I came across this article, “The Person Responsible For Your Success” by Jack Canfield today. (Yes, Jack is one of the two people responsible for the best-selling ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul‘).

Make a guess. Who’s responsible for your success (or failure)?

It’s You! You are responsible for your success! Only you, yourself is the single most determining factor which decides what, and how much you achieve in your life. This applies to any area of success; be it at home, professionally, financially, spiritually etc….

Accept, embrace, and live this fact and concept; or you’re going to leave your success, your dreams to chance/luck, or into the hands of others and circumstances. You only live once right?

Yes, for sure, there are many things beyond your control. In fact, the only one thing you can truly control is yourself, your thoughts, your action and your reactions. In taking charge of yourself, and by forcing yourself to focus on positive, result-driven thoughts, you can actually influence the people and circumstances around you for a greater, better result/outcome.

On the other hand, by feeling victimized, by complaining, whining, being passive, you actually drive success further away from you. By blaming your current state on circumstances, on others’ shortcomings, you actually relinquish the ability to improve your state to that someone/something else; which is beyond your control. So what happens? You feel helpless, dejected, hopeless.

Think about the people who you are attracted to. Do they project an aura of confidence and endless possibilities, or do they project failure and inability? Think about why you are attracted to these people in the first place. Now will you still be attracted to them if they are constantly blaming, whining and complaining? If you want to be successful like these people that you admire, you have to start thinking like they do. And that means starting from yourself, YOU!

Go take a look into the mirror. Look at the person in the mirror, point at him and say real loud, “I Am Responsible for My Success!“.

Have a great weekend ahead.

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