Ch 9. Accountability, Risk and Courage
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." - Maya Angelou Accountability. What does it mean to you? The dictionary description means a willingness to accept responsibility or to account (be answerable) for one’s own actions. (Webster, 2023.) Do you consider yourself to be accountable? Most of us strive for this but sometimes (or often) fail. Then there are those who don’t strive for accountability at all. When I was discussing the ideas and concepts in this book with various people, the majority had different flavors of the same reaction. “I vote, and that’s all you can do!” “Well, somebody’s got to do something…” (cue the crickets.) “Isn’t the government supposed to take care of this kind of stuff?” It reminds me of an old Simpsons episode where Homer runs for mayor on a stumping point of “can’t someone else do it?”...and wins. (The Simpsons, Season 09, Episode 22.) The list of response...