Latest "responsibility" Posts

#368 Accept Responsibility

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt If you truly want to direct your life to do more of what you like, you must accept responsibility for everything that happens to you.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in Direct Your Life, Podcasts, responsibility.

#311 Need to Please

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Most people have a need to please others, especially if those “others” are a person of authority. Use this as characteristic as a means to motivate them.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in empowerment, Podcasts, responsibility.

#310 Autonomy

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Find a way to create greater autonomy for the quality people you are responsible for.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in empowerment, Podcasts, responsibility.

Let Go

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I am at my Colorado home where we are beginning our eighth ski season since buying the house. My two girls (ages 13 and 10) have become amazing skiers. My eldest knows the mountain very well, and she has asked to ski alone on past trips. The answer was always “No.” Yesterday, after hours of skiing, the girls want to keep going without my wife and me… just the two of them…alone…no parents. Despite some trepidation, we decide to say yes. It’s time for us to loosen the reigns. They are capable and I have to begin to trust that they will make good decisions.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in responsibility, stress, Surrender, worry, year end review.

#309 Loosen the Reigns

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Look for some places where you can allow people around you to have more autonomy. Loosen the reigns.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in empowerment, Podcasts, responsibility.

#291 Parental Responsibility

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Your parental responsibility is bigger than any other responsibility you have.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in empowerment, Podcasts, responsibility.

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