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How to Be Accountable

Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries & Relationships

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How to Be Accountable

Written by: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN, Joe Biel
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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Summary

Accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility for and to repair the harm caused by one’s actions. It features prominently in our relationships, personal lives, and professional lives. Everything from stealing money from work to lying to a friend to making a mistake at school that caused someone else to get in trouble to pressuring your spouse into having sex when they aren’t interested to murdering a stranger on the street - each require accountability, albeit dramatically different kinds. At its heart, accountability is understanding that your actions do not always have the impact that you intend; it is ownership of your actions, working to repair problematic issues, and learning how to prevent patterns from forming or continuing in the future.

Sometimes this is as simple as getting to know yourself and apologizing. Sometimes it’s a years-long process to recognize the motivations and behaviors that you see inside yourself and feel like you have no control over. How to Be Accountable will walk you through your own head to understand your own patterns and behaviors, untangle them, and live the kind of life you want.

©2020 by Joe Biel and Faith G. Harper (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing Personal Development Personal Success Career Heartfelt Behavior Change
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I found this book to be more than I exected. Because of the way it is written, I can use it as a good reference to keep me on track when I encounter a specific problem. As my mind spins-off into a story about what I feel is happening, I can stop short of an emotional reaction by reviewing the appropriate chapter and advice.
Its difficult to change old ways of thought and reaction, but with this book and some patience, it can be done.

More than I expected

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Absolutely delightful and packed with insights. I will listen to this again and again. Highly recommended.

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I appreciate the work that went into the book. My favourite part was the second half, but there was good stuff throughout. Definitely going to re-read, because it's hard to put this stuff to practice.

Worth listening to again and practical AF.

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This was the hardest book I have ever read/ listened to but it helped me more than any other book course therapist this book is on the list of the best things that have happened to me in my life ... I was angry the first time I read it but please try again because after the second read it changed my life

worth the pain

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this helps you examine your own patterns without the lenses of shame and helps you navigate that hard accountability and shifts your mindset more than others I have read on the same topic. also peppers in some humor tp examine the situations more indepth. highly recommend

meaningful self reflection

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