Accountability & Ownership
These two words represent our perspectives and approaches to handling matters.
"Accountability" means being fully responsible for something, and "Ownership" implies having complete ownership over the things we are doing.
Under the premise of achieving a task, we can decide how to complete it. We always have choices and we are fully responsible for the outcomes we produce.
The opposite of this concept includes:
- Doing just enough to get by
- Doing things reluctantly
- Using external factors as excuses for poor performance
When Accountability and Ownership are seen as a way of working, the considerations are not just about whether we like doing the task, have interest in it, or are passionate about it.
Instead, it's about Commitment and Willingness.
The former is about whether we want to do the task; if not, or if it's obligatory, or if it involves aspects we dislike, we might only meet the minimum standards. The latter thinks about how to overcome challenges and achieve it, taking full responsibility for the results, even if the process includes the aspects we don't like.
It's not about not pursuing passions or not taking advantages of our strengths, but about embracing the hard parts whether we like it or not. If we believe the thing is worth doing in the long run, changing the motivation from "I do it because I like to" to "I do it because I am willing to" becomes crucial.
這兩個字代表了我們對事情的看法和處理方式。
Accountability 是自己對這件事情全權負責，Ownership 是自己對這件事有百分之百的所有權。
其實就是自主和負責。
在可以達成任務的前提下，我們可以決定這件事怎麼完成。無論如何，以這個核心概念去延伸對事情的認知，我們都有選擇，我們為自己交出的成果負起全責。
這個概念的相反是:
- 交差了事
- 違背自己的意願，做不情願的事
- 把很多外在因素當作藉口來解釋事情做得不夠好
當 Accountability 和 Ownership 被納入做事的方式時，考量到的也不再只是我們喜不喜歡做這件事，對這件事有沒有興趣，和有沒有熱情。
而是承諾 (Commitment) 和意願 (Willingness)。
前者思考的是我們想不想做這件事，如果不想，或是不得不做，或是遇到自己不喜歡的部分，很有可能只會達成最低標準。
後者思考的是怎麼克服困難，達成它，為自己產出的結果負起全責，即便在這個過程會遇到很多不喜歡的部分。
其實也不是不追求自己的熱情和擅長的事，而是不管愛不愛或喜不喜歡，要做一件事，如果要做的夠好，一定有困難的地方。
如果這件事情自己相信長遠來是值得去做的，這時候的動機從 "我喜歡" 變成 "我願意" 會變得很重要。