Them is you

Do you ever notice something that needs to be done? You wait around for someone to tell you to do it or think that it's someone else's responsibility. You think it's up to them. Well, what if them is you?

As a human being, we are great at noticing things that need to be done like the trash needs to be taken out, our clothes needs to be ready for tomorrow's work or I need to start that project. A lot of times we think this is someone else's job like our parents, maid, etc. We say they need to do that or I'll wait until they tell me to do it. Maybe it's time we just get it done. This is called taking initiative and it's a huge lesson we all need to learn.

We see something that needs to be done or maybe there's something we want to accomplish. In order to get it done and make it happen, we have to know that it all begins with us. It begins with you. We have to begin to think that no one is going to do it for us. When we can get in that mindset, we are taking responsibility, we are taking initiative and taking initiative is cool. Here are my super simple examples for taking initiative and learning that day is you

#1 Let's say I spilled the coffee at dinner. I sit there and watch him run off the table and onto the floor. What a mess but we don't do messes so we say "sorry, I spilled my coffee can you clean that up?" We've all said, it we think they have to do this remember they've is you. So let's get up and do it ourselves. Now, that's taking initiative and taking initiative is cool.

#2 A new guy has just moved in down the street. We think they should come over and introduce himself so we wait for him to do that and they don't. Maybe, they're in their house thinking you should come over and introduce yourself. So they wait on us and there we are just waiting. remember them is you. So here's an idea. Take the initiative to go knock on the door and then BAM you have made a new friend. It's all because you took initiative and taking initiative is cool.

#3 We decided that we want to take piano lessons. We go each week to see the piano teacher. Out parents have even bought us a keyboard but we go to our lesson and then just walk by the keyboard every day without practicing. What are we waiting on? We want to get better right? We want to learn right? Are we waiting on someone else to tell us to practice. It's not up to anyone else but us. Remember them is you. So it's up to you to get it done. So get it done. That's taking initiative and taking initiative is cool.

So there are some super simple examples of taking initiative and learning to be responsible as we go through life and the more we can see what needs to be done and then we just go do it the better outcomes we are going to have and not just better outcomes, we are more likely to have the outcomes we want.

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