Taking Personal Responsibility (Part 2)

Each time you make a responsible decision, you become a more responsible person. Successful people don’t blame others, they take responsibility for their own actions and attitudes. They show response-ability—the ability to choose a correct response no matter what situation they face. Responsibility is always a choice, and only you can make it. If being responsible hasn’t been one of our strengths, then start small. You can’t start from any place other than where you are now.

Which areas of responsibility are the toughest for you?

(1) Following through—taking responsibility to finish what you started? If you’ve a tendency to quit, give yourself relatively small goals that require you to stretch. Start in areas you care about deeply, then with a few wins under your belt, begin tackling other areas.

(2) Taking care of the small stuff? How often do you forget small things—that are big things to others? Like forgetting anniversaries, birthdays, not picking up after yourself, or taking out the trash, missing something very important to your moms, dads, teacher etc.

(3) Stepping forward—not expecting someone else to do it for you? Most of us have a tough decision that’s waiting to be made, and we keep putting it off.

What’s yours? Why aren’t you taking action? Write down the reasons, so you understand clearly what they are. Now write down the advantages of making the decision. Once you know in your heart and mind what you should do, seek strength , do it, and stand by it. That’s taking personal responsibility!