Blame - Calvin Harris

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Blame - the dictionary definition says - ‘To feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong’. Which sounds about right to me, literally speaking of course. In reality, it’s more about accepting it was all of your own doing imho. You see, I believe that YOU are the only person that YOU can ever really blame however much YOU might try to project the reasons for it elsewhere. Sure, there are always situations and accidents that are out of our control but when decisions have been made and you’ve made them, the buck stops with erm, YOU.

I’ve heard a million excuses in my time as a coach. It’s too hot, cold, wet, dry, short, long, whatever but hardly ever ‘I just got it wrong’ or ‘I simply wasn’t good enough’ There’s always a reason for it being someone else’s fault. Being honest with yourself is the key to success I believe. And if you get it wrong or are simply not up to the task in hand. Stop, learn from it and try again. But this time think about how you are going to celebrate when you succeed rather than think up a failure excuse before you start.

In my world, nothing is or has ever been easy. But I’ve never complained or tried to blame conditions, situations or even other people for my failures. To me, life has a simple logic. There are no short cuts to success and only hard work and pure graft will get you wherever it is that you want to be. Where in time you can become your own Winner. Of course, if you don’t want to be a winner and not be the best version of yourself, keep on blaming everything and everyone around you.

However, it would be a shame to miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime and leave blame to those that need a reason to why they’ve failed.

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