Taking Responsibility for Your Success

How our own actions and choices determine ourme. I have spent money on something that is not
success or failure.working and I am upset. This is your typical victim
I have been hearing and reading a lot aboutattitude. I have spent my money and I expect
becoming a leader and MLM is not about theeverything to work for me and if it doesn't, I
products or the company, but about you. Peoplehave been ripped off.
will join a program because of you.On the other hand, if I accept and recognize my
I agree. However, not everyone is equiped to beown power,I know the responsibility to get results
a leader, at this present time. It doesn't meanfalls in my hands. I recognize that I have gotten
they can't be, as we can do anything we decidetremendous value for my money and I will do
to do. It just means there has to be certainwhatever it takes to learn how to promote this
changes before we can reach leader status.one ofsystem. I have purchased a system that works,
the things I have learned is that whether weso if I don't have the knowledge it takes to make
acknowledge it or not--we are all responsible forit work for me, I will find a way to get that
our own lives, our successes, and our failures.knowledge. Whatever it takes. That is the
Once we realize this truth, we can stop playingdifference between someone who is a victim and
the blame game and take control of our life.someone who takes full responsibility for
It really is quite simple, but not always easy. I dothemselves.
know that this is my life and I have the right, asI are discussing business here, but this applies to
we all do, to choose what I desire to accomplish.every area of our lives. If we are having
All we have to do is accept full responsibility forproblems in a relationship, we need to look at
our own choices and actions. If we acceptedourselves not our partner. If we are having
responsiblity for our not succeeding, instead ofproblems with a neighbor, we need to look at our
blaming someone or something else, that gives uspart in the problem. The great news is, when we
tremendous power. All we have to do is makecome from this space, we have the power to
whatever changes necessary to become achange whatever we want. The ball is in our
winner. As long as we are blaming someone orcourt. Simple, but not always easy. (Unless you
something else, we are victims. As victims, wehave had a lot of practice and enjoy learning and
are stuck not being able to change anything.growing. ) I personally find it exciting to have new
However, once we accept full responsibility, theopportunities to learn and grow. Gained knowledge
power is in our hands to make whatever changesis "potential power". I say potential power,
are necessary to achieve our desires. Wheneverbecause until we put our knowledge into action
there is a problem, there is always an answer.nothing is accomplished.If we are making our
There really is no such thing as failure. Forproblems someone elses fault, we have become
everything we try that doesn't work, we area victim and we are doomed to fail. Victims don't
brought that much closer to something that will.win and victims are not leaders. We are so much
Do you know how many times Thomas Edisonmore powerful then we realize. we can have
found ways that didn't work before he found thewhatever we want in our lives. So if we want to
way that did? Leaders don't quit--they findbe a leader, we have to take responsibility for
solutions. Does this make sense?ourselves and be willing to invest in ourselves. The
Maybe an example will help. Let's say I purchasedworld is like a blank canvas and we can paint
Magnetic Sponsoring and I am not getting theanything we want on it. So start creating what it
results I am expecting. So if I blame the systemis you desire and have fun doing it.
for my failure, I have become a victim. Oh, poor