“You can achieve virtually anything you want,” I said to a middle aged person one day over a Cappuccino.
“I wish that’s true,” he mumbled under his breath, wiping the foam from his upper lip. “You see,” he started to justify his excuses. “My job gets in the way. I work long hours, and by the time I get home I just want to sit and relax in front of the TV.”
That is a very common response. People want to get ahead in their lives, yet they find it much easier to blame the environment for where they are at.
They prefer to live their lives reactively, moving from one excuse to another, acting as victims to circumstances, achieving nothing major in life.
There is, however, a different way that they can see the world; a way that allows them to take full control of their lives and accomplish their yearnings.
They do so by accepting personal responsibility for the life that they are living and the life that they want.
People are responsible for what happens in their lives. By taking that approach on board, in all areas of their lives, they will make the choices and decisions that reflect that responsibility to head them in the direction that they desire.
Abandon the concept of blame and adopt the responsibility belief.
Accept responsibility and take charge of your life.
Hani Al-Qasem
Hani Al-Qasem and Natalie Dee are the co-authors of the e-book “Self-Confidence Building in 7 Steps.”
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