We’ve all been conditioned to actively refuse to take responsibility when it comes to certain things in our lives. Probably because it’s a very socially acceptable thing to do. If you didn’t achieve what you set out to do (no matter what it is), a great default response could be to blame someone/thing or chalk it up as not worthy of your time (or any number of excuse based reasoning.)

The problem with doing this too often is that it becomes habit. This habit eventually leads to convincing ourselves of our own excuses and stories we propagate. We think that we don’t go to the gym anymore because we believe we just don’t have the time (not true). We aren’t making sales like we used to because advertising on Google doesn’t work the same way it used to (false)…

These excuses give us justification for our lack of results and shields us from ever taking real responsibility for our situation. This may help us sleep better at night but trust me when I say you aren’t doing yourself any favors here.

Some people are so good at this they become professional blamers/avoiders of real responsibility. Talk to one of these folks sometime and you’ll hear just how screwed up everything around them is. You’ll also find out how they really were never at fault for much of anything. The deeper down the rabbit hole you go with them the more obvious it should showcase for you that they aren’t even a player in the game at all… they’re usually just an over glorified spectator. Most spectators have their foot partly in the water and some even feel entitled to share their “experience.”

Pay them no mind.

Fun fact is that they’re really easy to spot.

Here’s their signature trademark: They talk too much, do very little.