ABSTRACT
How do we break the cycle? It’s easy. Start considering your obligation to your business as a duty rather than a responsibility. Duty is dierent from responsibility, particularly in its eect on your approach to your job. Responsibility comes from the outside. It’s transactional. “I’ve done something for you, and now you have an obligation to me.” It’s also usually quantiable, not too dierent from an indenture, which, on the bright side, you can shed once you’ve met its terms. But as long as you are susceptible to the grip of responsibility, you won’t get rid of it. As soon as you check one responsibility o your list, it’s likely to be replaced by another. Or maybe more.
