Tag: responsible

  • Responsible: Growth Idea #637

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    Harley H
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    Too often these days I read news stories of accidents happening to people, and the tendency is to blame someone else. It takes character to be responsible for yourself, and the things you do or don’t do. If we play the victim card, we will find it extremely difficult to grow, to develop, and to…

  • Accountable: Leadership Idea #18

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    Harley H
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    Are you really a leader? Do you own the outcome you’re responsible for? Being accountable for the responsibilities you’ve been give is hard work, and it would be much easier many times to just blame others when things go wrong. And for sure, sometimes circumstances beyond our control have an impact, yet we need to…

  • Ambition: Idea #160

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    Harley H
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    How to ensure you don’t confuse ambition with entitlement. ‘Ambition is when you expect yourself to close the gap between what you have and what you want.  Entitlement is when you expect others to close the gap between what you have and what you want.’ (J.Clear) If I look to distill that quote, it comes…