Blame keeps you stuck in the past, responsibility moves you forward. You can acknowledge something isn't your fault and still own your response to it. The most effective people focus on what they can control, not who's at fault.
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The thing is, is like blame keeps us stuck in the past. Responsibility moves us into the future. So here's the thing that most people miss. Like you can acknowledge something was not your fault and you can still take responsibility for your response at the same time. Those 2 things are not in conflict. In fact, the most effective business owners, the most effective people I see are the ones who've mastered this. They don't waste their energy arguing about fault. They ask immediately, what's mine to own? So for me, I start thinking about, man, I left my lights on upstairs. You know, I have lights on the back of my wall. So at night, those things shine out. You can kind of see what's in my office. I have my other office that has lights on also. And what, what I started to recognize is like, hey, those are inviting lights that someone can actually see things that may be in my office.