Taking Responsibility

It is so easy to blame others and external events or circumstances when things do not go your way. That is a quick way to make us feel better and let off any frustration or anger.

But to truly be empowered and in control of the results you get in life, you have to take responsibility for your life and what you experience daily. Having read Jack Canfield's "The Success Principles", that is his first principle - Take 100% responsibility for your life!

When you take responsibility for your actions and your results, you truly accept that only one person can determine the quality of your life and that is you! The past is behind you and you cannot do anything to change it. You can only determine what you can do NOW and what you can do tomorrow. All the results you experience in your life now is the result of choices, decisions and actions you've taken in the past. Also, every experience you have has a lesson for you.

Until you get the result you want, you can simply choose to change the meaning you give to experiences and hence change your response or actions. That way, you are more likely to get the results you want simply by what you are making experiences out to be.

This quote that Jack Canfield has in the first chapter of his book by George Washington really sums it up, "Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses."


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