3rd Qualities That Make A Person Successful

Responsibility

 A duty which becomes a desire will ultimately become a delight. --George Gritter

 People with character accept responsibilities. They make decisions and determine their own destiny in life. Accepting responsibilities involves taking risks and being accountable which is sometimes uncomfortable. Most people would rather stay in their comfort zone and live passive lives without accepting responsibilities. They drift through life waiting for things to happen rather than making them happen. Accepting responsibilities involves taking calculated, not foolish, risks. It means evaluating all the pros and cons, then taking the most appropriate decision or action. Responsible people don't think that the world owes them a living.

 You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

 You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. 

You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich.

 You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. 

You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer .

 You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

 You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

 You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

 --Abraham Lincoln

•  The retiring president of a company after a standard farewell, gave two envelopes marked No. 1 and No. 2 to the incoming president, and said, "Whenever you run into a management crisis you cannot handle by yourself , open envelope No. 1. At the next crisis, open the second one." A few years later, a major crisis came. The president went into the safe and pulled out the first envelope. It said, "Blame it on your predecessor." A few years later a second crisis came. The president went for the second envelope, and it said, "Prepare two envelopes for your successor."

 Responsible people accept and learn from their mistakes. Some people never learn. We can do three things about mistakes:

 Ignore them.

 Deny them.

 Accept and learn from them.

 The third alternative takes courage; it is risky but rewarding. If, instead, we defend our weaknesses, we actually start building our lives around them, making them a center point, rather than overcoming them.