as Jim Ron puts it taking responsibility for whatever happens to you it's one of
the highest forms of human maturity accepting full responsibility it's the
day you know you've passed from childhood to adulthood knowing that you
have consciously made the decisions that are now affecting you knowing that what
is happening now today is the direct result of your actions yesterday every
one of you in five years is going to arrive somewhere and here's the thing so
many people are just relying on haphazardly stumbling around in life
relying on chance and just hope it all works out you don't have to throw your
life to chance you have a choice you can choose which direction your life goes
and the first step to making that choice is to not negotiate with procrastination
taking responsibility means counting on yourself trusting yourself being
confident with yourself doing the right thing trusting your own instinct
learning from the mistakes that you have made but also taking the credit from
your wins I used to have a long list of reasons why my grades weren't that good
I felt I had to explain myself otherwise I would look back I had this weird list
called reasons for not looking good I used to blame my professor he wasn't
teaching me anything I used to blame my parents they didn't give me enough
support I used to blame my friends after school they kept asking me to go out
with them I used to blame not having enough time and most students have this
list it can even be pages and pages long but
you need to screw up that paper throw it in the bin get a blank sheet of paper
and write one word me because it's not white
happens that determines the quality of your life and the reason is because what
happens to you happens to all of us all of your classmates had the same
professor as you all your classmates had the same amount of time as you the same
thing can happen to two different people but one student gets good grades the
other student gets poor grades why is that it's because it's not what happens
it's what you do that changes everything don't avoid the struggle don't avoid the
obstacles they're always going to be there they're not going to go away the
question is are they controlling you or are you controlling them
the question is are you at the wheel or are they at the wheel are you playing
the victim or are you playing Victor into those things that's the question
believe in yourself if you continue doing the same tomorrow that you did
today I know exactly what grades you'll get
this year just look at last year because if there's no improvement there and
you're studying then you'll just continue getting the same grade so if I
had a chat with you tonight one-on-one just you and me my personal advice to
you would be reach down inside of you and come up with more of those
remarkable human gifts that you have within you they're there waiting to be
utilized and then change anything in your life that you want to change and I
challenge you to do that because I know you have the ability to change if you
don't like how it is for you change it if you don't like your grades study more
if you don't like your body go to the gym if you don't like your friends get
new friends you don't have to be the same after this video and if you are
it's completely your choice take full responsibility
don't complain be prepared kind and go out there and study