I was talking with a client that was exercising and have permission to share the story about not being able to figure this client's cardio out.  Last year, it was just fine, but now it's exhausting to do the same thing. We ask these questions like, "What's wrong with what I'm doing?" like it was magically taken away. Here's the truth: NOTHING HAPPENED TO YOUR CARDIO. Or whatever it is that you think is holding you back from receiving success. You stopped pushing yourself and a year later, your body isn't going to do what it did before. No alien abducted you and took all of your responsibility away.  We want to slam anything and everyone else instead of taking responsibility for ourselves. You stopped doing the required work. THAT'S what happened! You lacked clarity and stopped doing the work. There's nothing magical and mystical about this.  You stopped producing. You stopped creating. You stopped growing and innovating because you stopped telling the truth about what you really want. Are you still trying to blame someone else for the weight that you carry, whether it be physical or mental? Or can you be honest with yourself and be aware of the impact of your choices? Are you still trying to blame someone else?  There's no usefulness in asking these types of questions of blaming other people for where YOU ARE.  OR..... You can stay in a place of power by taking ownership for creating the space and state of being for who you are.   Are you doing the necessary required actions? Are you doing what's required and BEING who is required to take the necessary actions? Stop being a victim and making up necessary stories that do not serve you and take ownership. It's called life.  If you don't take responsibility for your life and shift it onto someone else, you will not prosper. The life that you live is the life that you have created. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE, IT'S UP TO YOU.  This is the way of power and the way of wealth: taking ultimate ownership and extreme responsibility for your life.