Accountability: Staying Conscious Of Your Actions.
I’m sure we all know what accountability is but let me brief you if you don’t.
What is accountability?
Accountability is an assurance that an individual or organization is evaluated on its performance or behavior related to something for which it is responsible.
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Being accountable means you accepting to be responsible for your own actions.
Accountability comes in different types but, in recent times it seems to have lost its value in society and it’s almost becoming a way of life.
Today, kids are not accountable to their parents, politicians are not accountable to the people, our leaders are not accountable to us and we as individuals are not accountable for our own actions towards ourselves and others.
Let’s talk about the importance of accountability.
Being accountable increases our skills and teaches us to know the value of the little mistakes we take for granted.
Accountability in relationships.
In our day to day activities , we come into contact with various people and we might do or say things that they’re not really happy with.
We mostly fail to realise what we have done wrong as we see it to be something normal. We often have so much pride in us that we think we did the right thing in such instances, without realising the harm that’s being caused.
Most friendships and boy girl relationships are failing due to our inability to be accountable for our words and actions.
Sometimes we get so heated up in arguments that we tend to say stuff that can’t be taken back. It happens. And we do not want to admit to the fact that we were wrong and move on so, we end up loosing our friends and partners.
What do we have to lose if we admit that we were wrong?
Accountability at work.
Accountability is result oriented and we need to hold people accountable for the little things that go wrong at the workplace being it in the office or on the field.
This way we stand a chance of saving lives and money which could be invested in something else.
Someone might say it’s too late to fix this attitude of ours but I think it’s not. The sooner we realise the effect of letting minor things slide the better we stand the chance of changing the narrative.
Once, I got into a fight with a friend and we both said some pretty bad stuff we couldn’t take back but the harm had already been done. We were both mad at each other and we didn’t talk for so long.
If we had just acknowledged the fact that we both did wrong and apologised to each other I think we would have been in a good place by now but you know what we did? We both felt too big to admit that we were wrong and now we barely talk aside the normal hello’s and hi’s.
Since then, I learnt to take responsibility of my words and actions and I make it a point to do and say the right thing at the right time always.
Let’s be mindful of how we act and the words we utter. No one is responsible for our actions but us and the sooner we realize that, it might save us all a lot of heart aches.
We should try our best to not make excuses for our actions or blame others but just learn to be mature enough to accept our wrongdoings and take actions to correct them. Maybe if the change starts with us, our people in authority will do better and be accountable to us.
So what do you think? Do you think we are heading to a world without accountability and responsibility? Do you think accountability is a big deal? Let’s get interactive in the comments.
Thank you.
I think why most people overlook accountability is because they some times don’t understand the magnitude of their words and actions. To them, that comment couldn’t hurt a fly. But to the person on the receiving end of the comment to whom the comment was dished out to, it touched their very soul.
Like you already said though, Everyone makes mistakes. When the shouldn’t-be-said has been said, the only thing remaining is to acknowledge that it’s been said. It’s literally the least the other person can do.
The whole point of being accountable really just boils down to being conscious of your actions and acknowledging that your actions have consequences.
Lol I liked your pov of the topic. I think we should do this more often.
I totally agree with you on this.
We should.😃
Cool! Let’s both write on your prompt this week. You choose🙂
Let’s see if you can.😄
Accountability: this is a virtue that is gradually going into extinction.
No one wants to be accountable for any of his or her actions again.
Everybody wants to play the perfectionist card when we know we can never be perfect... It's just annoying
I think most people find it hard to own up to their wrong doings and that is what is leading us here.
That's the point... No one really wants to accept he made a mistake. He will rather find a way to make you laugh over it and find thousands of reasons why it wasn't a mistake..... It's really sad though
We do have a long way to go.
We do have a long way to go.
Sure we do because unless you see fault in what you've done wrong .. you will keep on doing that 😂
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Very sensible points. Most people avoid accountability, especially in families and that's when relationships start to fail.
When that happens they then start to play the blame game. It’s a shame.
yes, indeed.
Honestly, I don’t get what the problem with such people is. Sometimes I feel it’s the ego. They don’t want to admit they messed up because they feel it will make them feel less of a person. I’ve personally had my fair share of such experiences and it’s nothing nice. They will be wrong and still defend what they did with their full chest.
I’ve come to realize that the best thing is to stay away from such people.
In the work place too, I feel some may not be able to take responsibility because of fear of what the consequences might be.
But in all this, taking accountability of your actions makes you better and teaches so many lessons
Maybe you can help them change.
Why do something wrong when you know you can’t take responsibility for it? If it was unintentional that’s fine but some people do it intentionally.
You can only help when they are opened to it
That’s the point.
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I think we certainly have a lack of accountability in a lot of ways but we may be on the trend towards reversing that cycle. I think it’s a large part of the phenomenon of the woke bullshit that’s going on in many western countries and is seen elsewhere but where people were treated like infants for so long that it became part of the culture. I’m hoping that we are shifting away from that and towards something more reflective of what we need for society to propel forward properly with accountability on the upward trend instead of downward.