What do you suppose could happen to you if you made a commitment to be totally responsible and accountable to yourself for every aspect of your life? What would take place if you accept the fact you are the source and cause of everything you do? What if you could be trusted and depended upon? Or what if you were totally reliable? Would this make a difference in your business, your relationship, your life? If so, how?
Think carefully about this topic and give this commitment serious consideration.
It is pointless to just agree on the surface that you are honest, trustworthy, countable and reliable when deep down your truth and integrity tell you are not totally committed. Be honest, your actions demonstrate your commitment – only then can you be honest with others.
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, is the day you start to the top
Responsibility stems from two powerful words: response and ability. The obvious question you should ask yourself is, "What is my response ability?" Always choose the response that will empower you; responses that come through anger and resentment only do the opposite – they disempower!
Accept responsibility for a bright future. If events are not unfolding the way you want them to, you must accept responsibility that you may be spending too much time thinking about what you don't want. You will not win if you are always thinking about losing. Change your thinking to change your life.
Give up dwelling on your circumstances, do something about it – you are responsible for creating your own circumstances. Worry and fear are traits of indecision and uncertainty. By accepting responsibility, you make things happen. Make something happen you can be proud of, be passionate about, and that serves others and makes you and those around you feel good. Do not just talk about it, do it!
Accept responsibility for your personal development – don't just rely on others. When you have the desire to learn, you will begin to earn self- respect, money and much more. Read good books, listen to cassettes or CDs and attend seminars or workshops so as to consistently working towards improving yourself. If you are consistently placing the blame on others or events, then you are not demonstrating responsibility. Remember, A man may fail many times, but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him. Accepting the responsibility for your success and achievement is mandatory, not optional.
Accept responsibility that your life is the way it is because of the choices you made and as a consequence of your actions. If you do not like the way things are running, change them. Be accountable to yourself. When things work, take the credit; when things don't, take the blame.
Not accepting responsibility over problems and not paying attention or learning from these difficulties only lead to life's predicaments recurring in your life – over and over again. Upsets are prolonged by rehearsing them in your mind, so stop wallowing in self-pity or in your difficulties.
Never stay hooked on the past as it is an energy drain. Only look back to learn from the mistakes and gauge how far you have moved forward in experience. We all make errors. The miracle of errors is access to fresh opportunities, so learn from your mistakes.
Also, mistakes cause problems. Accept responsibility over your problems – they do not just happen. Never go into denial when a problem occurs. Problems will not go away unless and until you invent solutions and take specific actions to overcome them. Here are four steps to resolving problems:
- Acknowledge you have a problem;
- Ask yourself, "What am I committed to that has this be a problem?" If you decide that there is commitment that the problem is getting in the way of, you know you do have a problem. Study the options you have. Look at all the possibilities and consider many solutions, not just one. And do this quickly; and
- Do something
that is consistent with your commitment and focus on the solution
right away. We all need to accept responsibility for our problems.
If we don't, we become the problem. And we have to act quickly on
the solutions to the problems. You can't build a reputation on what
you are going to do!