I talk about this a lot with my Mindset Coaching Clients and on my Mindset course – it’s number 3 of our 4 ‘A’s: Accountability.
Accountability, or taking full responsibility, is all about Choice – how you choose to react or respond to a situation or even a thought in your head. A lot of us are either unaware that we do have a choice, or make the same choice again and again, and then wonder why we keep getting the same results.
I love keeping things simple, so if we are talking about Choice, then there are only ever 2 choices:
1. Accept the situation/thought
2. Change the situation/thought
So, here’s the catch to be able to make a choice: we first need awareness, otherwise we are simply Reacting (unconscious behaviour) to the situation/thought and not Responding (conscious behaviour).
Awareness comes from:
1. Knowing that your beliefs (which lead to your thoughts) are just stories
2. Knowing yourself – knowing your own stories (beliefs)
Once you have Awareness you then have Choice.
But, why is Choice so important? Because being Aware of choice brings Happiness and Freedom into our lives and we all want to lead a Happy life 🙂
Can you see how powerful this is?
At any moment in your life when a situation arises or you have a thought, as long as you are aware, you can then decide to accept it or not.
You have the power to Choose to Respond rather than React to that situation or thought,
This can transform your life if YOU let it.
YOU can, but will you and are you?