Ability. Opportunity. Effort. And Excuses!

The interesting conversations I get to have with my kids.

Yesterday's post and convo with Sam explained how excuses can get in the way of our formula for achievement.  If you haven't read it I suggest you go there first or if you have read it to recap.

So..... I'm talking with Jeff about excuses and he, ever the wordsmith and perfectionist, told me that it would fit into the formula in the following way.  X represents excuses.

((A + O)/X)E = Achievement

Basically, this is the mathematical representation (a lot of syllables there) of how eXcuses will take away from your Ability + Opportunity even before you get the chance to put in the Effort.  Therefore you'll need a lot more Effort to overcome the eXcuses to get to the Achievement desired.

In talking this over with Jeff again - he knows much more than I do about math formulas - we have began the conversation about where Attitude fits into the equation.  Stay tuned!

Make sense?  Welcome your thoughts.