#personal-responsibility

#personal-responsibility

You know that moment when you're loading groceries into your car and you see someone just leave their cart in an empty parking space? Or worse, watch it slowly roll toward someone's car? I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after watching a guy in the pouring rain push his cart all the way back to the corral. No one was watching. No reward waiting. Just him, getting soaked, doing what he thought was right.

Ever wonder why some people seem to crush it in every area of life while others stay stuck in the same patterns year after year? According to Jordan Peterson, clinical psychologist and author of "12 Rules for Life," the difference comes down to one brutal practice: Telling yourself the truth about your weaknesses. Not the comfortable half-truths we usually feed ourselves. The real, uncomfortable, sometimes painful truth.

In many workplaces, safety is often seen as something for the management and OHS officers to worry about. While rules and procedures can get you halfway there, it's only when employees take personal responsibility for their own safety and that of their colleagues that a truly safe workplace comes to life. This means after acquiring high-quality PPE overalls and working boots from RS or other suppliers, you still need to cultivate a culture of personal responsibility

First, here's something many people (even some therapists) don't know and is counterintuitive: not everyone who has an affair believes his or her marriage is unhappy. In fact, data suggest that many cheating spouses report that their marriages are good, and that leaving their spouse was never a consideration. There are many other reasons people decide to have an affair besides unhappiness with their partner.

The last 30 years have seen heinous mass shootings of innocents become "ho-hum" events of everyday life - from Columbine (1999) to Sandy Hook (2012) schools; to just-engaged 20-year-old-Israelis walking (2025) in Washington, D.C.; to Laney college football coach John Beam (November 2025). Mental health issues do occur; 100 years ago, such shootings didn't. Grievances exist, but why think cold-blooded murder solves anything?

Rash of shootings reflecta lack of standards Re: Gunfire wounds troops in DC (Page A1, Nov. 27) and Legendary coach shot at Laney College (Page A1, Nov. 14). The last 30 years have seen heinous mass shootings of innocents become ho-hum events of everyday life from Columbine (1999) to Sandy Hook (2012) schools; to just-engaged 20-year-old-Israelis walking (2025) in Washington, D.C.; to Laney college football coach John Beam (November 2025).

A big one for me is the ability to let others be wrong. It's not up to any of us to tutor others in the ways of righteousness. That doesn't mean never challenging anyone, but rather not getting emotionally invested in changing their mind. This is especially relevant in our political climate, but also it's important for one's own peace.

Academic research that includes most dictionaries defines self-belief as having a positive attitude, personal confidence and a willingness to engage. Self-efficacy involves an individual having the belief and self-confidence in their ability to succeed at tasks. Self-esteem is about having a favorable self-impression and self-respect. In relation to opinion, an opinion is a personal point of view that is not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

It is only in this existential reality of the present where decisions, choices, behaviors, and actions can be initiated. What that then means, in terms of bullying, which only takes place as a choice in the present, is that one can choose to be a bully, or one can choose not to be a bully. Either choice will have consequences, for which the individual will be and is responsible (Falla et al., 2023; Menesini et al., 2013; Purje, 2014).