It's all my fault

It's all my fault...

My team is great, I let them down.
I didn't know what to do and made a mistake.
The customer expected more and I came up short.
I couldn't fix the problem.
It's all me, it's all my fault.


Sometimes we take full credit for a failure when we truly were not alone in it. We could have demanded more of our co-workers or even our customer. It's almost as easy to take too much of or all the blame as it is to deflect it all.

Barry LaBov
LaBov & Beyond
Fort Wayne, IN
http://www.labov.com/

It can't be my fault

It can't be my fault...
The customer is mean.
My co-worker didn't return my message.
I thought you were doing that, not me.
I can only do so much.
You promised me it would be easy.
I'm the boss, you're supposed to figure it out.
You won't give me a chance.

Sometimes we spend more time preparing to explain our failures than we do trying to avoid failing at all.

Barry LaBov
LaBov & Beyond
Fort Wayne, IN
http://www.labov.com/