HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN HAPPINESS

EPISODE #276

In this episode of#TheConfidencePodcastwe are chatting about:

* The difference between responsibility, ownership and blame

* How to really activate happiness – no matter your current circumstances

* The secret power of responsibility

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QUOTES ON RESPONSIBILITY:

The price of greatness is responsibility. –Winston Churchill

You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think. –Marianne Williamson

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. –Jim Rohn

{Speak about my rape story. I took responsibility – not blame – just ownership over how I would be the hero of my own story; that my struggle would give me strength, that my hell would open new doors of healing in my life, that light would win over darkness, that I would be able to look at the worst night of my life and owe so much beauty to the brokenness that I would never wish it away.}

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESPONSIBILITY, BLAME AND OWNERSHIP.

-In my above story, I do not take ownership over it or blame for it – just responsibility for my reaction to and working through of it.

Responsibility: the opportunity and ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization from others. / the state of having control over something or being accountable to something.

-it’s an opportunity

-it’s an obligation

Blame: being at fault or wrong.

Ownership: the act of possessing something.

{I took ownership over my own healing process and over showing up for my future by taking responsibility for what I needed to do in the present. / With dreams or goals or business growth, I take ownership over what I have possession over – this helps me stay in my lane, resist comparing myself to others and thrive by taking action on what is important and what is available to me. Ownership keeps my growth simple and in my control.  My responsibility is to keep showing up on a consistent basis.}

USING RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY ACTIVATE HAPPINESS:

I realized that my happiness is my responsibility.

-Helped me stop waiting for my body to be perfect for me to be happy.

-Helped me stop defining my happiness by my paycheck.

-Helps me to have a healthy marriage; to not expect Brandon to make me happy.