Take Responsibility and Take Charge

Inspiration for today:
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” ~Jim Rohn
Take Responsibility and Take Charge
Success and failure–people love taking credit for their achievements, but often blame everything but themselves when they fail or fall short. We have the power to accomplish our objectives, but only if we stop making excuses.
Where we are right now is a result of our choices, not anyone else’s. Our response to any given incident defines our power (or lack thereof) to produce the results we want. Consider the following formula presented by Jack Canfield:
E + R = O, where E is the Event, R is our Response to the Event, and O is the Outcome.
In other words, every Outcome we experience is the direct result of how we Respond to a given Event in our lives. We must look back and look at our Responses to past Events to figure out where we went wrong. Only then can we attempt to change future Outcomes.
What’s happened has happened, and there’s no changing that. So, starting today, let’s make the choice to hold ourselves fully accountable for the bad as well as the good. A change of attitude can change our lives.
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