Jack Canfield often talks about the importance of taking 100% responsibility for your actions and your results. In fact, it’s his most important Success Principle. You may be familiar with the principle, but are you really practicing it?

Ask yourself the following questions:

- Have you ever blamed someone for something that has happened to you?
- Do you tend to complain a lot about situations that come up in your life?
- Do you ignore the yellow alerts?
- What different actions can you take in order to create a different result?
- The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting to get different results. You have to change how you respond to the events in your life if you want to achieve different outcomes.

We are all responsible for our own actions. You have the power to create whatever you want in your life, you just have to take action. Rather than blame others for your situation, empower yourself to make a change. You always have a choice; choose to make a significant change in your life by how you handle those unexpected things or opportunities that happen in your life.

Here is a great clip of John Addison about taking responsibility for your own success.

“You can either make money or make excuses… you can’t do both.”