Communication
own it
accept responsibility openly
If you own it, you admit that you did something wrong and accept responsibility without making excuses.
Hear it in real life
Should I explain why the report is late?
Just own it and tell them what happened.
I forgot the meeting, so I had to own it and apologise.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I owned myself and apologised.
Say: I owned it and apologised.
For accepting responsibility, “own” takes “it,” not “myself.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
own it; own your mistake; own what you did
Your turn: say it out loud
I forgot the meeting, so I had to own it and apologise.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
own it
accept responsibility openly
“I forgot the meeting, so I had to own it and apologise.”
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