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Here’s a topical, and radical, idea from Daniel Pink’s great blog: instead of making New Year’s resolutions, pledge not to change something in your life.

Here’s the next key concept: the foundation of all Leadership is Accountability. Accountability is being willing to make commitments and hold yourself to account for them, regardless of the circumstances. There are two aspects to your accountability: your willingness to make binding commitments for yourself, and your relationship with the circumstances that surround you.

Whether you’re thinking about sending a child to private school, where to go on holiday, or buying office supplies, every day you opt for one thing over another. Sometimes you’re choosing. Sometimes you’re deciding. Doing one when the other is called for can get in your way.

It’s a commonly held view that people either “have what it takes” to be a leader or they don’t – they are born with certain characteristics which fit them to be a leader, and if they don’t have these characteristics, they’ll never make the grade.