Who's in charge of your future?
A small story:
Four co-workers were sharing a table at lunchtime.
One of them, a young man who had joined the company recently, opened his lunch box and saw that it contained tomato rice. He made a face and ate it.
The next day, the same group was sitting at the table, when the young man opened his lunch box, saw that it contained tomato rice and grumblingly ate it.
The third day, the same thing happened, and this time the young man complained loudly, 'Oh no! Not tomato rice again!'
The fourth day, when he saw that the box contained tomato rice again, he quietly walked over to the waste bin and emptied the box into it. His co-workers marvelled at his patience, but didn't ask any questions.
The fifth day, when the young man opened his lunch box, his co-workers watched anxiously. And sure enough, it was tomato rice again!
'If I have to see tomato rice ONE MORE DAY, I am going to walk off the balcony!', he announced grimly.
'But why don't you just tell your wife to stop packing tomato rice for your lunch every single day?' asked one of the co-workers in panic.
The young man looked startled.
'Wife? What wife?,' he said. 'I am not married! I pack my own lunch.'
Understand, this is exactly the way you behave with your life! After working hard in the past to create all possible negative situations, you are shocked at what is happening in your life! After smoking every day for twenty years, you wonder where the cancer came from!
Not taking responsibility for your own future is nothing less than slow suicide.
Outline all your actions that lead you to a predictable failure, but for which you don't take responsibility eg. waking up late, being late to work and then blaming the traffic for it!
Make a note of top 5 similar actions in your life and course-correct them.