There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet. I use them all and I really would’t say I have a favorite. A good writer can combine those letters to inform people, inspire them, instigate action or maybe even make them laugh.
Depending upon how they are used these 26 letters can have huge impact on people’s lives. While I wouldn’t say I have a favorite letter I can say with certainty the one I like the least; it’s the letter t.
It’s actually just the lowercase t, as some call it, the small t. Truth be told it’s not really even the t, it’s just the t when an apostrophe (‘) is used before it. Even then it’s not so bad, it only gets really bad when the word “can” is used before the apostrophe.
Using can before t with an apostrophe between the n and the t turns the possible into the impossible. It turns positive people into negative people. It takes the hope of success through effort out of the realm of possibility, it limits people’s potential and their future.
Yes, the small t can do all that.
If you let it.
Nothing has more weight in determining whether you really can or can’t than your attitude.
Saying “I can’t” becomes habit forming and it’s a hard habit to break. It wrecks your attitude. Pretty soon you’re convinced that you can’t do anything and you become stuck.
You may not be able to simply talk your way into success but many many people talk their way out of it everyday. Their “negative voice” does them in before they even had a chance to succeed.
For many less successful people “can’t” simply means “won’t.” They tell themselves they can’t so they won’t have to try. They believe that “can’t” shields them from the risk of failure without realizing that “won’t” dooms them to the failure they so desperately hope to avoid.
If they would only remove the t from “can’t” and tell themselves they can then they just might. I’ve never met a person who couldn’t do more then they thought they could if only they would allow themselves to believe it.
Believe! Rid your vocabulary of can’t and open up a world of possibilities. Don’t say “I can’t” instead say “How can I” or better yet, just say “I can.”
Remember, you’re never more than one decision away from changing your life, choose can.
Great advice! Perfectly stated Steve.
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
At a, n early age. My mother taught me a great lesson: “there is no such thing as the word can’t “she repeatedly stated. You are just telling me that you won’t that’s not acceptable. So now when I either hear the phrase “I can’t” either in a conversation or in my head. I always substitute the word won’t. It creates a new perspective, and in most cases started me thinking about what can be done. Thanks for bringing conversation forward for all to consider.
Thank you Wayne, your mother was a smart women. 🙂
Well said Steve.
I’m not fan of the word, should.
Clients, say ” I should do this, or I should do that.” They need to stop shoulding all over themselves.
You know I agree – we often get exactly what we tell ourselves we’ll get, seldom more.
sharing something inspirational on this world inspirational day! http://mrshree.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/iu1010-the-world-is-in-it-what-about-you/
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