Betty Withrow wrote a book called “The Essential Excuse Handbook.” Reading the book gave me the idea to write a series of blogs dealing with the excuses we use to keep us from doing anything.

Excuse #1: “I might look like an idiot.”

Fear of being laughed at. Fear of looking like a clown. Fear of being considered a silly person. They will laugh at me… They will probably ridicule me… They will snicker behind my back…. They will lose whatever respect they had for me…..Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

“I don’t know what I’m talking about.” “If I go in front of an audience I will pee my pants.” “At a minimum, I will mumble like a fool!”

” I can’t ask her out. Look at her. She’s gorgeous. Way out of my league. She will shoot me down like a rocket with no fuel, and once my friends find out ( let alone my enemies), watch out. I will be laughed out of town.”

Well, there are no guarantees in life except for one I can give right now: “If you don’t enter the game, you will not win!”

Can’t guarantee that you will win if you’re in, but I do guarantee that you won’t if you’re not.

In life, you either get results, or you give excuses.

So, let them laugh, let them ridicule, let them snicker. Gather up your courage and “do”. You get what you want, great. You don’t, great!

You just might end up being the one laughing all the way to the bank.

Abe Jarjoura D.D.S., M.S.

Founder: Dental Care Team Group

Founder: “Control Freaks”- A group for dentists who want smile more