The Blame Game
After given so many speeches, presentations, and
strategy sessions for the last two weeks, it comes
to the realization that many people use others as
a way to escape from their responsibility.
I don’t know how it works, but I do know that this
makes me feel sad about the TRUTH. Think about it,
one of the subscribers told me that the GURU is the
problem. They are the ONE that ruins the whole market.
When I heard those words, I said… “WHAT?”
Seriously, are we the ones that are supposed to be
blamed from taking action to change your life?
Does that mean everyone should be LAZY and do NOTHING
in their life? (Or)
Don’t we need to take responsiblity for every step we
take in our own life?
You see, you ONLY have two choices:
(1) Feel Happy and Fulfilled.
(2) Feel Miserable the rest of your life.
There is NO middle ground. You can’t blame the
government, other people, as well as your competitors
for taking MASSIVE action in their businesses. WHY?
Very simple. They know the principle in business.
(A) You keep growing and survive.
(B) You keep waiting and close your door.
People who are just kept waiting will close its door
faster than anything else. Think about this. I got
a friend of mine who owned a clothing store for 12
years. He told me that at the end of June 2008, he
will close its door for good.
12 years. That’s a long time in business. Most people
will be sad with it, but I don’t. WHY?
Ok… I am NOT a cold-blood person. In fact, if you
know me in person, I am a good looking guy. LOL. You
see, since 2003, I have given them a lot of advice
to create a customer loyalty program.
However, they give me excuses by saying things like:
“Well, Henry, it is NOT realistic
at that moment”
He blames things on the ecomony, government, and much
more. When I heard all these, I was suprised. Even
FIVE YEARS later, they have taken ZERO actions on their
part. The RESULT: Close down its door in June 2008.
Do you think it’s worth it to BLAME?
Do you think it’s worth it to WAIT?
Seriously, what are you waiting for?
Ok, you can say it is ONLY about business. How about
your life? Do you want to wait until you are 85 to
REGRET those things you want to do? (OR) Do you
want to take the chance NOW?
Think about this…
I went to a retail store in Los Angeles. When I went
inside, I saw the owner was sitting down in front of
his computer and listening to music, while the
customers were looking at his products.
When I approached him and asked him about business,
he said… “Business is slow here”.
In my mind… “Of course, Look at you, lazy bum. How
did you expect the store to make money if you don’t
care about the customers”
The Good News is… He is NOT the ONLY one.
Every store that I went to, especially small businesses,
they all have the same characteristics. They blame the
economy, the government, and much more. The INTERESTING
part is they do NOT blame themselves.
Who do you BLAME for being lazy?
Who do you BLAME for ruining your life?
Who do you BLAME for NOT getting things done?
Who do you BLAME for NOT getting the money, the wealth,
the relationship that you want?
YOU or OTHERS.
If the answer is “YOU”, start taking further action
and responsiblity of changing your life.
If the answer is “OTHERS”, you have two choices:
(1) Being Unhappy the rest of your life.
(2) Start taking charge of your own destiny.
Success is YOURS,
Henry Gold
The Giveaway Legend
117Secret.com
117Network.com
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Sofina said,
May 30, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
You are so correct in every part of what you have said. YOU are where YOU want to go in life. If YOU blame others than others will hold you down as you are blaming your failure or loss of opportunity on others. However, If YOU blame YOURSELF then ultimately YOU are trying YOUR best to succeed and in time YOU will succeed. I am always in a state of BLAMING myself for not succeeding fast enough or not doing so well. However, if YOU SET your realistic goals YOU (YOUR EMOTIONS) will eventually FIND the opportunities for reaching YOUR goals ready to BRING YOU forward in life irrespective of what is going on in the economy, etc. You said it TAKE CHARGE of YOUR OWN DESTINY!!!
By the way I really admire you as a person (so young and so full of wisdom) even though sometimes you are so blunt, but at least YOU are honest.
Sofina
Femi said,
May 30, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Another great post. A lot of people find it hard accepting responsibility for their flaws and lack of success saying things like all the so called ebooks or tutorials no longer work that there is no money to be made online. That can be so far from the truth.
Right now I have been absorbing so much knowledge on different effective traffic generation methods and some of come from many different ebooks. Did I take action after reading them? Yes. Do the methods work? Yes even after applying 2 out of the 9 and working a few hours a day.
Thanks for this education as usual and worth digging!
Ronald Marzuolo said,
May 30, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Henry,
I really enjoyed this article. Everyone in this world is looking for the easy life. Work 4 hours a week and have as many houses and cars as you want. Then, if and when they finally wake up and find that they are not as succesful as they were hoping to be by this time, they look to put the blame on something or someone.
There is a principal that really works. Six days shall ye labor and on the seveth, rest. Making the right decissions thru all of this is also a good thing. People should stop looking around to put the blame for their failure on the economy or on other circumstances. You are in control of your owne life. Stop blaming others.
There is no reason for failure in the wold we live in today. Start looking inward if you find you are lacking.
Ron Marzuolo
Kavita Masthoff said,
May 30, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Dear Henry,
I completely agree with your post. We all hold the keys to our destiny (or what ever you want to call it). It is up to us to unlock the door.
Regards,
Kavita Masthoff
http://www.qualityplrarticles.com
Dan said,
May 31, 2008 @ 5:02 am
I don’t see the point? Others are always to blame, it’s never the fault of one individual. We are all victims here. I’t simply the direction society here in the US is headed. We are victims of so much, global warming, greedy corporations, dishonest political hacks, pundits and officials on boths sides of the political spectrum. Everyone is more worried about the kids self esteem so we rule out compeition where they just might fail and tests that are graded so not one fails. We are raising the next generation to not only be victims but also increasing that 10 fold by not allowing them to learn how to fail and worse of all not even try.
Yes, we are all victims and bear no responsiblity for our actions. Our past 2 presidents weren’t held accountable for their actions other then we are taught to hate the opposition instead of engage it in civil discourse. No, we must shout at each other and when shouting neither side can hear the other.
We are victims of corporate greed and Arab oil and not the actions of congress over the past 20 years to restrict the exploration and use of our own natural resources. Now congress is set to pass laws that will penalize every one of us that pay taxes based on a theory of global warming. Image what it would be like now if that did that back in the 70s when there was a theory of a new ice age that was going to occur? Scares the dickens out of me and that’s because I’m a victim. LOL