A poor worker blames his tools- and other popular sayings

I don't know where the saying --  "A poor worker blames his tools"  --  but to me, it reminds me of the excuses many make when they fall short of their goals ,fall off the wagon,  or, in no uncertain terms - FAIL

Failure is an ugly term , but one used a lot , and in many different ways - and its also very subjective

Ask an Olympic bronze medalist about failure -- this would be a champion who has bested many and risen to the pinnacle of his sport, but inside, he or she considers themselves a colossal failure at times

Ask a housewife who set a goal of losing 20 pounds in 2 months to get ready for swimsuit season, who fell short -- also a failure

Ask the new gym goer who tells himself he will be power cleaning 185 in 3 months, but in 3 months, he is stuck at 155  -- yep - just another loser

I have a different way of looking at it  -- now granted, I don't have an answer for the type of angst an Olympic bronze medalist is going through,   but to the housewife, I'd say congratulations! -- you didn't hit 20 lbs, but you lost 15 !
    The would be gym rat, I'd also offer up congratulations -- he's not cleaning 185, but he's at 155, and could barely do 105 3 months ago

Where those 2 examples fell short is they didn't give themselves a realistic enough time line to complete their goals ---


Regarding blaming your tools for failure -- some examples that come to mind that I've heard (and even used)  are

"I don't have time to cook"
"I don't have time to get to the gym"
"I'm tired when I get done with work at night"
"my schedule is so tight, I don't stop to eat"
"Its Friday, i'll pick up where I left off on Monday"

I'm going to tackle these one by one a bit later today , but for now, I've got 30 minutes on the spinner and 20 minutes on the rowing machine scheduled

I'm closing this down with another saying

"For Those About to Rock -- We Salute You !"

and I sincerely hope AC/DC doesn't come after me for a little royalty money for using that --- LOL, I know Gene Simmons would