#012 - Are you a victim or are you accountable?  Do you wait for things to happen or do you make things happen?  Your success in life, both personally and professionally, depends on whether you’re a victim hanging on to the bottom rung, or own your decisions, circumstances, and outcomes, standing (figuratively) firmly on the top rung.  Here's the best advice I ever received, and it's the best advice I could ever give.  “Don’t live your life being a victim, making excuses and blaming others.  Rather, own your behaviors, actions, circumstances, and outcomes.”