In order for you to start changing what is happening in your life, you have to be willing to take ownership, or responsibility for your life. It’s the one most important step to moving from where you are right now, to the place you really want to be.

Through the years, I’m sure almost everyone has come across a person with what I call the “doom and gloom” personality. You also have those who belong to the “Chicken Little Sky Is Falling Society.”

It’s hard to keep yourself on track if those types are in your immediate environment. If that’s the case for you, then you have to work harder to remind yourself that your environment doesn’t have to define who you are, or what you will ultimately become.

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