#93 The Excuses We Tell Ourselves & How to Stop Them
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Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae
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🗓️ 15 March 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we look at the top 5 excuses we tell ourselves when it comes to training, working towards or a goal or pursuing a dream. The excuses are many, but they can be stopped. Listen in as Sally shares how we can rise above the excuses & move forward!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to another episode where being awesome is easy and Eddie is here to learn. |
| 0:11.6 | Excuse me? |
| 0:13.7 | Eddie's here to learn. |
| 0:15.7 | I brought some Kleenex here today, Ed, because I'm going to make you cry. |
| 0:19.1 | Gonna make you cry. |
| 0:20.4 | This episode is so good. |
| 0:23.1 | And... |
| 0:23.6 | Am I going to cry about it? |
| 0:24.8 | Well, you know, we might just be telling... |
| 0:26.1 | You're going to hurt my feelings? |
| 0:27.2 | We might be telling embarrassing stories. |
| 0:28.7 | Oh. |
| 0:29.2 | I don't know. |
| 0:30.0 | Should we make that a segment? |
| 0:31.1 | I won't cry. |
| 0:31.9 | Embarrassing stories about Eddie. |
| 0:33.9 | I don't get easily embarrassed. This is true. |
| 0:42.8 | You do not get easily embarrassed because you also do not care at all what people think of you. |
| 0:44.2 | That is your superpower. |
| 0:47.9 | That is one of your superpowers. |
| 0:51.6 | You know, we have people that have just started their run, so we want to acknowledge you right now. |
| 0:53.3 | Well done getting out there to train. |
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