We all do it - place blame, that is. Indeed it’s common for us to look for the fault of others whenever something occurs that we see as wrong, offensive or damaging in some way.

A lot of people blame their parents for what is wrong in their life, their bosses for their lack of progress, or society as a whole for more global “problems.” But I think that placing blame and fault-finding are of themselves to “blame” for keeping us as individuals from moving forward.

By placing blame:

• We remain stuck where we are in life, and impede our own progress;
• We shift responsibility away from ourselves and our own success; and
• We become blind to solutions and possibilities for growth and change.

If you’d like to stop floundering in a pool of blame, then move past focusing on who is at fault in every situation.  Instead, look at what lessons you can learn from the choices that others make, and the impact that doing so has on them and others.