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Paul Simos
2 min readApr 6, 2019

How Do You Know When Your In Charge Of Your Life

Johno works for an international company in Thailand in the construction industry…

He loves his job except he doesn’t like how his boss and some other staff members work…

Johno has his own way of operating and thinks they should work the same way as him…

He is always making smart remarks about them which antagonises them and puts them off side…

Johno blames other people as to why his project is behind time and not working effectively…

Johno feels frustrated, overwhelmed, out of control and has a short temper…

Question…

Do you think Johno is in charge of his life?

No, that’s right…

He has given his power over to everyone else…

Johno is acting and feeling like someone else is responsible for his results at work and how he feels…

Johno is blaming others for his lack of results and problematic outcomes…

Johno is blaming his circumstances, his boss, his work colleagues for his current state…

Johno is experiencing…

⁃ Victim

⁃ Failure

⁃ Blaming

Paul Simos
Paul Simos

Written by Paul Simos

Executive Master Coach & Author

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