Cultivate the Voice of Compassionate Accountability [Blogs.PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 7/29/154:00 AM

Accountability and blame are not the same.

Imagine this scenario:

Your good friend Trish calls you upset. “I’m such an idiot,” she says. “I was in a huge hurry to get to a meeting at work, so I backed out of the driveway really fast. I wasn’t paying attention, and I ran right over the mailbox. It destroyed the mailbox and put a huge dent in the back bumper of my car. I’m such a moron!”

Take a moment to think about how you would respond. What might you say to Trish? Would you say:

“Trish, you’ve lived in that house for ten years. Had you not noticed where the mailbox is? What a dolt!”

[For more of this story, written by Jonice Webb, go to http://blogs.psychcentral.com/...nate-accountability/]

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