THE FUTURE IS NOW: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE We are the leaders of tomorrow. I just found out that the tomorrow is now! One of the psychological defense mechanisms I hate is ‘Projection’. We have many reasons for failure, blaming it on him or her. You are never a failure until you begin to blame somebody else. We may attempt to shift the blame to others, but there is no escaping to the fact that it is the biggest lie to believe that you are not responsible for your own actions. The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don’t blame them on your mother, the economy or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny —Albert Ellis— We build great monuments of emptiness when we think that our success lies in sources other than us. When you accept personal responsibility for your life and your success, the whole world looks different, your world becomes different. You see only two beings, yourself and God. And your capability and ability is widened to set your imagination free. You begin to think outside the square, to be creative, inventive, resourceful, and to think beyond the obvious. When you know it’s up to you and no one else, you prepare better, study more, learn more, and have greater resolve. God-given abilities and talents surface at this stance, you learn to use more of them and at that show more self-reliance. The success hints provided in this book becomes productive if you accept that whether you succeed or fail, it’s your decision and responsibility. Mistakes have hidden powers to help us, but they fail in their mission of helping us because of us. We give up the power to change and improve by crediting the blame on others. When you make a mistake and make an excuse for it, you have made two mistakes. Take responsibility of your life. Too many people expect little, ask for little and as well receive little. They show responsibility to little dreams and they don’t go farther than those dreams. Let your responsibility see your life as your own; your destiny in your hands; your achievement in your ability; your strength in your will power; and the grace of God.