What, you may ask, is my definition of a…
What, you may ask, is my definition of a man? It is quite simply an adult male who is absolutely prepared to accept accountability for his actions, who is ready to say "I am responsible for my actions no matter what."
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Family Wealth: Keeping It In the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Hu
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A person who takes responsibility can still admit that hard things simply happen; he just knows that the one lever he can always pull is how he answers them. That, more than anything, is what I mean by becoming an adult: someone willing to say, plainly, I am responsible for my actions, no matter what. Open the black box, learn the lesson, repair what you can, and climb back into the air. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)
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