Excuses and loopholes that hold us back achieving what we want from life.
1. False choice loophole – “I can’t do this, because I’m so busy doing that” – this is one I often use, myself
2. Moral licensing loophole – “I’ve been so good, it’s okay for me to do this”
3. Tomorrow loophole – “It’s okay to skip today, because I’m going to do this tomorrow”
4. Lack of control loophole – “I can’t help myself”
5. Planning to fail loophole – formerly known as the “Apparently irrelevant decision loophole”
6. “This doesn’t count” loophole – “I’m on vacation” “I’m sick” “It’s the weekend”
7. Questionable assumption loophole –“Look, it says it’s healthy on the label”
8. Concern for others loophole – “I can’t do this because it might make other people uncomfortable”
9. Fake self-actualisation loophole – “You only live once! Embrace the moment!”
10. One-coin loophole –“What difference does it make if I break my habit this one time?”