Life’s Ultimate Skill

Assigning responsibility to others is sometimes possible, but blame itself doesn’t need to be a part of it:

• When we blame, most often we are attempting to delegate responsibility to somebody who isn’t willing to accept it.
• Pinpointing one single person as the ulti...

When you take responsibility for your problems, you're in control of the solution. When you blame others, you’re handing over control to someone else. And you cannot control them.

Taking up responsibility shows that you accept reality for what it is and ...

Blame is a defense mechanism. What we’re defending ourselves from is our own responsibility for dealing with the unpleasant experience we’ve been given.

The benefit in blame is that it allows us to avoid feeling like we’re failing ourselves, that we lack the strength and maturity to ...