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Friday, January 30, 2009

Taking Responsibility

Failing to take responsibility
The consequences for not taking responsibility can be very serious indeed and typically end-up defining your whole life. The typical indicators for failing to take responsibility are...

People pleaser
dependent on others for recognition, approval, affirmation, and acceptance.

Angry, hostile or depressed
Life treating you unfairly

Fearful
Unable to trust yourself to take a risk or make a decision, frightened of everything.

Failing
in relationships and the enterprises you take on in life.

Emotionally or physically unhealthy
not supporting yourself.

Addictive personality
escaping responsibility, looking for external answers.

Over responsible and guilt ridden
A need to rescue and enable others in your life, having to feel needed.

Unable to Trust
Unable to trust or to feel secure with others.

Resistant to vulnerability
Fear of being vulnerable, often linked to past trauma.

How to start taking Responsibility
In order to accept personal responsibility you need to develop the ability to:

Accept responsibility for your responses to the people, actions, and events in your life

Accept that you are completely responsible for your own choices

Be open to change, new ideas or concepts about life and the way life is.

Get help from others

Let go of fear and irrational beliefs

Release anger, fear, blame, mistrust, and insecurity.

Take some risks, be prepared to become vulnerable to change and growth in your life.
Open Up.

Use positive affirmations

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