Ownership=Leadership

 Introduction

    Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog dedicated to helping you find ways to grow the love that you have for yourself. Today we will be discussing the importance of owning your mistakes and taking responsibility of your actions. I will also go over why it is crucial to take responsibility if you want to fully love yourself. 

Admit When You Are in the Wrong!

    The first step in taking ownership of your actions is analyzing where you are in the wrong. You can make a mistake and not be aware of what you did wrong. This can lead to arguments at home or the work place, but in order for you to practice owning your mistakes you have to be willing to view the situation from an outside prospective. I have a recent example of this from work this week, I had started a new job as I said in my previous blog, but this new job works closely with my old job. We had a scenario where I needed something from my old job and when they didn't deliver what was needed I found myself getting upset putting blame on them instead of taking ownership of the role I played for this failure to take place. I decided that I would review the situation and try to find what I could control to prevent this from happening again. While doing my review I realized that my previous work section didn't know how to do this because I failed to teach them before I left, so the whole situation started with my inability to share my knowledge of the certain procedures needed to get the mission accomplished. After coming to this realization I proceeded to make a plan of action to ensure that this stoppage of the mission doesn't happen again which is the next step in taking ownership of my mistakes.

    Develop a Plan!

    The next step is to develop a plan to fix your mistake, this could go for work or your personal life. For example of the personal life if I had forgotten to take the trash out and it upset my spouse I would change my routine to accommodate my responsibility of taking out the trash. Developing a plan isn't only for big mistakes but small ones as well, at the end of the day as long as I continue to make progress in improving I am building that love for myself. By committing to developing a plan it makes others view you in a different light as well. Now people seeing that you are willing to make changes not just to help yourself, but to improve, even the little things, in others life as well. Let's continue with my work example, the plan that I developed to ensure the mistake doesn't happen again was to conduct a thorough training over all the knowledge I had in the section and to answer any questions that the individuals replacing me may have. This helped build trust between our two sections and makes work flow a lot smoother than if I would have just put blame on someone else. The final step in taking ownership is very simple you need to own your mistakes.

Own Your Mistakes

    As simple as it may sounds the last step is to own your mistakes, but take these words for granted this last step maybe the hardest for most people to understand. When you are approached by your friends, leadership, or your spouse about a mistake that was made you need to do a combination of the first two steps. First you admit your mistake to them, it will be hard to accept responsibility for something that you don't feel that you are at fault for, but by taking a minute to review your situation from an outside prospective and figuring out things that you could have done better this step will be a lot easier for you. After you admitted your faults in the mistake you need to present the plan that you developed to them, this will show them that you are taking this situation seriously and are ready to fix the problem to ensure it does not happen again. When you do this you will have taken full ownership of your mistake and have shown them that you are not only looking out for yourself, but are willing to accept the consequences of the actions of others as well. This is a quality that you will find within many great leaders, the ability to take responsibility, not only for your actions, but the actions of others as well. If you practice these steps and are able to take full ownership the love and respect that you have for yourself will continue to rise and lead you a very successful future in whatever you maybe pursuing.

Next Blog Wednesday 23 FEB

    Thank you for reading my blog! I know this journey is going to be a long one, but I want to say I appreciate everyone for taking the time to read my posts. Please feel free to reach out via social media (facebook: Chris Lawton Instagram: Chris.Lawton4) or email (lawton4.cl@gmail.com) with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have. I look forward sharing another Post to you on Wednesday! Until next time 😁