"I don't have time."

"I'm too busy."

Many people say those things.

I say, "Successful people have more time".

And I say, "I'm too busy" is an extremely unhealthy way to be thinking and talking.

It's a troubled self-image crying out for help.

As Robin Sharma said in 'The Greatness Guide' (2007), "Your schedule doesn't lie". [Just check your schedule. It will confirm you are not too busy.]

Why is "I'm too busy" such a bad mindset?

It's a resignation. It's victim-speak, a victim crying out. It's a person out of control, problems on the verge of happening. It's a negative contagion. I'm-too-busy misery enjoys I'm-too-busy company. After someone says "I'm too busy"...then what happens? Not much because everybody's thinking and talking about nobody having any time.

That's a bunch of Hogwash!

It is not accurate thinking and it is not helpful in any way.

There's nothing good about "I'm too busy".

That's it. That's the problem with "I'm too busy": nothing good ever follows it. Whenever anyone says "I'm too busy" or "I don't have time" nothing good ever follows.

The life of a victim is an unpleasant one.

How to remove "I'm too busy" from your repertoire of excuses:

1. Stop thinking it.
2. Stop saying it.
3. Stop listening to it.
4. Stop accepting it.

Thought Tweet #861 Balancing the strange comfort in ‘standing by’ against the positive change that follows ‘stepping up’.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When you must place a bet favouring either People or Situations, place your bet on Situations. That's what some social psychologists are teaching.

Why?

Why would social psychologists recommend we bet on the situation influencing the person rather than bet on the person influencing the situation?

Because there is much evidence illustrating how people are prepared to 'stand by' and do nothing in situations involving bad things ranging from workplace incivility and poor work ethics to pollution and its impact on Mother Nature to school bullying and public muggings to fundamentalism, bigotry, and genocidal atrocities.

All that said, in every such 'bad' situation each of us has a choice: we can 'stand by' or we can 'step up'.

The ancient wisdom…

If not me who?

If not now when?

Thought Tweet #855 What comes first, pleasing customers or pleasing employees?

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

I hope you take that at least two ways.

PS: In my travels I encounter many business people who bend over backwards preaching customer service and satisfaction. While they are doing that, they seem to be oblivious to the distresses of their employees. I wonder - Is it even partially sane to expect disgruntled employees to raise pleased customers.