(and no, it’s not “alignment”, “abundance”, or any of that pffftttt) So this one action, this one decision, pretty much changed the entire trajectory of my life, and the word was RESPONSIBILITY. Stay with me because this is huge, genuinely life-changing huge. I didn’t used to take RESPONSIBILITY, not properly anyway, and I’m sure there are still moments where I don’t because I’m human, but the more I understood what taking responsibility actually meant, the easier everything became. Let’s say someone pisses you off, hurts you, triggers you, says some mean shit that lands in your chest like a BRICK. Yes it sucks, yes it hurts, of course it does because you’re human, not a bloody robot, but the moment I realised I can only take responsibility for what I can CONTROL, everything shifted. If someone upsets me, I get to choose what happens next. I can hold on to it, let it fester, let it drain me, let it hijack my nervous system, replay it like a bad Netflix series, or I can move it, process it, shift it, respond differently. Because that part is on me. Same in business. If I’m not where I want to be, I could blame the algorithm, the funnel, the strategy, the timing, the moon, the neighbours drilling, the neighbors dog, fluffy Nami, literally anything, but none of that gets me anywhere. At some point I had to eat the truth sandwich and accept that only I can change what isn’t working, only I can beat my own excuses, only I can step through the fear, only I can build the MOMENTUM. I used to spend SO much time pointing fingers outside myself, it’s easy, it’s comforting, it keeps you safe, but the truth is I’m responsible for how I act, I’m responsible for how I respond, I’m responsible for how I move through something, I’m responsible for the next step even when the last one felt shit. Even when I’m not moving, it’s still my job to look at myself and go, “What part of this is mine to fix, shift, or OWN?” And this is the piece most people avoid, this is the gulp bomb, because most people love the idea of being empowered, but they don’t actually want responsibility.