Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Take 100% Responsibility How Your Choices Shape Your Parenting and Family Life!

24 Feb 2026 · 2 min

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In this self‑help talk, the speaker draws on Stephen Covey’s principle that we are not victims of circumstances but of the choices we make. He argues that taking 100 % responsibility for one’s life means stopping the blame game—no longer attributing personal situations to others, the government, or external forces. The speaker links this mindset to parenting, emphasizing that parents must understand how their choices shape their emotional maturity and, consequently, their family dynamics. He warns against emotional hijacking, which can derail rational decision‑making, and outlines steps his program teaches parents to function at their maximum potential, including recognizing and defeating deceptive influences that act as ‘enemies’ or competition in personal growth.

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I like another thing about the power of choice that I learned from Stephen Covey. And he said that we are not the victims of our circumstances, we are the victims of our choices in our circumstances. Now that that's taking a hundred percent responsibility for our life. When you realize that I'm in the circumstances I'm in today because of the choices that I made, See, that's taking responsibility as opposed to blaming other people. Playing the blame game, as it's called. Blaming them, blaming her, blaming the government, blaming you, blaming, you know, everybody else. I'm in this situation and there's nothing I can do about it because of him, her, them, you, rather than. No, I am taking full responsibility for the choices that I've made. I made those choices and they're connected to the way I think. So again, these are the steps that we teach so that parents, you are learning how to function in your maximum potential. And a lot of it has to do with our emotional maturity. So you want to avoid in this choices, you want to avoid being emotionally hijacked. And that happens to a lot of people. But right now I'm talking about overcoming and defeating the art of deception by our. You, our competition, I could say enemies, but.