Principle # 18 Accountability
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In The words of Lou Tice
“How good are you at keeping agreements - with yourself? By this, I mean all your agreements, and let me explain what I mean by that.
In their book “Life 101,” John-Roger and Peter McWilliams pointed out that the agreements we make are always with ourselves - although sometimes they include other people. In that sense, they’re like relationships. All our relationships are with ourselves, but often they include other people as well.
Now, your word is one of the most precious things you have, but many people think very little of breaking it. This is a mistake for two reasons. First and most obviously, it weakens your credibility with other people. But even more importantly, it weakens your credibility with yourself. When your innermost picture of your credibility, trustworthiness and reliability is weak, you can’t help but act in ways that reflect it. So once you make an agreement and give your word, do everything in your power not to break it. A broken word, like a broken cup, can’t hold much for very long.
When you lovingly keep your word - that is, keep it strong, keep it dependable, and keep it true - you will know the power of accountability.
And when you lend this power to a worthy cause that you believe in, its effect will be doubly powerful.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said that trusting yourself is the first secret of success, but how can you trust yourself unless you honor your agreements and keep your word?”
What have you done this week that was truly accountable to you and only you!
I made a promise to myself that I would do at least 1hr of workout each day that I was travelling and I DID.
Great job Sandy!
Writing down the promise or goal sure made a difference for me. I decided my short term goal would be not to eat anything after 8:00. I have tried this before but never put it in writing or held it accountable to anything. Its amazing but it worked for me. I even had a friend give me the “gears” about turning down an appie and when I said it was my goal not to eat this late I got their support instead !!
Cheryl
I really enjoed reading this blog. I agree that our word is the most precious thing we own, and next our responsibility to our health. I looked up the word integrity in the Webster dictionary and the definition for integrity is:
Honesty, sincerity and completness, wholeness;an unimparied condition. Now thats what I call character!
Thank you for this reminder of being accountable to myself.