1. What Are Excuses?

Excuses are rationalizations we make to ourselves about people, events, and circumstances. They are invented reasons we create to defend our behavior, to neglect taking a particular kind of action, or to simply negate responsibility. Excuses are in essence a means of placing blame of an internal problem on an external condition.

2. Reasons We Make Excuses

There are many reasons why people make excuses. In fact, everyone has different reasons for making them. However, when it boils down to it, all excuses are based on FEAR. We only make excuses for the following main reasons:

Fear of failure
Fear of embarrassment
Fear of success
Fear of change
Fear of uncertainty
Fear of responsibility
Fear of making mistakes
Fear based on a perceived lack of confidence or resources