“Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility, in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.” - Michael Korda

Greetings Blog Family,

Responsibility is the key to your future. Often we don’t notice this underlying trait of the most successful people you admire or know.

Be careful here. You must realize success is a relative term. We automatically attribute wealth and riches to success, but that is an incomplete assessment. Yes, riches and fortune have their place in success, but it is a lot deeper than that.

Let’s examine three examples of success. But notice how the underlying trait, better a foundation of responsibility.

1) The Successful Entrepreneur - The self made business owner that created automated business systems that creates a residual stream of income, a substantial income of $30,000/month. I purposely left this vague for your mind to wonder. This person could be a blogger, a consultant, a delivery service that has outsourced the work for each week.

The point is at the end of the day, it was the decision of the entrepreneur to say, I am going to get this done. I will make sure of it. It is my responsibility.

2) The Organic Life - The person that has severed their dependence on others to feed, cloth, and take care of themselves. There is a You Tube video of a guy who said that once he learned what is being put into the foods we eat, he began to grow his own food because he couldn’t stand the thought of poisoning his children with that food.

Now maybe this doesn’t seem necessary or even feasible to you or I, but concede the fact that it was his goal and he achieved it. Watch the video and you will see he lives in California, he and his family grow food on every square inch of their property, all organic foods. It is really amazing!

My point is that it is his definition of success. He took on great measures to realize this success. Again the foundation is responsibility. Think of what is required day to day to survive in that lifestyle. Responsibility is at work once again.

3) The Family - To maintain a successful family means different things to different people. But I don’t believe I will get too many objections to responsibility being at the root of all successful families. You have a responsibility to and of your spouse and children.

Responsibility Runs
Responsibility runs through all levels of success. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you can move forward. you have all that you need to succeed. The question is will you take responsibility?