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 No Excuses! - Transform Your Life With One Powerful Step
If you want to achieve meaningful and lasting success, the first step is to accept 100% responsibility for everything you experience in your life.
Modern psychology has conditioned most of us to place blame on someone or something outside of ourselves for any problematic aspects of our lives. We blame our parents, our partner, our boss, our friends, the economy, the weather - anything to avoid taking responsibility. But the truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of your life - that person is you.
Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
To create the life of your dreams, you are going to have to take full responsibility for making it happen. This will require giving up your excuses, all the reasons why you can't or why you haven't up until now, and any blaming of outside circumstances. It means taking responsibility for your results, your relationships, your health, your feelings, your finances - everything! This is not easy, but the rewards for doing so are significant.
There is a simple but very relevant formula (commonly used in both business and personal development) that illustrates the concept of taking 100% responsibility for your life:
E (Event) + R (Response) = O (Outcome)
The premise is that every outcome you experience (whether success or failure, happiness or depression, wealth or poverty) is the result of how you responded to an earlier event (or events) in your life. The event itself does not create the outcome - your response to it does.
Initially, this way of thinking may feel uncomfortable to you. It's certainly not the norm. However, once you assume the powerful mindset that you have either created or allowed everything that happens to you (by your actions or in some cases, inaction) you are able to take full responsibility and ownership of your life. And that will propel you to a whole new level of success and fulfillment.
What does this look like in practical terms?
If you're not getting the results you want in your life, take the following steps:
• Eliminate excuses - take 100% responsibility for your outcomes
• Ask yourself "How did I create that?" and "What do I need to do differently next time to get the result I want?"
• Make the necessary changes (in your actions, thoughts, communication, etc.) to position yourself for the desired result in the future
• Pay attention to warning signs so that you can prevent unwanted outcomes before they occur
Decide to stop making excuses starting right now - and see your life transform!
About the Author
Julie Fischer is a Life, Career and Business Coach who helps busy people achieve professional success without personal compromise. Visit her website at http://www.discoverycoaching.info.
Are you ready to start living life on your terms and experience the success that comes from truly knowing yourself and what you desire out of life? If you are considering working with a coach, please contact Julie today at http://www.discoverycoaching.info to learn more and schedule a complimentary consultation. (ArticlesBase SC #2848247)
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Written by Julie Fischer | 6/17/2010
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