Chapter 70 When something goes wrong don't make excuses

Today's results are the result of your past efforts. If you are not satisfied with today's results, it means that you did not work hard enough in the past. If you just complain today and do not take action, you will still complain for tomorrow.Don't make excuses for your failures, but find ways to succeed. Opportunities always belong to those who study hardest and work hardest. We are often used to find countless "normal" reasons for our mistakes, and justify and justify ourselves with confidence.In fact, we are used to shirking responsibilities, making excuses for ourselves, and letting ourselves "comfortably" stay at a certain level of career, and we don't know how to take the initiative to climb again.

If the things that were planned to be completed on the day were put on hold, we would say that they were delayed because of other things that happened temporarily; the details that should have been noticed were neglected, and after serious consequences occurred, we would justify ourselves and say that although this matter was I implemented it, but the supervisor in charge of coordinating did not remind me in time, so it is not my fault. Multimillionaire Carlo Downes was originally just an ordinary bank clerk, and was later employed by a car company.After working for 6 months, he wanted to see if there was a chance for promotion, so he directly wrote to his boss, Mr. Durant, to recommend himself.The boss gave him the answer: "You are appointed to supervise the installation of the new factory's machinery and equipment, but you are not guaranteed a salary increase."

Downes had no engineering training and couldn't read blueprints at all.However, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.So he used his leadership skills to find some professional technicians at his own expense to complete the installation work, and a week early.As a result, he not only got a promotion, but also a 10-fold increase in salary. "I know you can't read blueprints," the boss said to him later, "if you just find any reason to turn down this job, I might let you go. I admire people like you who don't make any excuses for your job! " As an employee, when working, as long as you don't put excuses in front of you, you will be able to do your duty and do your job well; as long as you demand yourself with "as long as you take responsibility and refuse excuses", you will overcome any difficulties in your work. Difficulties, the work will naturally reach the height of a dream, and the ability will be improved invisibly.

If you want to win the trust of others and become a responsible person, you must get rid of the bad habit of shirking responsibility.When you make a mistake and have a reason to explain it, you must first reflect on yourself, is my reason an objective fact?Then, look back at your own behavior. If you do have mistakes, you should bravely take responsibility, admit your mistakes sincerely, correct your behavior, and actively seek remedies.Smart employees are those who have the courage to take on their own responsibilities, actively seek and seize opportunities to seek corporate interests.Only this kind of employees are talents worth cultivating in the minds of leaders.

An excuse is a "universal tool" to shirk responsibility and cover up weaknesses. Many people spend precious time and energy on how to find a suitable excuse, but forget their own duties and responsibilities; Your own "shield", it kills people's innovative spirit and makes people passive and decadent; excuses are a dose of opium, making you taste it again and again, gradually making you feel guilty, lazy, If you encounter difficulties, you will shrink back, and eventually lose the ability to execute. In fact, behind every excuse, there are rich subtexts hidden, but we are too embarrassed to say it, or even we don't want to say it at all.Excuses allow us to temporarily evade difficulties and responsibilities, and gain some psychological comfort.But excuses are costly, and they do us no less harm than any other vice.There is such a little story:

There was a little boy who mowed the lawn and called Mrs. Brown: "Do you need a lawn mower?" Mrs. Brown replied: "No, I already have a lawn mower." The boy said: "I will help you Pull the weeds out of the grass." Mrs. Brown replied, "My mower has already done it." The boy said, "I will help you mow the grass around the walkway." Mrs. Brown said, "I'd like The guy who did it already, thank you, I don't need a new mower." The boy hung up.At this moment, the boy's roommate asked him curiously, "Aren't you just mowing grass at Mrs. Brown's place? Why do you still make this call?" The boy said, "I just want to know if I'm doing well or not!"

Yes, ask yourself more "how am I doing", this is responsibility, this is responsibility, for yourself and for others.Many of us deal with work passively every day, working for work's sake.We don't put even half of our enthusiasm and intelligence into our work.Instead just complete the task mechanically.Outside of work, few people will ask themselves: "How am I doing?" Instead of constantly complaining about their treatment, position, working environment, etc.You know, the more you complain, the more you lose. Constantly making excuses will only make you accomplish nothing and become lazy day by day, and eventually become a decadent and useless person.

Adjust your mentality, take the initiative to give, abandon excuses, learn to take responsibility, and be a person who is responsible for yourself, including work and life.Because there will be gains if you pay, and being responsible to yourself means being responsible to others and your team. The unexpected gains brought about by hard work bring joy to our hearts, which will give us an unprecedented sense of happiness and accomplishment. This sense of happiness and accomplishment will also imperceptibly make us demand more of ourselves, so that we can make progress every day , even if it is only 1%, even if it is just that the mentality becomes more and more healthy.