The first step in achieving personal freedom is taking ownership of your life. Own your choices and the results of those choices. Own your current situation. Own your life as it is right now as an example of the law of Cause and Effect in action. Take ownership of the fact that your past actions have created your current circumstances.
This may be difficult to do at first, but what follows is the realization that the choices you make right now will have a direct impact on your future circumstances. What follows is the knowledge that YOU have control over your future.
Yes, bad things happen to good people - people get laid off, their spouses cheat, our babies grow up and leave us, and we get menopause. And that's just normal bad stuff, the kind of stuff that feels like a slap in the face because it's such a damned cliche. The kind of bad stuff you can sum up in one sentence because it's so common.
Stuff happens. It's how we react to the stuff that matters. In other words:
Events + Response = Outcome
If you don't like your outcomes, you need to change your responses. This principle is expanded on in Jack Canfield's book The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, which I highly recommend.
When bad stuff happens, yes, you need to acknowledge it and feel the pain - I'm not advocating denial. But at a certain point you need to get back in the saddle - decide who, what, and where you want to be - and take action. Do not let the bad stuff define you.
If you need more inspiration, take a look at this video from Tim Ferris' blog:
When bad stuff happens, yes, you need to acknowledge it and feel the pain - I'm not advocating denial. But at a certain point you need to get back in the saddle - decide who, what, and where you want to be - and take action. Do not let the bad stuff define you.
If you need more inspiration, take a look at this video from Tim Ferris' blog:
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