary for him to be long-term successful. But he immediately went into a litany of reasons he couldn’t do those things. So, I point blank told him that he doesn’t have a plan to stop smoking, but rather a wish. He said I was questioning his desire. I responded that I was merely putting a spotlight on his strategy that’s not working.

I then asked him if it was possible for a person buried in credit card debt to spend their way to prosperity? He said he thought that was impossible. So, I asked, “How would you advise that person?” He said, “I would tell them they need a financial plan that would require more discipline than the current plan they have. And then, there was a long pause and he asked, “I’m really advising myself, aren’t I?”

“Why I Can’t” is a disease we all suffer from. This isn’t a soapbox speech on positive thinking, but rather an effort to get us to defocus on limitations.

Your first clue that this disease is full blown is when you start using justifications to keep your limitations in place. Justifying failures keeps failure in place. It’s pure drug addict logic. 

The drug addict, gambler, alcohol abuser, etc. when confronted with the results of their behavior will shift gears. They will deftly pivot to blaming someone else and say something like, “If you were under all the pressure I am, you would do whatever their taboo was too.” Their position shifts to the justification of “Why I Can’t.”

But the “Why I Can’t” strategy goes well past addictions. It’s alive, well, and pervasive in our everyday lives. It’s become such a part of our make-up that we don’t even recognize it. We argue for our limitations in every area of our lives and it takes its toll on our peace of mind. 

Spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle says,“Listen to peoples’ stories, and you’ll find that they could all be entitled “Why I Cannot Be at Peace Now.”

Every time we justify a limitation we postpone our peace.

Take a moment today and examine the justifications for your story of “why I can’t,” and notice how they act as the glue of gloom.

You can’t justify your way to peace any more than you can spend your way to prosperity. 

As Daniel Quinn brilliantly writes in his book Ishmael,

“There is no argument powerful enough to end the argument.”

The solution then seems to be to suspend the argument so you can focus on finding the peace.

All the best,

John