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.