I’ve been thinking alot about responsibility today. How people learn to be responsible, how they decide to be responsible, and what we expect responsible people to act like. I’m not sure that I know the answers to any of those questions. But I do know this. I learned about responsiblity by being around responsible people, and being held accountable for my actions.
It seems to me that we don’t do that much anymore. We tend not to hold people accountable for their actions. We make excuses for people, and we accept excuses from people that we all know are lies. Part of being responsible, is doing what you commit to do, when you commit to do it, and in the way that you agreed to. It doesn’t mean you get to change your mind because the thing you said you would do happens to be at the same time the L word is on television.
Somedays, I wish there were a magic pill that would create responsible thoughts in people, which would in turn create responsible actions. But then where would the growth opportunities come from?
