Engineer, educator, and author Roghu Korrapati, in his book 108 Pearls of Wisdom for Every College Student, writes, It is often said that your thoughts become your actions. But without taking responsibility for your life, those thoughts often just stay on that mental stage and aren’t translated into action. Taking responsibility for your life is that extra ingredient that makes taking action more of a natural thing. You don’t get stuck in just thinking and wishing so much. You become proactive instead of passive.4
