Quotes About Accountability

Sempre que achamos que o problema está "lá fora"; este pensamento em si é o problema.

While the word proactivity is now fairly common in management literature, it is a word you won't find in most dictionaries. It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

On the maturity continuum, dependence is the paradigm of you—you take care of me; you come through for me; you didn't come through; I blame you for the results. Independence is the paradigm of I—I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose. Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

Suppose you want your daughter to have a clean room—that's P, production, the golden egg. And suppose you want her to clean it—that's PC, production capability.

The power to make and keep commitments to ourselves is the essence of developing the basic habits of effectiveness.

you're not going to talk your way out of a problem you behaved yourself into.

All of us are interested in things outside of our stewardships, and we should be, but the most important way to do anything about them is to magnify our own stewardships. When you focus on your own responsibility, you become relatively unconcerned with other peoples stewardships...The highest form of influence is to be a model, not a critic; a light, not a judge.

Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon. As well as enabling us to choose our response to particular circumstances, this empowers us to create circumstances. Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.

Culpar a los demás y al entorno de nuestros problemas y dificultades puede convertirse en una norma; puede atenuar temporalmente nuestro dolor, pero al mismo tiempo nos encadena a esos mismos problemas. Muéstrenme

The language of reactive people absolves them of responsibility.

My friend," I said, "you can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

It is not what others do or even our own mistakes that hurt us the most; it is our response to those things.

Taking initiative means] recognizing our responsibility to make things happen

until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

Look at the word responsibility—"response-ability"—the ability to choose your response.

It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

I just can't seem to keep a promise I make to myself.

dependence is the paradigm of you—you take care of me; you come through for me; you didn't come through; I blame you for the results. Independence is the paradigm of I—I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose. Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be

We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so, we choose the attendant consequence. When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it—immediately. Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be.

accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing.