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How much of what happens in your life are you able to take responsibility for? It's a tough question and one worth thinking about. I feel like I was brought up in quite a blamey culture. Nothing was our fault. Everything was about what the neighbor did, what the government was doing, what, you know, anybody else was doing. Everything happening all around was about what somebody else was doing.

How much of what happens in your life are you able to take responsibility for? It's a tough question and one worth thinking about. I feel like I was brought up in quite a blamey culture. Nothing was our fault. Everything was about what the neighbor did, what the government was doing, what, you know, anybody else was doing. Everything happening all around was about what somebody else was doing.

But it was never about us. It was never our personal responsibility. I grew up in East London, an impoverished part of inner city London. I went to a really tough school when I did go to school, that is. And I've always been a little bit frustrated that I didn't have a better education.

But it was never about us. It was never our personal responsibility. I grew up in East London, an impoverished part of inner city London. I went to a really tough school when I did go to school, that is. And I've always been a little bit frustrated that I didn't have a better education.

When I got to the London College of Fashion, I went to school with a lot of girls that had been privately educated. And they were a hell of a lot smarter than me. And I was very blaming that I hadn't had a similar education. And I started to say and tell myself that I would never get through this college class. How could I?

When I got to the London College of Fashion, I went to school with a lot of girls that had been privately educated. And they were a hell of a lot smarter than me. And I was very blaming that I hadn't had a similar education. And I started to say and tell myself that I would never get through this college class. How could I?

Everybody else that's here has had a better start and therefore they'll have a better ending. At this point, my mother had moved a couple of hours outside of London and the commute for me to get to college every day was exhausting. But more than that, it felt unfair.

Everybody else that's here has had a better start and therefore they'll have a better ending. At this point, my mother had moved a couple of hours outside of London and the commute for me to get to college every day was exhausting. But more than that, it felt unfair.

These certainly weren't the only reasons, but they amounted to enough of a reason that I dropped out of college after less than a year. I just didn't think it was for me and I'm not the type of person that wants to come in fourth or fifth or sixth place. So I left. After leaving, it was really hard to get a job.

These certainly weren't the only reasons, but they amounted to enough of a reason that I dropped out of college after less than a year. I just didn't think it was for me and I'm not the type of person that wants to come in fourth or fifth or sixth place. So I left. After leaving, it was really hard to get a job.

And once again, I was pretty annoyed and ready to point the finger because I just didn't have the type of friends or family that knew anyone to get me into a place that would be useful for work experience and that would be a great opportunity for me. So I started to look outside myself and blame life and my circumstances once again.

And once again, I was pretty annoyed and ready to point the finger because I just didn't have the type of friends or family that knew anyone to get me into a place that would be useful for work experience and that would be a great opportunity for me. So I started to look outside myself and blame life and my circumstances once again.

Until one day, I watched an episode of Oprah, and there she was talking about the power of taking ultimate responsibility for everything. And it changed my life forever. Now, it's really important to say that we all start out in different places in life.

Until one day, I watched an episode of Oprah, and there she was talking about the power of taking ultimate responsibility for everything. And it changed my life forever. Now, it's really important to say that we all start out in different places in life.

And it's absolutely true to say that many, many people start out with an unfair hand and have to work a hell of a lot harder for things that are just a given for someone else. But if you're like me, if you believe in mindset, if you believe that the stories you tell yourself become your reality, then you'll know that the quickest way to change your trajectory is to take responsibility for yourself.

And it's absolutely true to say that many, many people start out with an unfair hand and have to work a hell of a lot harder for things that are just a given for someone else. But if you're like me, if you believe in mindset, if you believe that the stories you tell yourself become your reality, then you'll know that the quickest way to change your trajectory is to take responsibility for yourself.