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Take Responsibility for Something New

August 18, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Take responsibility for something new today.

proudmanIf there’s something in your life that you do not like, take responsibility for it – even if it feels like it’s out of your control.

Ask yourself, “If I could could control this situation, what might I do differently?”

It’s not a guarantee that you will be able to change it, but abdicating responsibility guarantees that you will change nothing.

Besides, it feels better to try and not succeed than it does to feel like a victim in your own life.

Filed Under: Change, Excuses, Habits, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Self Talk Tagged With: decision making, goals, responsibility, taking responsibility

Controlling Your Feelings & Emotions

October 31, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Nobody makes us feel anything.

We control our feelings

It is a choice. It can be changed.

It’s hard to remember that when we feel something, the truth is we have learned to feel that emotion under those circumstances. Feelings do not just “happen.” In effect, most of the time, our feelings are a habit. And if they are habits, they can be changed.

When you say to someone (for example), “You make me so mad!” You put control over your emotions in someone else’s hands, making you a victim to their whims.  A more helpful way to respond is “When you do that, I get angry.” By wording it that way, you empower yourself to change your reaction – while still being honest about how you feel.

The only other option is to give control over your emotions to other people or to external events, in effect abdicating responsibility for how you live and never being able to achieve what you want. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Power of Attitude, Self Talk Tagged With: emotion, emotions, feelings, habit, responsibility, self control, whims

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