Responsibility, Accountability, Commitment. A Facebook Example.

On Wednesday (the day after or "dafter" <smile>) my BirthDay, I replied to well more than 400 well-wishing posts on my wall at Facebook. It took a long time— pushing 4 hours. It was a neat look from experience at the distinctions of Responsibility, Accountability & Commitment.

Clearly, I was NOT responsible for doing all of those inndividual replies. I didn't have to do that.

It was a commitment I made.

I chose to be accountable for responding to those people who made the effort to acknowledge me & my BirthDay. One of those "right thing to do" deals. And my actions were met with a mood of enthusiasm & pride.

The choice is to be accountable for taking action— or not. Commitment follows accountability.

Simple, isn't it? <smile>

And my sense is, that responsibility is pretty meaningless until we choose to be accountable for that or those responsibilities— even if we "have to" accept them. 

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