Responsibility. It is something that we always try to run away from. Time and again, we boast of being able to do a lot of things. We find a lot of problems and deficiencies in the system. We have a lot of suggestions to put action to. We want things to be done in a different way or rather in our way. But when it comes to get into action, when we are required to implement our own ideas, we try to get away from it. The reason, we are afraid of owning up the responsibility.
If we divide the word responsibility, it would mean the 'ability to respond'. On further thought, we may say it is the 'ability to respond to an event in a positive manner so as to fulfil the expectations caused by it'. So owning up the responsibility of some task would mean to respond to all the requirements till the completion of the task.
But the question still remains, why do we fear to own up the responsibility? One obvious reason to me is the fear of failure. We always have our ego in front of us and it gets badly hurt when we fail and thus we never want to fail. Somehow not to fail is more dearer to us that success itself. We may spend whole our life boasting that we have never failed, only to realize that we have never had the exhilarating experience of success. Another reason would be the unfair criticism from other people who don't take up any responsibility either. There are a bunch of people who would shy away from all their responsibilities, yet won't lose a single instance to demonize a failed case. These I would say are the ones who add to our fear of failure. If in our society every sincere effort is appreciated, no matter whether it bears fruit or not, people would be less reluctant to own up responsibility.
If we are not the actor, let us not be the head-less critic also. Let's be responsible.
But the question still remains, why do we fear to own up the responsibility? One obvious reason to me is the fear of failure. We always have our ego in front of us and it gets badly hurt when we fail and thus we never want to fail. Somehow not to fail is more dearer to us that success itself. We may spend whole our life boasting that we have never failed, only to realize that we have never had the exhilarating experience of success. Another reason would be the unfair criticism from other people who don't take up any responsibility either. There are a bunch of people who would shy away from all their responsibilities, yet won't lose a single instance to demonize a failed case. These I would say are the ones who add to our fear of failure. If in our society every sincere effort is appreciated, no matter whether it bears fruit or not, people would be less reluctant to own up responsibility.
If we are not the actor, let us not be the head-less critic also. Let's be responsible.
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