Everyone Needs to See It!

As we mentioned last week, even the most accountable people get stuck in the victim cycle from time to time. Regardless of whether you’re stuck Below The Line all the time or only on a particularly pesky problem, you must still take the first step out of the victim cycle and See It. Recognizing that you may be stuck in a circle of denial requires the courage to acknowledge the reality of your situation, no matter how unpleasant or unfair that reality may seem. Without such acknowledgment, you can never expect to respond to it effectively. That’s what it means to See It!

Acknowledging Below The Line behavior and facing up to the reality of your situation does take courage. Failure to muster that courage results in an unwillingness to pay the price for greater accountability and results. In most troublesome situations, people do know, in the back of their minds, that acknowledging reality means they’ll have to change something that many of us hear, and even resist. That change generally begins with choosing to see a situation in a different way, and viewing a situation differently often means admitting that you did something wrong, that you yourself could have done more and didn’t. Deciding you can’t do anything to remedy the situation, you may as well move on. Why solve a problem when you can run away from it?

Everyone needs to See It! Here’s an important question to ask yourself: “Where am I Below the Line and what price am I paying to be there?” Undoubtedly, there is an important issue that you are dealing with that could use a big dose of greater personal accountability. The first step to doing this is to See It!

Next week we will talk about some things that you can do to help you See It and acknowledge the reality of the situation you are in. In fact, in the next few blogs, we will walk you through the process of moving Above the Line on that issue or circumstance you have selected. The end result? You will take the steps to greater accountability that will help you get the results you seek.

To learn more about how to See It, get a copy of The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability at www.partnersinleadership.com or any major book seller.