Why is accountability the ability to rise above circumstances
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Accountability is the ability to take responsibility for your actions and make everything work to your advantage What does accountability mean? It is the state of being responsible for something It is to be answerable for something It means to be liable for something or to be called to account for something Ask yourself: Am I accountable for my life? Am I responsible for my own actions? Am I in charge of my life? Am I personally responsible for creating my own reality? If you believe that you are not accountable for your life, then you have given control of your life to other people and to external circumstances In other words, you are giving up control of your life One of the greatest tragedies in life is to give up the control of your life If you are not responsible for your life, then you can only blame other people and external circumstances for your problems Sometimes when we are growing up, we give up control of our life We often blame our parents for our problems We blame our friends, our boss, our government, our country, our school, the weather, the economy and other people But you can't blame other people for your problems You can't blame other people for your failures Our parents are not responsible for our life We are the ones who are responsible for our life We are the ones who are responsible for our happiness We have to take responsibility for our life and for our happiness We have to own it We have to be accountable for our own life If you want to be happy, you have to take control of your life You have to take charge You have to be accountable What is the difference between being accountable and being responsible? Responsibility is the obligation to do something It is the duty to care for someone or to do something It is the act of assuming a duty or obligation Accountability, on the other hand, is the ability to take responsibility for your actions and make everything work to your advantage For example, if you are responsible for a position in a company, you may be held accountable for your actions Your boss may ask you to perform a certain task You may be held responsible for the results of that task