[ STEEMITIQUETTE #7: ] ACCOUNTABILITY - OWN YOUR MISTAKES AND STOP BLAMING OTHERS
Everyone is accountable to someone or something.
What does it mean “to be held accountable”?
Accountability is an attitude rather than viewed as a consequence of something negative like a mistake or poor performance.
Blaming others for the failure of a project shows bad leadership.
Owning your mistakes and getting back on your feet to correct that mistake is a noble attitude.
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When we are brave enough to say, “I was wrong”, then we are wise enough to make things better. We have a better view of what might happen in the future and how to avoid the same mistakes or deal with the situation if it is really inevitable.
“I take responsibility.” No matter who made the screw-up, as someone in-charge you are responsible. It is your duty to make sure everything is in place.
Sun Tzu, in his book the Art of War, “If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.”
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There is always accountability in all aspects of life.
As creatures of the earth, we are responsible for and accountable to our environment.
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As parents we are accountable for our children’s welfare and most of the time their actions.
As an employee of an organization, we are accountable to its mission and its goals, not necessarily to the people in position.
What Other People Say
“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”
― Thomas Paine
“Take accountability... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.”
― Steve Maraboli
“There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.”
― Darren Shan, Zom-B Underground
“The evil of technology was not technology itself, Lindbergh came to see after the war, not in airplanes or the myriad contrivances of modern technical igenuity, but in the extent to which they can distance us from our better moral nature, or sense of personal accountability.”
― David McCullough, Brave Companions
“Requiring accountability while also extending your compassion is not the easiest course of action, but it is the most humane, and, ultimately, the safest for the community.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong
Application
As leaders of STEEM and Steemit community, @ned and @dan are accountable to their constituent members. As members of the Steemit community, we are accountable to each other.
Every step we take and every action we make comes with a responsibility. A responsibility that warrants accountability which every member of this community must be willing to accept either by choice or otherwise.
We do not pass accountability to the next person because he is also accountable for something to someone else. The buck stops with us. And an action must be taken.
We have a responsibility to foster camaraderie and brotherhood if we want this community to succeed and excel. This is the essence of community. What do you think will happen when everyone points a finger to another person every time something wrong happens?
Man up. And take responsibility of your actions. Own your mistakes. And stop blaming others.
I've seen first-hand the toxic environment that ensues when a person in a leadership position not only doesn't take responsibility for his own actions but lies in order to blame others. Not pretty. Well written piece.
That's the worst leader a company or organization can have. No organization can succeed much less continue to exist with people who are toxic not only to the organization but to those who are in business dealings with it. Accountability is one characteristics a good leader possesses. With it, he/she protects the interests of the people he/she works for and works with and the entire organization.
Appreciate your kind words. Thanks for dropping by.
where is the love these days :/ good blog mate
thank you mate. kind of you to drop by. we really should be pushing with our project ASAP.
Thanks for your thoughts and the quotes. Allow me to add: if you're trading or speculating, accountability is a survival skill!