RESPONSIBILITIES DON’T ACCEPT EXCUSES

Taking responsibility for every action needed to put you where you want in life is your sole decision, nobody can make it for you. Your choices and actions count whether you acknowledge them or not, it is fact. We are a result of our choices and decisions.
RESPONSIBILITY
Below are a few of the definitions of the above term.
noun

1. the opportunity or ability to act independently and take decisions without authorization. "we expect individuals to take on more responsibility"
2. a thing which one is required to do as part of a job, role, or legal obligation.
3. the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
4. the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something.
   
   What are your responsibilities:
   The responsibilities of a young man/woman in his/her family cannot be overemphasized. These responsibilities can vary depending on individual
   • Responsibility to himself (to ensure he gets all he desires to make life enjoyable for himself)
   • Responsibility to his mother (to ensure his mom gets the best of care as she grows older and slowly becomes a dependent in the society)
   • Responsibility to his siblings (to ensure his siblings get his full support in order for them to be responsible for themselves over time)
   • Responsibility to preside over the family after the demise of the head (father)

Why should you take seriously your responsibilities:
People who take complete responsibility for their lives experience joy and control of circumstances. They are able to make choices because they understand that they are responsible for their choices.
Indeed, even when events that are not under your control go awry, you can at the very least determine how you will react to the event. You can make an event a disaster or you can use it as an opportunity to learn and to grow.
The most important aspect of taking responsibility for your life is to acknowledge that your life is your responsibility. No one can live your life for you. You are in charge. No matter how hard you try to blame others for the events of your life, each event is the result of choices you made and are making. Want to travel? Then, travel. It is not your job, your spouse or partner, the cost, or the time that holds you back from achieving your dreams. It is you. Want to weigh a certain number of pounds? Then, eat and exercise like the person who would weigh that particular weight.
Want a promotion to a management position? Then, act like, look like, and practice the actions that successful managers exhibit in your organization in that role, Make your desire known, too, as you will never realize your goal if you keep it a secret. Passed over several times? Ask what you need to do to earn a promotion. Still passed over? Look for a new job to continue to pursue your dream.

Above all else, listen to that little voice in your head. And, observe yourself talking with coworkers, family members, and friends. Do you hear yourself taking responsibility or placing blame?
• Eliminate blame, eliminate excuses. If the blame track or the excuse track plays repeatedly in your mind, you are shifting responsibility for your decisions and life to others.
• Listen to yourself when you speak. In your conversation, do you hear yourself blame others for things that don’t go exactly as you want? Do you find yourself pointing fingers at your coworkers or your upbringing, your parent’s influence, the amount of money that you make, or your spouse? Are you making excuses for goals unmet or tasks that missed their deadlines? If you can hear your blaming patterns, you can stop them.
• If an individual you respect supplies feedback that you make excuses and blame others for your woes, take the feedback seriously. Control your defensive reaction and explore examples and deepen your understanding of the coworker or friend. People who responsibly consider feedback attract much more feedback.

Taking charge of our responsibilities does not only make us successful individual in the long run but also puts us in a respectable position in our family and society because we would have been able to affect positively those around us, family and friends alike.
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