Comments on: What does responsibility mean to you? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/what-does-responsibility-mean-to-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-responsibility-mean-to-you David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Maurizio Penzo https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/what-does-responsibility-mean-to-you/#comment-3790 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:09:23 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/11/20/#comment-3790 In the area of self-management I see responsibilities as commitments I freely take for myself as a way to orient actions and projects so that I can move forward, AT MY OWN PACE, towards my goals. I make a conscious effort to avoid holding myself accountable for them. I noticed that if I feel I am accountable and then need to make changes I sometimes get a little stressed about it or experience a subtle, disturbing sense of guilt.
Unless the responsibilities comes with some kind of legal or moral obbligations (and I put those in a different list!), I treat them as simple triggers for action. My first rule it to be good to myself. I want to harness my mind in order to be served, not persecuted.

]]> By: Matt Tanguay https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/what-does-responsibility-mean-to-you/#comment-3789 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:31:24 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/11/20/#comment-3789 You can hold yourself accountable, and you can be held accountable by others. Usually, the latter is more powerful. It’s easier to lie to yourself than it is to not fall through on a commitment made to other people.

Regards,

Matt
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