If you wonder why problems in government don't get solved, it's easy. No one owns anything. For example, no one owns the deficit. It's always the other party's fault. Ownership is accountability. Unless someone is willing to step up and own the problem, which means committing to finding the solution, committing to doing whatever it takes, nothing gets done.
All of the accusations and blaming and complaining you hear from pundits and politicians mean nothing. Accountability--ownership, means something. With accountability there are no excuses. You succeed or you fail. If you succeed, hooray! If you fail, it's a learning opportunity.
Accountability is not blame. You become accountable when you commit. Accountability gives you power. If you are accountable for your life, it gets better. If you are accountable for your relationships, they expand and become more fulfilling. When you take a job, own it and you increase your ability to succeed. When leaders become accountable, things begin to change.
William Frank Diedrich
author of Adults at Work and Beyond Blaming.
http://noblaming.com
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