ACCOUNTABILITY

Accountability. It is not at all a bad thing—never was, never will be. Once some people hear that word, they seem to immediately think of someone policing them. Some sly fellows will even gaslight you to feel that you’re doing a wrong thing by asking for baseline accountability—that’s awful and terrible of them. What is accountability? It is basically an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions. Simply put, it means willingly accepting responsibility for your actions. It is actually a very good and positive trait. Matter of fact, it also means responsibility. It is the fact or condition of being accountable. What does it mean to be accountable? Now to be accountable means that one is required or expected to justify one’s actions or decisions. It means obligated to explain, justify, and take responsibility for one's actions, and to answer to someone or some people, such as a person with more authority or a group of people who authorize a...