John G. Miller, the author of QBQ!: The Question Behind the Question and this week’s guest on Stay Paid, reports that the #1 problem facing corporate America—according to the people in corporate America—is a lack of personal accountability. However, the real problem (as John sees it) is that very few people associate the word personal in personal accountability with their own person. Seems that whatever the problem, it’s always someone else’s fault. Well, it’s not—this time, it really is about you.

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0:00 Introduction

1:43 John’s backstory

3:46 Accountability and the 3 traps

5:58 The most common trap

7:31 The prompt for the QBQ method

9:32 QBQ catches on

10:57 A lack of corporate accountability | The Quiet Resignation

12:30 The first myth of accountability

14:11 The second myth of accountability

17:54 How to operationalize QBQ | The methodology

20:54 A notable success story

23:20 About the book Raising Accountable Kids

25:01 Books with impact

28:46 Action Item

392 - Check Yourself: Promoting Personal Accountability (with John G. Miller)