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Adam Smith | April 17, 2013 | 8 Comments

When You Realize The Huge Responsibility You Have

When you know that you have a huge responsibility, it isn’t to add stress to your life or to make you worry about how to handle situations. You should use that sense of responsibility for understanding that you just need to do things right.

Accepting responsibility will…

1. Help you make better decisions.

When I am responsible for something it makes me take life’s decisions more seriously. I think more than once or twice about the decisions I make. It makes you stop and think about each situation that you are and increases your chances of success.

2. Change your perspective.

When you don’t take responsibility for your decisions your mind isn’t as focused, you take things as they come instead of planning your days out and you just don’t take situations seriously. Your perspective is different when you take life more seriously. Every decision matters, even the small ones. Take control, change your perspective and watch how things play out in a better way.

3. Show others that you are serious about life.

Your attitude towards happenings affects those around you. If you are taking responsibility for your actions and reactions, then those around you will be more apt to doing so. If you are irresponsible, then how can you expect others to be more responsible? It just won’t happen. Be the role model for responsibility in your life and others will follow suit in their own lives.

Responsibility matures you, makes you a better person, strengthens relationships and prepares you for the future. Accept responsibility today and see how circumstances change. When you don’t feel that you “deserve” things or feel entitlement, you will begin to see the fruits of accepting responsibility take place in your life.

What has accepting responsibility done for you? You can leave your comment below.

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I teach people how to have a greater impact through their work and their time. You can read more about me on my about page.

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  1. Esther Aspling says

    April 17, 2013 at 6:55 am

    I have taken the message God has for me to give out seriously. I’ve been treating it as my full-time job (besides wife, mother of 6, homeschooling and church administrator). But those around me take me more seriously and my message more seriously because of the amount of work I’ve been putting into it.

    http://forthisisthetime.blogspot.com/

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    • Adam Smith says

      April 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

      That’s great! You are busy 🙂

      Reply
  2. Esther Aspling says

    April 17, 2013 at 6:55 am

    I have taken the message God has for me to give out seriously. I’ve been treating it as my full-time job (besides wife, mother of 6, homeschooling and church administrator). But those around me take me more seriously and my message more seriously because of the amount of work I’ve been putting into it.

    http://forthisisthetime.blogspot.com/

    Reply
    • Adam Smith says

      April 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

      That’s great! You are busy 🙂

      Reply
  3. Charles Hutchinson says

    July 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Created boundaries. I accept responsibility for MY stuff. They need to accept responsibility for theirs.

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    • asmithblog says

      July 11, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      Absolutely. Thanks for stopping by Charles.

      Reply
  4. Charles Hutchinson says

    July 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Created boundaries. I accept responsibility for MY stuff. They need to accept responsibility for theirs.

    Reply
    • asmithblog says

      July 11, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      Absolutely. Thanks for stopping by Charles.

      Reply

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