Chad SilversteinBuilt To Lead · Entrepreneur , Advisor, & Thought Leader

Take Responsibility For Your Sh*t

Name: Take Responsibility For Your Sh*t
Uploaded: 2025-08-05T19:00:51+00:00
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Channel: Chad Silverstein
Description: In this monologue, Chad Silverstein explains why personal responsibility is the foundational value of his company culture. He argues that anyone involved…

5 Aug 2025 · 2 min

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In this monologue, Chad Silverstein explains why personal responsibility is the foundational value of his company culture. He argues that anyone involved in a task bears responsibility, regardless of whether they acted or omitted action. He warns that avoiding responsibility and seeking scapegoats damages credibility, erodes trust, and invites sabotage. Silverstein stresses that leaders must first look inward, own their mistakes, and practice honesty and transparency. When individuals consistently own their actions, they earn respect, credibility, and second chances; when they lie or dodge accountability, they lose trust and face negative repercussions. The talk serves as a call to adopt ownership, follow through on commitments, and model responsible behavior both in professional settings and personal relationships.

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The first core value that I had at my company in our culture was personal responsibility, because I just had this belief early on, and I would just scream this out as many times as I could as a reminder to everybody on my team that you have to be responsible for everything that you're involved in, you know. And I think if you're involved in it, then you have some sort of responsibility, whether you did something or whether you didn't do something. And I think people who don't take responsibility and they're constantly looking for scapegoats scapegoats because they don't want to look a certain way, they do so much more damage than they would if they just, they just stopped worrying what other people think and just be themselves and be honest and transparent. And the flip of that is people will respect you and it'll build credibility and they'll give you a second chance. But if they know you're full of crap and they know you're lying and they know you're just, you know, avoiding responsibility, then you shouldn't be surprised when they're sabotaging, when there's people talking behind your back. You know, I think, you know, you got to in the mirror, and you gotta, you gotta do that first. So for me, any leaders that I'm working with and anyone that I'm close to in my life, if they are not looking inward first, I've got a problem with that, and I'm going to tell them because, you know, it starts here. And, you know, you're real quick to point out things in other people, you know, real, real quick to also not look at what you're doing. That's, that's not a good sign of a leader. So you got to be responsible, take ownership, and, uh, do what you say you're going to do.