Accountability: When Taking Responsibility Means More Than Saying Sorry
Accountability: When Taking Responsibility Means More Than Saying Sorry By Angel, Founder of AMC Rise and Thrive 🌅 Welcome, Friend Come sit with me for a minute. Today we're talking about a word that we hear all the time but don't always practice very well: Accountability. It's one of those words that sounds simple. You did something. You take responsibility for it. You deal with the consequences. You make changes. Simple, right? Well... not always. Because accountability requires something that can be uncomfortable: Honesty. You have to be willing to look at your own behavior without immediately finding somebody else to blame. And that's where things can get complicated. It is easy to see someone else's mistakes. It is much harder to sit quietly with ourselves and say, “Maybe I played a part in this.” Today I want to talk about that distinction because accountability isn't about shaming people or keeping a running l...
