Responsibility is one of the most important qualities that every person needs to develop. But, even if your parents did not instill a sense of responsibility in you as a child, there are 10 ways you can do it yourself.
10. Plan your day
All business and successful people always plan their day in advance. No business person will act chaotically. To achieve success and nurture responsibility, you must always plan your day in advance. Every person should master the basics of time management. Planning your day allows you to quickly cope with the planned tasks, while not overloading yourself. Get yourself a diary and write down every night what you need to do and what time. Planning your day greatly simplifies life and allows you to control it.
9. Change
If you want to become a responsible person, you will inevitably have to change. Standing in one place is better you will not. Will have to constantly improve. First of all, you have to learn to control your actions. Organize your day, do not put off things until later, when it will be impossible to sort them out. Many people are used to doing everything at the last minute, first indulging in laziness. But in order to become a responsible person, such behavior must be forgotten. In addition, you will have to stop shifting responsibility to other people.
8. Train your memory
A good memory in any circumstances will be the key to success. Memory tends to deteriorate, especially with age. In order to prevent this from happening, it needs to be constantly trained. Learn to pay attention not only to the situation as a whole, but also to the little things. It will be hard at first. Indeed, many people do not attach importance to trifles. But in fact, it is from the little things that the overall picture is formed. Over time, you will stop forgetting what you need to do if you turned off the stove and closed the door. There are many exercises that can train your memory. And one does not need to think that if everything is normal with youth in memory, then it will always be so. The main reason why older people are so inattentive and forget everything is the lack of brain activity in such volumes as it was in youth.
7. Find a like-minded person
When you are surrounded by people who themselves are not enthusiastic about the thought of responsibility, then it will be difficult for you to accustom yourself to this quality. Of course, you should not give up your environment just because of this. But reconsider your relationship with friends still have to. If your friends really only wish you good, they will not pull you down. And to train responsibility was easier, find a like-minded person. Or, in extreme cases, a person who, by his example, will show you what a responsible person should be.
6. Write down your plans and tasks
One of the simple but effective ways to become more responsible is to start writing down all your plans and tasks. In the diary, where you will plan your day, you need to write down tasks and plans. So all your goals will be before your eyes and it will be easier for you to fulfill them. If you regularly make a to-do list, you will never have a situation that you forgot to do some business. Having written down all the plans and tasks on the sheet, it is easier to distribute them evenly so as not to overload yourself. The to-do list can even be hung in a prominent place so that it is always before your eyes.
5. Do not come up with reasons why you did not do this or that.
Irresponsible people are always looking for excuses why they did not do one or another thing. And there is always some very important “excuse” why one had to transfer all his affairs. It's hard to rely on such people. If you do not want to let people down, say right away that you cannot help them or fulfill their request. And if you have already agreed, then try to fulfill the promise, instead of coming up with reasons why you could not do it. Most often, irresponsible people come up with excuses not because the request is beyond their power, but because of laziness. It is difficult to refuse, but laziness is fulfilled. So you have to come up with reasons why the request failed.
4. Do not expect praise
A responsible person understands that all his actions should bring results and lead to something. Such a person simply does what falls within the scope of his duties. What can not be said about irresponsible people. Such individuals, if they carry out any assignments, are only to be praised. And if there is no praise, then there is no point in doing something. The motivation for fulfilling one's duties should not be praise, but the result. Praise does not create the incentive that is necessary to achieve your goals. And the responsible person perfectly understands this.
3. Do not throw words in the wind
As a rule, laconicism gives a serious and responsible person. Such people do not boast of their achievements, abilities and capabilities. They do not need to prove something to others. And even more so, a responsible person will not throw words in the wind. To cultivate responsibility, you need to stop making promises to people if you cannot keep them. It is better to say this directly than to create the image of an omnipotent hero, able to cope with any request. Although in reality this is far from the case. Throwing words to the wind, you create a bad reputation for yourself in the eyes of other people.
2. Always act
In any difficult situation, a responsible person tries to take everything into his own hands, because he always acts, not hesitates. Even in the most difficult situations, such people pull themselves together and try to change the situation. Such individuals do not give up before the first failure and do not give up. And they go to the very end. Looking at such a person may seem that he has an ideal life. But this is far from the case. Just a responsible person does not shift his problems to others and prefers to act independently.
1. Practice more in organizational work
Responsibility implies not only the ability to control your actions, but also the actions of other people. Naturally, not all responsible people can do this and not everyone needs it. But if necessary, they can do it. You can start small. Organization of a picnic or family holiday, matinee at the child’s school or university event (if you are a student). The more often you try to organize any events yourself, the easier it will be for you to learn how to manage your own life.