Glad that you enjoyed the article, and I appreciate the positive feedback!

Nice to see you ’round these parts, and if I have been any part of giving you a needed kick in the behind, I will consider myself duly grateful for having done so!

Go get some ice for your back side, and get to taking some action because it’s what YOU want!

Nice to meet you, Craig, and I’ll make sure to visit you often from now on.

And, Aaron, JUST TODAY, yes today, I got to my important conclusion that I’ll stop doing everything I don’t like, including my dead-end job for frustrating people. The combination of Gary’s video and this kick in the behind from you are the perfect medicine I needed to reassure my decision.

Thanks for the push.

Patricia

It’s funny that you should use the family example, because I have NOT attended many family functions because I simply did not want to go.

Yes, there is such a thing as “taking one for the team” or “being a team player,” but I would never allow those concepts to influence my decisions unless I chose to let them.

It is rare indeed to find me at any family, friend, or work-related function that I also do not truly want to be at.

I don’t believe in doing things because I am “expected” to. In fact, the very fact that I was expected to would probably make me not go at all.

I find that sometimes it is necessary to allow others to run our life. For example, you may have a family function to attend with your spouse’s family. You may have absolutely no desire to attend, but your attendance is expected. In a situation such as that, you need to allow your spouse to be selfish and you will attend.

Other times, you need to take charge for yourself and your spouse needs to let you do things your way.

The same thing applies with work and friends. Like all things in life, the trick is to have a BALANCE.

Remember, balance is decreasing what is excessive and increasing what is deficient. The very act of acquiring balance in our lives is evidence that we have risen to the point where we have become our own handler.

Stanley F. Bronstein
MrAchievement
Attorney, CPA, Author & Professional Motivalational Speaker

You are most welcome!

What you said is right on the money – “…we just allow ourselves to be handled without thinking too much about it.”

It is the “not thinking too much about it” part that gets us into trouble. The tasks and the responsibilities that we have in life that take us off our path often still DO need our attention, but as I indicated earlier, there are always ways to fit it all in, or to shave off some unnecessary aspects.

Glad I could be a part of the alarm clock, Karen!

That is totally awesome – congratulations on your recent success, as well as for your award-winning attitude about the forthcoming steps.

I write a lot of content about people taking control over their lives, yet I rarely get to hear a rock-solid example of how those concepts (my writing or someone else’s) have caused someone to have measurable, positive improvements in their life.

Big props to you for where you’re at, and I’m truly grateful to have gotten into the ring with you.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

Yes, the circumstances in our lives tend to dictate what happens overall, yet it’s ironic because each of us CREATED those same circumstances!

People who say they can’t do things because of their job, their family, etc., have to ask themselves just who it was who was responsible for them being in that situation to begin with.

Each snarl that we get ourselves into comes with the same level of empowerment to get ourselves right back out again!

It’s funny you said that, because one of the Stumbleupon reviews of this page had a similar comment; “mean, but necessary”.

Sometimes people need a good slap in the face, and I’ve been slapped enough times myself to feel qualified to reciprocate a time or two!