Success Principle #1 - Take 100% Responsibility (...continues)

I would suggest that we all get a journal in which to keep these thoughts and exercises.. it really IS imperative to take part in these discussions and exercises if you are wanting to "get from where you are, to where you want to be".

Let us begin!

Today, and for the rest of the week we are going to be working on taking more responsibility for our lives. This is the most important step toward creating more success in our lives.

The key principles we are covering here today are:
1) You have to give up blamining and complaining. We spend most of our time blaming things outside of us - the weather, our boss, traffic that made us late, the economy - you get the point.. Whatever it is, we tend to blame something outside of ourselves.

2) The second thing is that you have to give up all excuses and take the position that whatever you're experiencing in life the results you are creating (whether it be physical, financial or relational), the quality of life you are experiencing is a result of how you are responding to the events rather than the events themselves.

The formula that captures this is E + R = O
Event + Response = Outcome

What do most people do when they dont get the outcome they want? They blame the event! When they blame the event for not having what they want, it puts all of the power outside of them! There is nothing you can do about external events.

So what you have to do is change your response to get the outcome you want. The basic principle is getting yourself OUT of blaming and complaining and into taking responsibility.

With this in mind, we are going to do a little exercise. I'd like everyone to try and participate in this one.

Complete the sentences (it is best to think about them and answer ALL of them):

• IF I WERE TO TAKE JUST 10% MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LIFE I WOULD............


• IF I WERE TO TAKE JUST 10% MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY HAPPINESS I WOULD............


• IF I WERE TO TAKE JUST 10% MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY HEALTH & FITNESS I WOULD............


• IF I WERE TO TAKE JUST 10% MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY QUALITY OF MY RELATIONSHIPS I WOULD............


• IF I WERE TO TAKE JUST 10% MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY EFFECTIVENESS AT WORK I WOULD............

Until next time!

Yours in Success
Sam


Samantha Prinsloo, International Meta Life Coach, and founder of Master Coaching and a leading authority on Life Success. If you're ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get your FREE resources from Samantha Prinsloo now at: www.mastercoaching.co.za