First up is to create a new story for yourself and OWN IT! – transform yourself, your business and your life and take charge of you.
Credo Statement #1. Take charge of your life! You own your life and are responsible for your choices and consequences.
When did YOU get to be in charge of your life? Not your father, not your mother? Not your aunt, brother, or sister? Not your wife, husband or partner? Not your boss? I remember one particular conversation when a friend jokingly said, “Oh, my husband’s in charge of me.” That stopped me in my tracks.
At first glance it looks so simple and “of course I am,” yet I have found myself at times looking around for somebody else to be in charge. As if there is an omniscient guru who has all the answers to what is the best course of action for me in order for everything to turn out. Sometimes when I’m stuck I’d like for someone else to come in and rescue me, however that somebody else who is responsible is me, myself and I.
Taking charge of your life, making decisions and taking action particularly when that entails major change is not always easy or simple. I know about “yeah, but’s!” In the past I had fallen into the traps of excuses and poor habits that kept me stuck in situations where I didn’t want to be. For example: I was too overweight for too long and suffered physically and emotionally as a result. Another is, I procrastinated on important work projects and carried the burdens that resulted from incompletion and lengthy delays. I had all kinds of reasons – they were good ones – for why things were that way. Yet it was only when I OWNED IT and decided to make changes that I was able to turn it around.
The gift is you get to say what you want. You get to go after it or not. You can be clear and focused and experiment with what brings you closer to your goal, whatever that is. Having a fresh and aware perspective on what you want and what you are choosing is always step one for me.
To OWN IT, to create what matters, starts at the beginning. Recognize you’ve got the gift of choice, the gift of decision, the gift of free will.
Take charge and live your life on a want to, choose to, like it, love it basis!
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