Are You Playing The Blame Game?

What's a common tendency among those who fail? It is to blame someone else for our present circumstances!

Take a moment and ask yourself:
• Do I make excuses?
• Do I blame others for my mistakes?
• Am I not as far as I should be, because of someone else?
• Do others hold me back?

Our answers to these questions can be quite revealing. So how long will it take before we reject the temptation to place blame upon others for anything - past, present, or future? When you and I stop blaming those around us, we will then initiate forward progress.

Do you know something that I regularly do? It's not pleasant, and it's certainly not easy, but I make a practice of admitting when I make a mistake. I accept my mistake, tell on myself, and then move on. I realize that blaming another or hiding my fault will do more harm than good. I can't reach my full potential if I think circumstances, other people, or events control my life.

Many people blame the condition of their lives on the government, their upbringing, their spouse, their boss, or even the devil ("The devil made me do it!"). I'm sure you've heard many victims who say, "I was born on the wrong side of the tracks; so if I can just stay away from drugs and out of prison, I will consider myself a success."

On the other hand a person of distinction says something like this: "Although I may have been born on the wrong side of the tracks, I won't allow it to determine my destiny. I will succeed and make a difference."

How can any of us believe, even for a moment, that blaming other people will ever alter one thing in our lives? Believe me, it won't! In fact, blaming others is simply an escape mechanism. I'll say it again: You will not be able to reach your full potential if you believe that circumstances, people, or events control your life.

Les Brown prudently observed, "Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else." Along these same lines, Brian Tracey, in his book called Goals, states: "Every time you blame someone else or make excuses, you give your power away."

Life is impartial to everyone, and the rewards it delegates are in direct proportion to the seeds of actions we sow. Therefore, it is not what happens to you, but how you respond that creates the turning point. Britain's former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, perceptively expressed, "Responsibility is the price of greatness."
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