Are You Takling Responsibility of Your Life?

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Area You Taking Complete Responsibility For Your
Life?
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Do you believe you are entitled to a better life?
Do you also believe that somehow, someone,
somewhere is responsible for ensuring you stay
happy, have a great career, get to spend time
with your family, follow your passions, hobbies
and enjoy fulfilling relationships.. How real is
this? The truth is that only you are responsible
for the quality of your life. You are responsible
for your health, your happiness, your career
growth, financial security, the quality of your
relationships, the way you spend your time, your
inner peace The day you realize this and act
accordingly is the day you empower yourself to
start moving forward. Remember everything you are
experiencing now is based on choices you have
made in the past. If you want better results,
just start making better choices. If you are
waiting for things to somehow change, for the
situation to get better on its own, you are
likely to be disappointed. Take responsibility,
take complete responsibility. Own your life and
design it to reflect your dreams, aspirations and
desires.
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You can start taking complete responsibility by
practicing these three important steps

• Stop blaming
• You are conditioned from childhood to blame
  someone else for your shortcomings, for the not
  so pleasant situations. However blaming your
  parents, your teachers, colleagues, bosses, the
  government, weather, luck, stars, alignment of
  planets etc will get you nowhere. You must focus
  on the only thing in your control i.e yourself.
• 2. Stop giving excuses
• Each time you give an excuse, you are missing an
  opportunity to grow. You are also creating a
  perception as being unprofessional. Most people
  give excuses because they have a fear of failure.
  However this very fear when faced will help you
  move out of your comfort zone and try something
  unfamiliar. A success there will do wonders to
  your self confidence and expand your horizon.

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3. Stop complaining The man who complains about
the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one
who dropped it  Lou Holtz Face it, nobody likes
to be around someone who complains. Complaining
drains you and others of their energy. Yes, there
are times when all of us feel like letting out
our frustrations. Talking about it is healthy,
discussing it, trying to identify ways to
overcome challenges is productive, it can open
you up to new ideas and solutions. However
constant complaining and whining makes you feel
like a victim, disempowers you and keeps you
stuck in the helplessness mode. As you will
agree, none of the above three serve you, they
suck away your precious energy and make you
unpopular with those around you. In my coaching
work, each time a client begins to take complete
responsibility, I notice them displaying higher
energy levels, greater motivation and stronger
will power. Set a challenge to NOT blame,
complain or give excuses for the next 30 days and
watch what happens.
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Here are seven incredible benefits you can
experience by taking complete responsibility -

• Joy of Freedom 
• As you start looking inward for the causes and
  solutions to address challenges in key areas of
  your life, you will experience a great sense of
  liberation, that feeling of being free, of not
  letting external judgments dictate how you think,
  act and live your life.
• 2. Sustained Motivation
• We all need motivation to see through the rough
  patches and difficult phases of our lives. By
  seeking your inner resources, you will find a
  treasure trove of sustainable motivation that
  makes the journey towards a fulfilling life even
  more exciting and fun.
• 3. Greater Control
• Knowing that you are in charge of your life, the
  choices you make, the decisions you take, the
  actions that follow will make you feel empowered
  and give you greater control of your life.

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4. Personal Power This is power in a positive
and mature sense. Its that great feeling of
being aware that you are whole, complete,
resourceful and have the capability to do,
achieve, grow and succeed. This is the fuel that
keeps you moving and helps you make progress
towards your important goals. 5. Flow of
Insights Insights or those aha moments come to
you when you are relaxed, when your mind is free
of fear and open to new ideas. Each day that you
live by taking complete responsibility, you are
strengthening your faith in your inner resources
and your creativity to find solutions for life
challenges. The more you seek it, the quicker
they come. 6. Richer perspectives You have
grown up with a mental model of the world based
on your life experiences till date. While they
might have served you well thus far, thats not
necessarily the only way to look at the world.
The more perspectives you are able to open up to,
the wiser you will be. Taking responsibility
enables you to achieve more insights, helps you
get fresh perspectives, newer experiences thereby
widening your horizon and thinking.
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7. Inner peace As long as you are blaming,
giving excuses and complaining, you are letting
negative situations and people suck out your
energies. This leads to confusion, inner conflict
and a sense of imbalance. By taking complete
responsibility you stop looking for evidences to
support your story of blame, excuses and
complaints. Your attention and energies are now
on how you can move forward, what you can do,
what the benefits are, how will you feel when you
achieve everything you wish to thereby bringing
you a sense of calm, harmony and inner peace. Do
you feel there are other benefits by taking
complete responsibility for your life? Please do
share them I must do something always solves
more problems than Something must be
done. Anonymous
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Points to ponder 1. How would you feel if you
stopped blaming, giving excuses and
complaining?2. What would happen if you took
complete responsibility for your life?3. How
would you benefit?4. What must you do to take
complete responsibility?5. How can you stay
committed to taking complete responsibility?
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