Learn From JetBlue and Steven Slater: Taking Responsibility Will Prevent Feelings of Obligation

I’m going to make an exception to one of my practices: I normally refrain from publicly using the Leadership Gift to analyze current affairs. It would be so easy for me: every day some prominent journalist or blogger bellows, “When will [insert reviled public figure] stand up and take responsibility for this mess?!” and I [...]

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Responsibility Process Helps You Deal with Feelings of Obligation

When you feel obligated, you are doing something you don’t want to do but feel you have to. Feeling like you “have to” generates resentment that you either bottle up or release at unrelated or inappropriate moments, and the resentment produces unproductive or at least wasted thoughts and action.
The Responsibility Process shows [...]

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Should You Delete Your Facebook Account?

I saw this op-ed in the San Antonio paper yesterday (it’s a couple of weeks old, first appearing here). I shared it with my wife Amy. Her reaction was similar to mine: Whoa.
The claim is that Facebook, led by 26-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg, is systematically liberalizing it’s privacy policy and practices. Why?  To earn more [...]

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Does Developing Your Innate Leadership Improve Agility?

According to research, a top 5 reason for executive failure is the refusal to see and deal with reality.1 Imagine that. Executives can be so sure of their plan that they blind themselves to threats and forces that they could see if they were willing and open to seeing them.
I’m guessing this is not [...]

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Will Smith on Living and Success

Actor Will Smith passionately espouses his philosophy for life and success in this well-crafted video. Numerous linkages to the Responsibility Process and Keys to Responsibility are evident. As you watch, listen for references to intention, awareness, and confront.
This video is evocative and inspirational to say the least. If it doesn’t inspire you to own who [...]

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