Notes for work in progress. alternate title? Accountability: the 6th Pillar
Accountability is a fundamental quality of emotional intelligence.
It goes much farther than that. Remarkably, accountability turns up in many places. A fundamental part of accountability is accepting what is.
Turning towards = acceptance
A significant portion of John Galt’s speech in Atlas Shrugged is actually about accountability: accepting “A equals A.”
This is a fundamental part of the Serenity Prayer, and the first of the Twelve Steps. It is remarkable that Twelve Step programs have any success with the difficult problems they address. The technology they apply is used by the healthiest and most empowered of people.
Elephants and Economics 