Can you think of anyone this might apply to?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
May 11, 2020 4:20am CST
George Washington Carver was born into a slave family in Missouri in the early 1860s. He overcame the difficulties presented by his race and background and became a prominent agricultural scientist and environmentalist. He died in 1943.
He once said (or wrote): 99 percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
I have known a number of people to whom this could apply, a regular excuse being to blame the failure on somebody else. At present I have one particular person in mind. I wonder if your mind is working in the same direction as mine in this respect?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
11 May 20
I have been to George Washington Carver National Monument in Missouri which preserves his boyhood home.
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
11 May 20
I checked his details before writing this post, because his name meant nothing to me before. He was certainly a remarkable man, and I was also impressed by the fact that there were white people around at the time who were prepared to give him a chance to progress in life.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 May 20
I don't know about the percentage, I feel like a lot comes from the process of learning. I can however, think of a president who is great at this.
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
11 May 20
There are a lot of people who are like that. They like making excuses and blame somebody for their own mistakes.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
11 May 20
i suspect there are so many people in the category it would be hard to guess who you are referring to!
@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
11 May 20
Yes I completely agree with George Washington words... On giving lot of excuses we facing lot of issues..
