Killer phrases inhibit forward progress.

Killer phrases often heard prevent progress.

You only have to walk down the main street of most communities, and you will listen to killer phrases from all sorts of people. Often, they contain no logic, but unless someone challenges them, they end creative conversations. Conversations that will move a community,  its businesses and non-profit organisations in the future. You only have to visit a remote or off-the-beaten-track town, and you will see that they are well behind the rest of the country.

Whether we like it or not, killer phrases can significantly impact our communities, businesses, colleagues, family, and friends. They can also affect our lack of progress and even our health and well-being. Although they are usually attributed to negative people, everyone uses them.

Make use of family, friends and colleagues to help you overcome your lack of belief in yourself and your use of killer phrases. Killer phrases could keep you from reaching out and acting on your lifestyle dreams. Don’t let your killer phrases be a way to reject the wisdom of others.

Killer phrases you should avoid.

Ineffective habits and behaviours eventually become active as people start to believe.

• There is nothing to do in this community.
• I never have enough time or money.
• I am not skilled enough to go for my dream.
• Negative people aren’t dangerous; I tend to agree with them most of the time.
• I am too old to start something new.
• I can do nothing about anything; it’s all too hard.
• I need a university degree to solve that.
• Control and discipline are not my best attributes when taking action.
• I know clarity comes by taking time with problems, but I don’t have the time.
• My good intentions will never make things happen.
• I need more time to know it is safe to move forward.
• Leaders have all the answers, but I don’t see myself as a leader.
• Receiving help is a sign of weakness.
• I will never make the amount of money I want.
• Failing at something makes you a failure.
• It must be right first, so I need all the facts.
• Simplicity and clarity don’t come quickly to me.
• Nobody ever believes in me.
• Whatever I do, it won’t amount to anything.
• If I had the energy, I might be able to do it.

Of course, the opportunity cost means many ideas must be rejected to make a better idea possible. However, when no time is allowed to consider new proposals, no new ideas are likely to receive the support they need. Know that killer phrases are the roadblocks to creativity and innovation.

Quotable quotes

“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon”. Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active”. Edith Hamilton