How To Take Full Responsibility For Your Life

Realize that the problem is in you

Brian Pennie, PhD
The Startup
Published in
6 min readJan 24, 2019

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When the societal winds blow, do you sway in the breeze, or do you hold yourself accountable?

It’s the governments fault.

They won’t give me a rise.

He/she made me feel that way.

If the government makes you angry, is it really their fault?

If your employers make you feel inadequate, are they really the ones to blame?

If someone is chewing loudly — and it only bothers you — whose problem is it?

On another day these things might not affect you, and the same things may never affect others, so how can it be their fault.

It cannot. The problem is in you.

Blaming external influences for your problems is easy — you don’t have to act after all. However, that won’t get you far in life. You need to take action, or the world will make decisions for you.

If you’re sick of being swayed by external forces, you’ll be happy to know that there’s something you can do about it.

Here are eight ways you can seize the moment, and start taking responsibility for your life.

1. Embrace Failure

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Brian Pennie, PhD
The Startup

Change is possible. I write to show that | Recovered heroin addict turned doctor. www.brianpennie.com