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“When I talk about responsibility, I am really talking about having power. Blame is about giving away one’s power. Responsibility gives us the power to make changes in our lives. If we play the victim role, then we are using our personal power to be helpless. If we decide to accept responsibility, then we don’t waste time blaming somebody or something out there. Some people feel guilty for creating illness, or poverty, or problems. They choose to interpret responsibility as guilt. (Some members of the media like to refer to it as New Age Guilt.) These people feel guilty because they believe that they have failed in some way.”
― Louise L. Hay, The Power Is Within You

“If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.”
― Louise L. Hay, The Power Is Within You

“Responsibility is our ability to respond to a situation. We always have a choice.”
― Louise L. Hay, The Power Is Within You

“The corporate world is also a manifestation of people’s disconnection from their heart, where people believe manipulation is the path to getting what they want and therefore the way to succeed. People often use the excuse that “everyone does it.” When a child learns at home that not everyone does it, things can start to change. The corporate world even celebrates the cutthroat approach of stepping over others, knifing them in the back, and scrambling to the top of the ladder at the expense of colleagues—behavior that reflects an inability to connect with and care for others.”
― Shefali Tsabary, Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work... and What Will