Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 81: Being Responsible.

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What does being responsible mean to you?

The word "Responsible" means being accountable for one's actions, decisions or consequences. If further implies having authority or control over something, such as being responsible for managing a projector leading a team. When one is responsible, it simply means that he/she is reliable, owing up to mistakes, making thoughtful choices that aligns with values and obligations. It also involves self- discipline, integrity, and a willingness to contribute positively. A responsible person can be seen through his or her characters or actions. When you're responsible in the society, you will be marked for good behaviors, morals, honesty, diligence, integrity, etc.

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What are some ways you can be more responsible in your daily life?

There are many ways in which one can be responsible in their daily life routine. Some of these ways includes;

• Focus on setting and achieving your goals.
• Being honest, diligent, and transparent.
• Improving your communication skills and taking full ownership.
• Being committed, proactive and learning from your mistakes.
• Set up realistic plans, goals and back it up with an action in order to achieve them.
• Take initiative, be prepared, punctual and don't wait for things to happen before you can achieve them.
• Acknowledge your mistakes, learn from them, admit when you go wrong and take full responsibility by correcting it.
• Develop good healthy habits, eat balanced diet, prioritize self-care, and get enough rest.
• Cultivate a growth mindset, be persistent, embrace challenges, continuously improve in learning new skills, and expand your knowledge.

What happens when someone isn't responsible?

When one is not responsible, they fail to own their actions, commitments, which leads to lack of trust, missed obligations, broken promises, lack of reliability. Again, it also causes Strained relationship. Irresponsibility can damage relationships as people become less likely to trust someone who fails to deliver. It also brings lack of trust. When one is consistently irresponsible, people losses their faith and trust in them. Another point is that is brings Personal consequences. Lack of responsibility leads to personal consequences such as financial instability, unhappiness, difficulty in employment, lack of purpose, etc.

Negative impacts in teams and organizations. When an irresponsible person works in a organization, it turns out to bring negative impact on the organization due to this uncultured character, thereby creating a toxic environment where accountability is absent. Lastly, Difficulty in learning and growing. Irresponsible fellows finds it difficult or hard to learn from their mistakes as growing individuals they are.

What are some good things that come from being responsible?

A responsible person is always recognized in the society. So, there a lot of benefits attached to being responsible to yourself and the society at large. Some of them includes;

• Increased confidence.
• Ability to learn from mistakes.
• Greater self- awareness.
• Clear expectations.
• Improved communications and stronger relationships.
• Increased trust.
• Enhanced work performance and improved reputation.
• Greater leadership potential.
• Increased accountability.
• Improved decision making, etc.

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In Summary, Being responsible is meant to be the duty of a person, this is because it's only the responsible fellows that are been recognized in the society. Thank you all for reading..!! Hopefully, you learnt something from today's post? I wish to invite my special friends @nemerem01 @jasminemary @entity01 to participate in this contest.. Thank you once again..!!😇