What Eric Thomas has said about Personal accountability

Thomas advises transferring strategies from areas of life where one succeeds to areas where control has been lost.

“Borrow from an area where you're already great, where you're already conquering, and just bring those same skill sets into a place where you've lost control”

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Thomas argues that dwelling on others' wrongs gives them control, even when they truly were wrong.

“They were wrong. But life is not about proving they're wrong. Life is about making things right for you”

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Thomas says the first great decision is often asking for help, and he succeeded by being around people who made good decisions.

“the first greatest decision we can make is to say help. It's not us doing anything”

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Thomas argues excuses provide comfort but leave the consequences unchanged.

“Excuses just make you feel so good, but here's the challenge. you still got to get up the next day with the consequences”

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Thomas says telling others creates accountability because people let themselves down more readily than others.

“You can let yourself down sometimes quicker than you can somebody else”

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