{"id":4823,"date":"2010-09-06T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2010-09-07T06:58:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T13:58:25","slug":"making-excuses-for-yourself-and-others-is-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=4823","title":{"rendered":"Making excuses for yourself and others is a self-fulfilling prophecy."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In this discussion, I covered some quick tips to keep us moving forward.<\/p>\n

The adage \u201cyou get what you expect\u201d is true in many circumstances. But often times we are on automatic pilot, such that we are not aware that we\u2019re making excuses for ourselves. We don\u2019t realize that we are creating imaginary dependencies or that we\u2019re even limiting ourselves by our practiced thoughts or beliefs.<\/p>\n

These examples help illustrate this better:
\nFlawed Premise<\/strong>: It\u2019s important to have a social aspect to meeting. It\u2019s a way to build long-lasting networking and business relationship.<\/p>\n

Because of this expectations our meetings cascade into other topics and take longer than originally planned.\u00a0 We rarely achieve the actual purpose of the gathering.\u00a0 The gathering actually turns into a “social event”.<\/p>\n

This expectation is just an excuse to continue to have long-winded, ineffectual meetings.\u00a0\u00a0 Next time you are in a meeting, consider the following:<\/p>\n