It’s amazing to me. It’s amazing how many people go through life, blaming everyone else for all of their own troubles. They figure out how their own poor decisions and lack of planning are somehow the responsibility of someone or something else. Recently, we completed our major real estate training program, the 5 Day Experience in Calgary, and had someone who was registered for the event (and had been for more than 3 months), paid in full, and didn’t show up on the first day it was scheduled to start. After the event had already started, we found out they had sent an email the day before the event started, with a one liner — basically saying they had changed their mind and wanted to cancel. Of course, they expected a full refund, because that would be good for them. Who cares that we had incurred a lot of expenses planning for their arrival, ordering all the food for them for the 5 days, printing enough materials and handouts and everything else. They participated in all of the pre-event training and education program, and had never once let us know that they were not planning to come to the event. That, apparently, would be too much to ask from them. Well, as you’d guess, they’re now very upset that we will not give them a refund, because apparently it’s our fault that they never read any of the terms of the registration form. Apparently they also did NOT listen when I told them point blank that they couldn’t cancel before the event and expect a refund. They signed up knowing this, but apparently that doesn’t matter at this point, because it doesn’t serve them now. It’s all MY fault because they don’t listen, they’re not accountable, and choose to hold other people somehow accountable for their lack of accountability. Accountability is a huge thing for me, and those around me. It really amazes me when people do stupid things, and then try to make it someone else’s fault. We did everything we were supposed to do, and they didn’t. Yet, they fashion an excuse around the idea that somehow, we’re at fault because we expect them to be accountable to us, as we are to them. Of course, this person has no leg to stand on, and despite their idle threats and such, they’ll end up expending more negative energy on this only to get nowhere. Threats and arguments don’t lead to results with our team, especially when it’s not our fault at any level. The next plan of action, after seeing that we won’t just give a refund, is to attack us for lacking integrity and good business values. How do people make these stories up in their mind when it’s clear WHO is really at fault in this kind of situation? Amazing to me! The best thing they could do is stand back and be accountable for the decisions they’ve made. Yes, it may require them to take a bit of a loss on the decisions they’ve made to date. But I can guarantee you, if they actually learned the lesson, they’d end up saving themselves hundreds of times more than that loss over the rest of their life. Of course, that’s probably too much for me to expect from someone like this. Sadly, this person will refuse to understand, keep blaming us for their poor decisions .. and stay a loser for life. Drives me crazy, but that’s the way it is. You want to see a MASSIVE, positive change occur INSTANTLY in your life? Choose to be fully accountable for everything that happens to you, good or bad. It may not taste very good when you first decide to do this, but your life will be 100 times more successful. You’ll end up making much better decisions, and will attract abundance and wealth into your life. And, you won’t have people pitying you for being a victim, rather than being impressed by your accountability.]]>