Accountability

There seems to be a common theme in sports talk lately. It centres around how people must be accountable for their performance. With the growth of social networking it is much easier for the common fan to feel like they can hold their favourite or most disliked player accountable for their play.

If you are going to try to hold someone accountable you need to understand what accountability is.

To me accountability is doing what you say you will do. It includes taking hard looks at yourself and admitting that you are not doing as well as you can and taking steps to get better. For me, being accountable is standing up and admitting you can't do something before you fail and impact others.

Now, if you live in the public eye, you are going to be held to a very high level. Joe Sixpack, the guy who lacks the discipline to not show up for work every Friday without a bit of a hangover, can call you out on Twitter, almost without any chance of repercussion. It isn't fair but living in the public eye brings a different level of accountability that most will never see or understand. In fact, most people couldn't handle it.

So, if you are going to question those you don't know, that's ok, as long as you can be just as accountable. However, if you really hold yourself to a high level and do things the way you should, you will live a rich and fulfilled life. You may be surprised at how the world treats you when you hold yourself to a high standard. 

Be accountable and life will be an amazing ride.