What was the first thing that came to your mind when you read that title, Radical Responsibility? For some of you, it might be, "Yes, others should take responsibility for what they have done to me". Or perhaps it made you think, “It is about time I was validated!”.
The word "responsibility" is defined as, the state of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management. We can’t control what happens to us, but we can control our response. Honestly, most of us don’t like that. We already have our excuses ready because when we fully embrace being radically responsible, we have to change our mindset. We no longer get to be the victim of our circumstances. Our default as humans is to be the victims. This goes against our current culture and the very definition of the word "radical" which means, to be very different from the usual or traditional. When we have gone through trauma or difficulty we can tend to excuse ourselves from ownership and play the blame game. Living in victory means taking radical responsibility. It means you are choosing to own 100% of your reactions to what happens to you, around you, because of you, etc. I believe that the reason we hesitate to take 100% responsibility is because of fear.
"If I fail it’s on me."
"If I screw this up it's on me."
"If I hurt someone it’s on me."
True...other people might judge us or perceive our actions as failures, but let’s change our mindset.
Instead of... “Well that didn’t work, I am a complete failure”
Own it... “Well that didn’t work, now I know another way that won't work”.
Press into the fear and be courageous enough to take radical responsibility. You can be sure, your life will change in amazing ways.
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