by: Jason Oman

Nothing can affect any kind of positive change on your

success or wealth building journey until and unless

this step is taken first.

Recently I came across the best written example

I've ever seen that emphasizes the importance

of this crucial concept.

I don't know who originally wrote it, but I found it in a

great book called 'The PowerMind System'.

It's a poem called, "It's Your Fault":

If you hate your job and you DECIDE to stay there,

it's your fault.

If someone offers you a better job, but it requires

you to move to another city, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE to save no money during your working

lifetime, winding up broke and embarrassed at age 65,

dependent on charities for survival, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE not to study or read in your chosen

field and find yourself never rising above mere

mediocrity, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE to spend more money than you make,

running yourself into debt by satisfying one

capricious whim after another, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE to waste all your time on meaningless

activities, neglecting all the important things you

could do with your life, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE never to read a self-help book and then

suffer dramatically because you are ignorant of success

principles, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day,

then get lung cancer, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE to spend no time building a loving

relationship with your spouse and your spouse

divorces you, it's your fault.

If your life isn't working out well and you DECIDE

to do nothing about it, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE never to help anyone else in life

and wind up lonely, it's your fault.

If you DECIDE on goals that are completely self-serving

and you have a hard time getting others to support you,

it's your fault.

If you DECIDE never to pray and find that God works

no miracles in your life, it's your fault.

So, what is the first step to wealth building or success

in any area of your life?

The first step is to take 'personal responsibility' for where you are, for what you have, and for what you create.

The only one who is responsible for the way your life

works out is you. You can't 'change' the past, but you can take responsibility for controlling your future.

All it takes is to DECIDE.

DECIDE now to take personal responsibility for turning your future into the future you want it to be.

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