Evan Carmichael breaks down Churchill's quote "We are the masters of our fate" to argue that people blame external forces instead of taking responsibility for their outcomes. Real growth in business and life comes from accepting that you control your own fate, not circumstances or systems.
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Good morning, Believe Nation! Today's message is: We are the masters of our fate. Over to you, Winston Churchill.
I wake up every morning, espresso keep me going.
Sure I am that this day, now, we are the masters of our fate. That the task which has been set us is not above our strength, that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our cause and an unconquerable willpower, salvation will not be denied us.
I love this message because it's easy to place blame It's easy to blame other people, other things. You look at Winston Churchill in England at the time, it's easy to place blame on their allies for losing the battles they did. It's easy to place blame on other countries for not joining in the aid on the war sooner. It's easy to place blame on all these other parties, but instead Winston Churchill said, "No, this is on us. We are the masters of our own fate. We can control our destiny." And when we accept that responsibility, we have the best shot at beating these guys. I think the same thing is true for entrepreneurs. It's easy for us to place blame on other people and other things. We blame our family, we blame our country, we blame our government, we blame our education system, we blame all these other things, we blame the economy, we blame all these things that are outside our control. Where when you realize that you are the master of your own fate and you accept responsibility for your life, you stop placing blame on others, that's when you start seeing significant growth in your business and in your life. So I'd encourage you to look at all the reasons why you're not accomplishing your big goals yet and look at what are the excuses that you're telling yourself. What are the reasons that you're telling yourself you're not able to hit this because of X, Y, Z? What are those reasons and how much of that is you trying to just deflect blame on the other things instead of accepting responsibility for yourself? So my question of the day for you guys today is, do you believe, do you fully believe that you are the master of your own fate? And if not, what's holding you back from really embodying that? I'm really curious to find out. Leave it in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso.
