Success comes in many shapes and colours. Regardless of what success looks like for you, it involves being and doing certain things in order to achieve it.
One of the most empowering concepts you can discover on your journey to entrepreneurial success is that self-responsibility – in all its forms – is the key to reaching your goals and enlightening your spirit.
Did you know that self-responsibility actually leads to more happiness, success, and yes, freedom?
Everyone has distinct memories, beliefs, and patterns of behavior around self-responsibility. Sometimes those patterns will trip you up and keep you stuck and frustrated in your business… until you identify them and consciously develop new thoughts and new ways of understanding what it means to be self-responsible.
To be clear, being self-responsible doesn’t mean feeling being the Lone Ranger or taking on the feelings of others. Self-responsibility is much more enlightening and empowering than that!
The key is to fully accept that your success depends on your willingness to do whatever it takesto achieve your goals, regardless of whatever else is going on around you.
Here are 3 essential ways that you can take charge of your business and your success:
#1 – Find Solutions Instead of Excuses
When things go wrong, admit your errors and then take action to correct them – without drama, guilt or lengthy discussion. And this includes making excuses to yourself! Excuses are a time-waster that drain you emotionally and physically.
Put your energy into creating and implementing solutions. Positive action creates positive momentum, which leads to more positive action. Within that framework, “mistakes” simply become learning opportunities, rather than roadblocks.
#2 – Stop Waiting for the “Perfect Moment”
Waiting for your life or your business to unfold in a specific way before you can take action is a guaranteed recipe for inaction. There will probably never be that exact combination of circumstances you’re imagining – life is ever-changing!
The concept of the perfect moment is actually a sneaky way the brain avoids responsibility because it makes you feel like you’re being “rational.” What’s really happening is the ego is trying to protect you from whatever it is you fear.
Use your intuition as a compass to guide you into taking action now, rather than waiting for some idealized scenario that you’ve constructed in your mind.
#3 – Own Your Divine Feminine Power
If you truly want success, you must step fully into your power – as a woman and a business owner. That means being the visionary leader and creator of all that happens within your business, without exception.
Too often, women give away their power to others – demanding clients, unresourceful team members, even holding back so they don’t make their friends and family feel less successful.
Playing small and denying your innate power is simply another way of avoiding responsibility. The result will be less satisfaction and less fulfillment. When you own your power and let yourself shine, being responsible actually re-energizes you!
It’s time to release the childhood notions that responsibility equals having to do something undesirable. The moment you shift your mindset around this concept, you can begin to see how taking full self-responsibility is the ultimate tool for success in business and in life.
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Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.