Subscribe in a readerThe Importance of Taking ResponsibilityPosted by ahc99 on October 20th, 2008
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In light of all the doom and gloom that has recently cloaked society like a thick fog, I think so many of us have forgotten the importance of taking responsibility.
You are responsible to yourself and what happens in your life. You are responsible for your happiness and success. Nobody else can force you to be happy or successful unless you want to be those things. So it is up to you to take charge and take responsibility if you are not happy or successful. I know, some people might say it’s not my fault that certain things have happened in my life. I can understand that, there are some things that are out of your control, but then there is so much more that is within your control. No one has a choice in the hand they are dealt in life, but they do have control of how they decide to play those cards.
Decide today if you want to greet every person you meet with a smile on your face or a frown for all to see. If you smile, the whole world smiles with you. But if you frown, you frown alone. Besides, it’s hard to stay upset when you keep smiling. Try that sometimes, its true.
Instead of blaming everything and everybody else for your current circumstances, why don’t you try to take a hold of it and change it. From all my interactions with people the one thing I am sure of is that people are very adaptable to their environments. If they really wanted to change badly enough, they will be able to do it. If they really want to accomplish something enough, they will reach their goals. And if you shoot for the stars, you just might hit the moon.
Acknowledge the fact that only you can live your life and so you make the final decisions that affect your life. You can always change the final outcome. Isn’t it incredible to think that where and who we are right now is a result of all the different choices we have made so far in life? So if you want to be somewhere else in life, you need to start making the changes right now.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
- Jim Rohn
May 14th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Good article. I first read about this principle in a book by Jack Canfield called, ‘How to get from where you are to where you want to be’. You truely cannot be successful in life without first taking 100% responsibility for everything in it. You have to stop blaming people and making excuses. You have to stop complaining and start looking at yourself and the results you are getting. If something is not working change it. If you keep doing the same things you’ll get the same results.