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Excuses

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18 Quote(s) Found

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Do not let temporary setbacks become permanent excuses. – Jamie Dimon

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Don’t let ‘I can’t do the entire program right now’ become an excuse. Do what you can. Any progress is still progress.

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When you’ve dropped the ball or forgotten something or didn’t handle things right, own it. Apologize. Make amends and do better next time. No excuses.

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If we can stop excusing ourselves, we can get better at almost anything we choose.

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…sometimes we blame other people not as an excuse for our failure, but as a subtle way of highlighting our successes.

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There is no excuse for lying, cheating, and selfishness under any circumstances, but one can see how the pressure to do so builds during a crisis.

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There is just no excuse in failing to learn all you can about everything related to your field of business in general and this negotiation in particular…

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Lousy bosses live in a fantasyland of denial and delusion. They are remarkably adept at inventing excuses for putting off gut-wrenching work. They may talk tough but lack the courage to confront employees…

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There’s no excuse for any ‘so-called leader’ to abuse their employees. None!

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Fear manifests itself in a million ugly ways. It shows up as excuses. Or procrastination. It shows up as practicality.

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