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Responsibility Definition:Responsibility Definition:

Being dependable and Being dependable and making good choices.making good choices.

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ComesComes

Responsibility.Responsibility.

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The willingness to accept The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which life is the source from which

self-respect springs.self-respect springs.

-Joan Didion-Joan Didion

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If you take responsibility for If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your hunger to accomplish your

dreams.dreams.

-Les Brown-Les Brown

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The price of greatness is The price of greatness is responsibility.responsibility.

-Sir Winston Churchill-Sir Winston Churchill

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We are accountable only to We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens ourselves for what happens

in our lives.in our lives.

-Mildred Newman-Mildred Newman

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Responsible Responsible people are people are accountable, accountable, pursue excellence, pursue excellence, and exercise self-and exercise self-control.control.

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Accepting the Accepting the blame or credit for blame or credit for one’s choices or one’s choices or behaviors.behaviors.

An accountable person An accountable person thinks before acting, is thinks before acting, is reliable, and accepts reliable, and accepts responsibility for the responsibility for the

consequences of his/her consequences of his/her choiceschoices

An accountable An accountable person doesn’t person doesn’t make excuses, or make excuses, or blame others for blame others for mistakes personally mistakes personally made.made.

An accountable person An accountable person sets a good example for sets a good example for others to look up to.others to look up to.

Pursue Excellence:Pursue Excellence:exhibiting diligence, exhibiting diligence,

perseverance, and striving perseverance, and striving for continuous for continuous improvement.improvement.

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A person pursuing A person pursuing excellence does excellence does his/her best at all his/her best at all times, being times, being careful, prepared, careful, prepared, and informed.and informed.

A person pursuing A person pursuing excellence finishes what excellence finishes what he/she starts and doesn’t he/she starts and doesn’t

give up easily.give up easily.

A person pursuing A person pursuing excellence takes the excellence takes the

responsibility of looking for responsibility of looking for ways to improve his/her ways to improve his/her

work.work.

A person pursuing A person pursuing excellence doesn’t excellence doesn’t

surrender to obstacles or surrender to obstacles or excuses, instead excuses, instead

overcoming them.overcoming them.

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AccountableAccountable DependableDependable ReliableReliable HonestHonest TrustworthyTrustworthy

ExcellenceExcellence PreparedPrepared InformedInformed AcceptanceAcceptance

The Wolf and the CraneThe Wolf and the Crane

A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swallow it. He soon felt terrible pain in his throat, and ran up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain. He tried to induce every one he met to remove the bone. "I would give anything," said he, "if you would take it out." At last the Crane agreed to try, and told the Wolf to lie on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could. Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf's throat, and with its beak loosened the bone, till at last it got it out. "Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?" said the Crane. The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: "Be content. You have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you."

Discussion Questions for Discussion Questions for “The Wolf and the “The Wolf and the Crane.”Crane.”

1. Did the crane consider 1. Did the crane consider the consequences of her the consequences of her actions?actions?

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2. Have you ever done 2. Have you ever done something, then realized something, then realized afterwards that you were afterwards that you were fortunate to be unharmed fortunate to be unharmed by the consequences?by the consequences?

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3. When you do something 3. When you do something without thinking about the without thinking about the consequences, such as consequences, such as breaking a family rule, do breaking a family rule, do you usually accept the you usually accept the consequences willingly?consequences willingly?

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4. Is it good to understand 4. Is it good to understand actions and consequences actions and consequences at a young age?at a young age?

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5. Why do our decisions 5. Why do our decisions and actions have and actions have consequences?consequences?

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Good men prefer to be Good men prefer to be accountable.accountable.

-Michael Edwardes-Michael Edwardes

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You can’t escape the You can’t escape the responsibility of responsibility of

tomorrow by evading it tomorrow by evading it today.today.

-Abraham Lincoln-Abraham Lincoln