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What Do We Need In 2009? More Failure

This piece is on-target. The mark of a psychologically healthy person or company is their ability and willingness to take responsibility for their actions and choices. The playing field is not always clear-cut, but the themes are usually clear - do you have an internal locus (personal responsibility) vs. an external locus on control (something outside your control). There are many things outside of our control, but our attitude and language around them is pretty telling. We all know people or companies that typically blame something or someone outside of themselves for their problems without taking-on some responsibility. The real issue is doing a clawback on those who knowingly and willfully planted (and cultivated) the seeds of failure and walked away with millions.