Why you should accept more blame
It's a natural human trait to avoid blame. It's proven that humans have a self-serving bias - they will offer explanations that credit themselves for good things, but tack the flame on others when the heat's on. Nothing weird, I admit I'll do this all the time. It seems like commonsense to me to avoid the pain of blame!
However, there is also a psychological effect at play here. When you blame others for your own misfortunes, it is your subconscious way of communicating that you do not have the power to improve your life in that area. Otherwise, you should have done something about it, and you only have yourself to blame. By removing your own actions from the outcome, you essentially have no control of the outcome.
Instead, if you try to accept blame today and take responsibility, you can empower yourself to change. When you blame others, you aren't avoiding pain - you're only causing yourself more pain by disabling yourself of the opportunity to improve.
What can you take responsibility for today?
