Joelle Casteix - The Power of Responsibility: Six Decisions That Will Help You Take Back Happiness and Create Unlimited Success

Copyright 2015 Joelle Casteix

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For Nick

May you always have the world on a string.

Bankrupt businesses, broken marriages, destroyed relationships, rising debt, bad luck, lousy careersfailures surround us. And it seems like no matter what we do, some of us will never break this cycle

Unless you read this book.

Before we begin, I want you to do something drastic: put aside every other self-help or business book you own.

Yes, it sounds crazy, but bear with me. Whether the books youre reading are about finding wealth, flipping houses, succeeding in your career, doing well in college, finding inner peace, making money on the Internet, or coping with addiction, these books are USELESS without the tools I am going to give you.

Before any of these books work, there is something you have to do first.

Its not the fault of the other books or the authors that they missed this first key step.

The rest of their information most likely is invaluable. However, unless you know how to flip your switch, those booksor any self-help programwill never work. You have to be READY to succeed, and you cant do that if your switch is stuck on off.

That switch is responsibility. And it will change your life.

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Look around you. We live in a world where people dont know how to be happy.

How many times have you said to yourself, Ill never lose the weight. Ill never get that job. Ill never get ahead. Ill never win. I hate the holidays. Im stuck living paycheck to paycheck. Why does everyone else get the lucky breaks? and on, and on, and on.

How many times have you listened to your friends and colleagues complain about their marriages, children, friends, careers, or future?

We spend millions of dollars on self-help books, but they sit on our shelves, collecting dust. Or we read them over and over again, but after a while, we begin to think that they might work only for the chosen few. We get deeper and deeper into debt, even though wonderful financial tools are available to us. We are unhappy, even though tools to help us be happy abound. Many of our relationships fail, even though our partner, child, friend, or spouse wants to make things work. Why?

For most people, self-help books and courses will NEVER work.

Because they lack ONE simple tool.

What if I told you that I had a magic, fool-proof formula that could instantly change your life for the better and give you unlimited potential for happiness and success? What if I told you that the formula was easy and almost painless?

Would you listen?

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I am an expert in responsibility. My TEDx talk on the subject went viral.

I have helped people as diverse as childhood sexual abuse survivors and business leaders, entrepreneurs and college students change their lives with the strategies I will share with you. I will show you how to turn your biggest liabilityvictimhoodinto your biggest asset: responsibility. I have shown people how to turn around negative thinking, be receptive to change, act as true listeners, andmost importantlyhow to become engaged in life.

Being positive and powerful is a choice. Im going to show you how to make it.

Taking responsibility is a 180-degree life decision. Reading this book and using my simple tools will help you take control of your career. You can rebuild damaged relationships on a safe, solid foundation. You will finally be able to let go of the toxic people in your lifeand do so in a healthy way. If you are an enabler, following the tools and steps in this book will help you create strong boundaries. You can let go of co-dependency and stop hurting the people you love. By taking responsibility, you will make not only yourself but also those you enable become stronger.

If you are building a business or starting out on your own, responsibility is the tool that will take you from an average business owner to a superstar in your industry. When you realize that you are in complete control of your success and your future, your competitorswho will not have these toolswont stand a chance.

Thought leaders in business have been beating the responsibility drum for decades. Former Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Robert L. Joss said, Too many leaders get caught up in thinking about power rather than their responsibility to those they lead.

J.K. Rowling, whose stratospheric success is a direct result of the power of personal responsibility, said, There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Even Anne Frank, whose story of resilience and tragedy has influenced generations of young readers, writes in her diary, Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands.

Researcher and storyteller Brene Brown says it best, If you own this story, you get to write the ending.

Think about that for a moment: if you own your story, you get to write the ending. Thats incredible. If given the chance, no one will write the story of his life with a sad, depressing ending. No one wants her legacy to be poverty, sadness, alienation, loss, or depression.

You CAN write your own ending, and it starts with a simple decision. All you need to do is flip the switch, and you can have a life that exceeds your dreams. Yes, you can open the door to wealth and success. And you will definitely also open the door to the one thing that is so elusive to so many people: authentic happiness.

Dont pass up on what everyone from business leaders to writers and storytellers say is the key to their continuing and increasing success.

It is in your power.

I am offering you a golden ticket. These proven methods will help you write your own ending, find authentic happiness, and develop unlimited potential. As an added bonus, I am also giving you the power to be able to accomplish anything and everything you want.

But if you stop reading here, you will miss out on the most amazing, fulfilling journey of your life.

I refuse to be a statistic. You dont have to be one, either.

So turn the page, and lets get started.

In 2015, I gave a TEDx talk about a topic very close to my heart: responsibility. For me, responsibility is more than teaching children to do their chores or fulfilling my job obligations.

Responsibility is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Its the one thing that can help you realize your potential. It can help you map your way to unlimited success, encourage you to build wealth, allow you to create strong, loving relationships, and give you the ability to the make the world a better place. With it, you can achieve ANYTHING.