Quotes About Accountability

Some things are worse than death... If a man lives, he must still live with himself.

Stephenson's crime went unpunished.

No one was ever charged with a lawless execution witnessed by thousands of Hoosiers in the public square.

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

No one owes you anything.

What gets measured gets managed. —PETER DRUCKER, management theorist, author

Have you outgrown your systems or beliefs? Is it time that you upgraded? Or, on a personal level, as Jerry Colonna, executive coach to some of the biggest tech stars in Silicon Valley, would ask: "How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don't want?

La visión consiste en entregar la responsabilidad a los trabajadores, darles toda la información sobre lo que ocurre para que puedan hacer más de lo que han hecho hasta el momento.» BILL GATES,

La culpa es de mi jefe".

Pues no, la culpa es tuya en realidad por no haberle enseñado bien, por no haber influido en él,

Ésa es la máxima responsabilidad. Asúmela por completo».

expulsamos a un par de jefes de cada equipo SEAL por su incapacidad para mandar.

Qué pondrías en una valla publicitaria? «Nadie te debe nada.»

6—"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."—Colin Powell

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Leadership on the Line by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky,

Telling myself the victim story allows me to vent briefly. Once I'm over it, then I realize that if this meeting was so important to me, I should have made it clear to my girlfriend that I couldn't be late, and let her know that if she was running late, I'd have to leave without her.

Of the many, many excuses people use to rationalize why they can't do something, the excuse "I am too busy" is not only the most inauthentic, it is also the laziest. I

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), de Carol Tavris y Elliot Aronson.

If you need a kick in the ass, consider using accountability partners or betting through a service like Coach.me or Stickk.com.

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.

Several families interviewed for this book recommended the oldest persuasive tool known to man: bribery. Each child is given some amounts of virtual cash, 25-30 cents, for each hour of good behaviour. The same amount is subtracted from their accounts for breaking the rules. All purchases for fun - whether souvenirs, ice cream, or otherwise - come out of their own individual accounts. No balance, no goodies. This often requires more self-control on the part of the parents than the children.

So I thought, 'I'm always on time, and I always show up to things, so why don't I do that for myself?' So I put a handwritten note next to my bed that said—and it has three exclamation points—'Mike!!! You have a meeting at Café Pedlar [where I was writing] at 7 a.m. with your mind,' which is so stupid. It's so embarrassing to admit, but it worked!

Truth is, young creative minds don't need more ideas, they need to take more responsibility with the ideas they've already got.