The most important thing I’ve learned from the 6 Minutes to Success program by Bob Proctor has got to be responsibility. The idea is that you are responsible for whatever results that you want to achieve in the future. Forget the past, it’s over and 10 years down the road. you’ll just laugh at any mistakes you’ve made anyway. Know that your future is in your hands, literally.

What are your circumstances?

Look around you, what are the people and environment you should surround yourself with? They’re called the circumstances. You don’t find them? No problem, go create your own circumstances.

Many people complain about their lives saying how unfortunate they are, and they’re right, they are unfortunate. But those who make a big impact out there are the ones who realize that complaining is useless. No progress is made by complaining, except the feeling that someone else now knows how unfortunate you are.

You’re responsible for changing yourself

Big thinkers know that in order for them to succeed, they’re responsible to change something within themselves. They have to realize that others are not responsible to help them succeed and so they have to create their own success stories.

Whatever that has happened to us until now have been the results of our actions in the past (I’m assuming you’re not 5 years old). Whatever that we want to happen will therefore be the results of our actions today. If we don’t work hard at building our business, don’t hope that someone will suddenly send you a check of $1 million. And even if you win the Mega Million, you’re responsible to buy the lottery ticket yourself!

Know someone successful?

Do you know someone who’s successful? If so, have their lives been smooth sailing since they were born? Most probably not. They had to overcome obstacles, challenges, and often unfortunate events. Those things are the ones that had shaped them who they are today. If they relied on others to do it for them though, they wouldn’t have been as successful as they are today.

In business, many people are conned, threatened, bankrupt. Yet the ones who are successful are the ones who never give up because they know they’re responsible for their own success. No one else is, not your parents, not your siblings, not your spouse. It’s you. You are the ultimate judge of what your life will be tomorrow.

Stop blaming others

Don’t blame others for your life, especially your parents. It’s true that they could have done something that would make you better off to a certain extent (sent you to a prestigious school, let you learn a new language, etc). But, you’re responsible for your life at your current state and change it to however you want it to be. They’re not responsible for you any more, so stop thinking they should be.

Decide to take responsibility

Make up your mind to change some results in your life. Once you do that, your life will not be the same again because now you know that things will remain the same as they are today if you do not change anything. It’s that decision, and that decision alone, that will help you to change whatever that you’ve been doing, and not been doing to create the circumstances that will get you to where you want to be.

The last sentence in the video by Bob got stuck in my head, “I take responsibility for giving you the best I’ve got, you take responsibility by giving the best you’ve got.” And I want to say the same to you, my fellow reader. Take responsibility of yourself, and you will be a brand new person today.

Are you willing to take responsibility?

What would you do today to change some results of your life?

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