100% responsible for me

Chapter 143

The mental powerlessness of entitlement

Depending on others when you think they are responsible for you in some way, renders you powerless. This lulls you into not taking action to insure a positive outcome when it is in fact within your power to do so. In fact I would go so far as to say that it is imperative that you do so. Be 100% responsible for what happens to you.

The idea that someone else will take responsibility or the initiative is a deadly response to your personal duty to take care of your own needs. Long story short, I should have taken a taxi, rather than waiting for the airlines to come pick me up this morning. While I deserved and needed a room since I was delayed in my travels, the burden to get back to the airport on time for my flight was mine to own. I didn’t though. And it almost cost me dearly. Instead my lizard brain just let the airline determine when my pickup was supposed to happen. They were late. They they made two additional stops on the way to the airport. You get the picture.

I have had this experience too many times to still be falling into this trap.

This also happens to people taking money from the state or government. They lose control of their own destinies if they are not careful. Each benefit I accept, costs me some say over my life.

You need to own your own outcomes and not expect others to make sure you get what you need. Be 100% responsible for what happens in your life. Don’t allow others, for good reasons or bad, chose your course of actions, or limit your options, nor constrain your choices.

Chose to be 100% responsible for what happens to you. Don’t be seduced into powerlessness.