Learn to Take Control of Your Life Right Now

 Learn to Take Control of Your Life Right Now

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All right. Welcome back to the Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. I'm your host and I'm glad you're here with me today. The goal of The Daily Mastermind is to help you to truly unleash your potential and we do that through that daily mindset.

Quote of the Day: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

And so I wanna get you started with the quote of the day. The quote of the day is from Michael John Bobak. And the quote is, all progress takes place outside your comfort zone. And I'm sure you've probably heard that quote before, but it's something for you to really consider and ponder this week because it's one thing to know that we need to be outside our comfort zone.

It's another thing to recognize and appreciate the fact that your progress is going to come there. Your results are gonna come there. The things you're trying to create in your life are gonna come outside your comfort zone.

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Identifying Life's Challenges

So lemme ask you a couple of questions here. Do you sometimes feel like you're on a treadmill of life without any way of getting off?

You're just going through the motions, or maybe you feel like you have no control over your circumstances and the things that are happening to you in your life the life that you've now created and or maybe you feel like, do you ever feel like situations keep coming up despite how hard you're working in your best efforts?

You're giving it everything you've got, but things just continue to. Pop up on you and and take you by surprise. Maybe you just wish you could catch a break. Maybe you feel like the people or partners around you continue to take advantage of you. Or do you feel like there's a high degree of uncertainty in your life or your career or your business?

A lot of people feel like there's just so much uncertainty right now in their life, or maybe you feel like, do you wish you could just take more control over the direction and results you're getting? Just find a way to take more proactive control. What if I told you that it's actually easier than you thought to change your circumstances?

What if you could just make some simple decisions and have things start to go your way? What if you could eliminate the ups and downs, sort of those waves of the day-to-day life and start to live more empowered and a more successful life despite your circumstances that are completely outta your control?

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The Power of Personal Responsibility

Today I wanna really talk about this because it's not only possible, but it's actually simpler than you think to make this happen. And this really leads me to the second prosperity pillar in the 12 Prosperity pillars. And if you haven't, already heard me talk about those and you're new to the podcast, these 12 pillars are things that are designed that I found and I've accumulated from mentors and thought leaders over the last 25 years.

The first prosperity pillar was I create my life. But today I want to talk to you about the second one, and it's, I take personal responsibility. I take personal responsibility, and this is responsibility for your life, your business, your relationships, everything else you take. Personal responsibility, and this is one of the most empowering principles that we can really talk about on the Daily Mastermind.

It really is you have to, you've gotta eliminate your perception. Of specifically what you think it takes to create responsibility. And I want you today just to open up your mind a little bit and really think deep about this because it's all about you. It's all about what you can do in your life.

Be open and be objective to the possibilities of growth. Not just being aware of responsibility, but growing into that state. So let's talk about this.

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Understanding and Embracing Responsibility

Why take responsibility? Proactively, I know you want to create your life. I know you wanna start to begin to create the life that you are meant to live.

And by taking responsibility, it's very empowering. You gain a sense of empowerment when you start to act on things within your control and stop letting things outside of your control affect your life. And also taking responsibility, believe it or not, gives you a way to really create certainty in an uncertain world because you begin to focus on things.

That you can have influence on and stop putting energy into things that you can't. But also taking responsibility helps you to gain a much greater amount of positivity and abundance in your life. You're starting to focus on growth. You're starting to focus on things that you can be proactive and positive about, and that sense of positivity and empowerment is really gonna affect your life long run.

So these are reasons that you want to take responsibility, but I wanna remind you that. This isn't just my opinion. These principles have been proven time and time again over the years by many of the biggest thought leaders out there. Some of the biggest leaders you find, or the biggest successes you find are people that have really taken responsibility for their life and moved outside that victim mentality and began to do things that they know would take them closer to their goals.

So let's talk for a minute before we get into this about what this prosperity pillar is not. This prosperity pillar the idea of taking personal responsibility is different than creating your life. See what we're talking about? A framework for dealing with life rather than creating life. When you decide to create your life, you become proactive.

You become empowered in the sense that you're creating. The landscape of your life, the story of your life. But when you take responsibility you're talking a little bit more, in my opinion, of dealing with and a framework for helping you to handle the life that you're creating. So it's very, empowering to be able to create your life.

But it's also very empowering to be able to learn how to deal with things that come your way. And, responsibility for your life versus creating means a strategy for handling those challenges that you have. So we're not so much talking about creating your life as much as we are just setting a framework for how you're gonna handle your life.

And the other thing I wanted to mention to you is that, in my opinion, responsibility for your life is not control. This is where a lot of people really go wrong. They say I'm gonna, I'm gonna be the one, I'm gonna take responsibility. Then they start to assert control over everything and everyone around them.

And control is not the goal. Remember, it's not about creating control. And later we'll talk about the fact that it's not necessarily even about creating re certainty. It's about getting results. That's all it's about. And it's not about controlling the outcome, it's about creating the outcome.

And you can do this through responsibility. You can learn to take action. But allow the space for attraction because you're not trying to manipulate and control the situation. So remember, responsibility for your life is not control of your life. Now, the key to really understanding responsibility is you've gotta understand the, where you're at, where you've come to, where you at in your life.

Because we really do live in a blame economy. We really live in an economy where people are pointing fingers and they're trying to assert that. Your life is a result of everything and everyone around you, whether it's politics or your environment or whatever it is, but you have to learn that you can't change the things around you.

So the less you learn to point the finger, the more you're gonna become responsible and you're gonna start to create the changes. You've gotta recognize that you may have developed this habit over time. You know it's na look. It's natural for you to wanna protect yourself from negative emotions. You wanna protect yourself from people and circumstances and things out there, so you've over time learned to be able to create a habit of pointing the finger at other people in your life rather than yourself, because it's important that we do protect ourself, but it's not okay just to protect your ego, and that's the problem most people have.

You've gotta learn to separate the ego from your emotions and your wellbeing in order to get results. You've gotta really understand where you are, where you've come from, why you do the things you do, if you really, truly wanna make a difference.

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Practical Steps to Take Responsibility

So let's talk for a minute then about how you begin to take responsibility.

We don't have a whole lot of time, but I just wanna share some random ideas with you. First and foremost, you've gotta focus on what you do control. With your mind, your body, your spirit, your money, your business, your relationships, what do you control? You can go to the gym, you can eat healthy, you can do things that create activities that will create results.

Focus on what you can control and you're taking responsibility. Another thing is you gotta focus on solutions. Abundance and focusing on abundance will bring you positive emotions and bring you more solutions when you focus on solutions, which is another pillar by the way. You are going to be in more of a state of responsibility.

Another suggestion I have for you is make solid commitments to your decisions. Because how you do anything is how you do everything. If you decide you want to do things, a responsible person, someone who's taking responsibility for their life, they're going to commit to the decisions they make that's being responsible.

Also, you want to change your perception of good and bad results. Think about that for a minute. Someone who's responsible and take responsibility for their life. Things don't have to be bad in your life because they could ultimately be for your benefit. Wayne Dyer talks about the fact that when you step back and look at the tapestry of your life, many of the situations that at the time might've seemed bad, really might've ended up being for your betterment.

They helped you grow, they helped you move forward. They helped you leave one job you thought was bad because it ended and find new opportunities, but change your perception of good and bad. Start to learn, and when you take responsibility, everything is for your benefit. Another suggestion that helps you to learn to take responsibility is learn to manage your expectations.

Look, responsibility means not imposing your expectations or judgments on other people. When you do, you are trying to control the situation. Learn to manage your expectations and learn that it's about you doing what you can control, not putting expectations on other people. So when you manage your expectations, you're more fulfilled.

You're less, caught in those negative emotions. And also learn to communicate real clearly. If you're trying to take responsibility for your life don't try to impair your judgment or impair your communication by trying to assert yourself. Responsibility just means don't judge your communication.

Become better and better over time at the way you communicate. Don't judge yourself harshly, but learn to communicate. Clearly. 'cause if you're taking responsibility for your life, you want others to just be clearly aware of what you're trying to do. And the other thing is, this is a big one.

Eliminate blame. You are no longer a victim. Take responsibility for the results, the circumstances, the emotions, and the feelings that you have instead of, being a victim. Be proactive in changing the circumstances and solutions. Instead of being a victim of your circumstances and solutions, be proactive in changing them.

And you can only do this by eliminating blame for where you are in your life and taking responsibility for what you've created in your life. The best that can happen is you can move on. The worst that can happen by not taking responsibility is you're gonna continue to stay in that rut.

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Final Thoughts and Call to Action

Now, a couple things to consider as I let you go, 'cause I know we're kinda out of time here.

Stay true to your values and direction and vision. You have value. Don't let others just because you can't control 'em. Don't let others change or de deteriorate the value that you have. And remember, responsibility is not a burden. Taking responsibility is not a burden. It's a skill. It's a gift. It's a decision you make to empower yourself.

So don't look at taking responsibility as some difficult thing. And remember, and I like what Ed Millet says. He says, we don't give enough credit to ourselves for our intentions. Remember that your intentions of becoming responsible for your life is a very empowering thing. Give yourself credit for that.

I know you have greatness inside you. You can grow. You can unleash the best version of yourself on a day-to-day basis. And one of the ways to do this is to start to become responsible for your life. So that's my message for today. I hope you have an amazing day. Do me a favor. In fact, why don't you head over to join the evolution.com?

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That's my message for today. Once again, this has been The Daily Mastermind. I'm your host, George Wright III. Have an amazing day.