People who give themselves permission to fail or permission to give up for any reason (valid or imaginary), find making excuses habit forming. They never achieve their potential. It doesnβt matter if your victimology world-view is comforting, is constantly validated, or is justified, if you accept it as a reason for failure, youβll never look beyond it to ask; βWhat can I do to improve myselfββ¦ or βWhat if the reason this person is telling me that I need to improve at my job is becauseβ¦ I ACTUALLY just need to improve at my job?β
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