Responsibility and accountability comes as a burden to most people. When somebody holds me to account, I feel offended. It’s as if the other person is making me wrong.
When I started realizing that it’s only the situation that the other person is holding me responsible for, and not making me wrong, I started to get value out of it. I realized that when somebody holds you to account, it’s actually for your own good. I learnt from that and made improvements. I also learnt not to take the authorities too seriously! Not to die when somebody asks you why a particular thing is not done. All it needs is cleaning up and making up for it.
I had learnts that responsibility is a grace that you give to yourself. Not a burden you carry. It’s something that gives you power to create things. Not something that takes away your freedom, power and creativity. Responsibility actually gives you freedom to go ahead and be the cause in the matter!