Let’s examine how you can start taking responsibility for your life

A.   Be ready to pay the price.

When you blame others, you give away your power to change. If you want change to happen in your life, you have to pay the price of taking responsibility of your own life. There will be painful situations – you need to face them squarely.       

B.   Be open to change.

A person who fully takes responsibility should be open to change. A responsible person not only accepts the consequences, but is also willing to make changes and avoid repeating the same problem.

C.   Don’t be afraid to fail.

There’s no reason for you to be afraid to fail if you’re completely responsible for your life. If ever you fail, there’s no one to blame but you, and if you do fail, so what? Get up and move forward. It’s your life anyway! You have full control over it.                                         

D.   Set your mind to keep moving forward.

This is the beauty of taking responsibility for your life. There’s no other option but to keep moving forward, whatever circumstances you face.

      Accepting responsibility for your life can teach you to develop a strong character and become successful in overcoming adversities and failures while still moving forward with a positive outlook on life.

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Loving YOU means taking responsibility for who you are.

We don’t have a choice who will be our parents. We don’t have a choice of which family or clan we belong to. We don’t have the choice if our parents give birth to us in poverty or in wealth.

But the moment we come to know the difference between what is good and bad; we have the responsibility to make choices about how we will live our lives.  This responsibility is ours until we face death, more so when we are adults.

As Denis Waitley says, “A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.”

     Accepting the complete responsibility for everything about who you are and who you will become is a very important decision, crucial to achieving your goal of success.

     Acceptance begins with taking responsibility. Therefore, when you accept full responsibility, you are refusing the habit of blaming others for every unfavorable situation and circumstance in your life.

    Accepting responsibility empowers you to make decisions for your life. There is a humorous statement that says, “How can you face your problem if your problem is your face?”

      Sometimes we may laugh at that statement. It seems there’s no more solution if your problem is your face. Yet, we can even learn from this silly comment.

      If I am a person who completely accepts my responsibility, I will look for a mirror to have a better view of the problem (meaning, I will be looking at my face). Then I will decide on the best solution to the problem. 

     Having a sense of responsibility is the very foundation of personal development. Without responsibility, none of the principles we have discussed in this book will make any sense. If you accept responsibility for yourself, you can’t blame anybody or anything for your situation, for the circumstances of your life now, or for the life you will attain. There is only one person responsible for your life—it’s YOU!