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“I scored a century because I concentrated well”

It is common human nature to attribute good things/successes to ourselves

— that is our capabilities and effort, and for our failures we tend to blame ex-

ternal factors. This in brief is the essence of “Attribution Theory”– a topic in

the field of Psychology. The first series of statements are blaming external

factors for a poor performance and second set of statements are taking credit

for good performance.

We are Responsible for our Lives

The truth is that in the long run external factors do not play a major role in

how our lives and careers progress, but primarily depend upon our abilities

and efforts. We should remember this important truth and attribute failures

to ourselves, as well as successes. In short we should realise that we are re-

sponsible for our lives- good and bad both.

Developing Right Attitude

The right attitude of a proactive person who takes responsibility for his ac-

tions and works to improve his future would be:

“I failed in SSB because my GK and English are weak; I will improve them

and succeed next time!”

“My parents don’t trust me because of my past actions; I will make myself

trustworthy and their attitude will automatically change!”

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