Today’s society promotes absolving yourself of responsibility; it’s within your choice to be different.

When others are passing the buck, instead take full responsibility.

Look around at any aspect of society, be it social media, the news or people in general and you’ll realise that there’s been a shift towards blaming anything and everything for people’s situations, rather than looking at what we’ve done to create the perceived problem.

There’s always a reason or excuse for how things are and the default response begins with, “I can’t because…” followed normally by some manufactured obstacle.

And all that society has done is allow that expectation of the excuse to be satisfactory, to actually become satisfactory!

We now seek to appease those who tell us that they can’t do something because of circumstances ‘beyond their control’, rather than challenging that mindset.

Why exactly can’t you do it?

With all these factors impinging progress, be part of the ‘old norm’. Be someone who finds a way to rise above circumstances and succeed.

Identify the problems, actively embrace finding solutions and reap the benefits of doing so.

In the old days it used to be called showing resilience, but now it’ll become ‘bucking the trend’ of the new normal.

Functioning, fulfilling and furthering yourself will become alien concepts in the coming years. We’ll all accept that people self-diagnose their issues and simply accept their excuses – regardless of the negative impacts on those around them.

Instead be different. Be brave and realise that your resilience will get you much further ahead of others now more so than ever before.

Allow it to become your superpower. Don’t moan and blame others, take responsibility and embrace the struggles.

From struggle comes success.