No excuses!

I met an agent last week. He's with a competitor, and someone I would LOVE to have with our company. He does a really good business already - 7-8 million in sales a year. We talked about him building his team, about his plans for the future, about where he wants to be and how he might change companies. 
When he left, the manager who had introduced him to me asked if I knew how old he was. I guessed late 60s. I was wrong.
He is 88 years old!!
Eighty-eight and offering no excuses. For sure not using his age as an excuse. He is not making excuses, he is making plans. He's not taking it easy, he's taking it to the next level. He's not holding himself back, he's propelling himself forward.
So what's your excuse? Too old? Too tired? Too late? Not enough time? Not enough skill or knowledge? Not enough energy? Baloney!
Take your excuses and throw them away, because for the next 6 weeks, I'm not accepting them. 
And if you feel like you have reasons why you can't make it to the finish line by doing the tasks I'm assigning, look more closely. Sure, sometimes we have legitimate reasons. Illness or tragedy in our families are two that come to mind. But most of the time, our reasons  are just our prettied-up excuses.
Someone once said "Regardless of the difficulties we may face... the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both!" So today you choose. Excuses or progress? That's the choice. Make the right choice. See you at the finish line