The Secrets of Self Empowerment

Taking Responsibility for your Personal and Professional Growth 

The foundation of personal responsibility is self empowerment. 

Self empowerment gives you total and complete control for the accountability of your life and the circumstances you encounter. With the right attitude, this can be fully liberating (albeit a bit scary at the same time), for self-empowered responsibility and ownership means:

·     You make your own choices and decisions.

·     You live according to your values and principles.

·     Your stress and anxiety levels are reduced by not being required to live up to the expectations and desires of others.

·     You live an authentic and determined life on your own terms.

What are the secrets to taking responsibility and ownership for your life, decisions, and actions? In a nutshell they are:

• Understanding where your energy and power emanate, so you can call upon these as needed when making decisions or taking action. 
• Eliminating all thoughts and internal chatter about you being a victim or anything or anyone. 
• Accepting that you can no longer blame others, circumstances, bad luck, or fate for the disappointments and failures that come your way. 
• Eliminating the need for control. You can only control what you think, feel, say, and do. Live with it. Accept it. 
• Releasing yourself from the fear of making decisions. No more "paralysis by analysis" in your personal or professional life. No more indecision time. No more being indecisive. 
• Knowing that you can recover and adjust when things do not go your way or as planned. Life is a journey. Enjoy the journey and be adaptable along the way.  

In our previous Project You Life Blog post, we said "if personal change is to happen, it is up to you." 

Hence, you do not need anyone's permission to embark on your personal  or professional change project. The only person you need permission from is yourself. And that's the true secret of self empowerment! 

This article is partially excerpted from the best-selling book Project You: Living A Determined Life, available at Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats.