Accountability as an act of mindfulness

When I say being accountable is mindful, that means being responsible is mindful. That means you are aware of yourself and your feelings. What thoughts and decisions are running through your mind? What actions might you be planning or about to take next? Whether you want to stand up for your own actions, or you want to still support the fact that “everyone loves to blame, why should not I?” Is that the route we still want to take? No, we want to work towards accepting our mistakes and standing up for our own failures. That’s mindfulness! Being mindful is important and crucial not only for yourself, but for everyone working in the organization. The next question that arises is, “Why am I the only one accountable or mindful? Why not others? So, here, what do we do? As leaders or managers, we set an important example as their role model. Show them it is important and OK to make mistakes. We are only human; it is human nature to make mistakes. We can learn from our mistakes, but by blaming each other, we might not only not learn, but we will end up bringing insecurities, negativity, difficulties, and distrust with us as well. So, it is important that we teach them an important lesson because it is important to change and how it will help each other.

We need to teach them that we can find positivity, which is not hard, but it depends on our actions. We teach them about gratitude. How can gratitude lead to happiness and then how can happiness lead to a positive attitude and later, positivity? This will then dissolve any negativity that is left within the team members. So, being mindful at work can really make a difference as it can change the feelings about you and others when you are working together in a team. So, we bring in the important changes. We can build trust and learn to accept each other’s flaws and learn to work with them positively.