Thinking that everything is your fault is exhausting and not good

Self-responsibility mindset, external-responsibility mindset

These are words you've been hearing lately, right?
Especially in business settings.

A self-responsibility mindset is a way of thinking that seeks the cause or responsibility for things within oneself.
An external-responsibility mindset is a way of thinking that seeks the cause or responsibility in others or the environment outside of oneself.

Blaming others is bad, take responsibility for yourself, is something often said. It's also said that as long as you blame others, you're only half-baked. I also basically try to keep a self-responsibility mindset, and I feel that it is better that way. Even if you blame others, things don't move forward. You can't control them, after all.

But recently, I realized that there are times when thinking that everything is your fault is actually not good...

As the title suggests, thinking that everything is your fault is exhausting in the first place (lol), but there is something more important than that. The question to realize that is

Are you stopping your thinking by making it your own fault?

is what it is.

There are many people around me who have a strong sense of responsibility and a self-responsibility mindset. I think it's truly wonderful. But I've noticed that there are quite a few people who make it their own fault and then stop thinking there. Including myself.

As for what's wrong with that, the biggest problem with making it your own fault and stopping there is

the essence of the problem becomes invisible

that is what it is. Well, when you look for the factors of a problem, I think there are many cases where you are involved. But that's an indirect story, and I think there are many cases where it's different directly. If you stop at a self-responsibility mindset, you won't be able to reach the direct cause. I think this is a waste.

So the most important thing is

Have a self-responsibility mindset, have a sense of ownership over the causes and responsibilities of things, and strive for a solution

I thought this might be it. It's a waste to stop there when you can have a self-responsibility mindset. If you're going to do it, you might as well run to the end and get a positive evaluation.

Therefore, when a problem occurs, I think it is good to identify the true cause by using tools for cause analysis such as the "5 Whys" while also having a self-responsibility mindset.
(Reference: 5 Whys https://www.keyence.co.jp/ss/general/manufacture-tips/5whys.jsp)

You, who have a strong self-responsibility mindset, have a strong sense of responsibility and are wonderful. Let's make use of that strength, identify and solve problems as a set, and make both you and those around you happy!

By the way, the gray researcher is a bundle of blaming others(lol). When they get excessively petted by the director (me), they act as if

"It's your fault!!"

and pounce on the white researcher... At times like that, of course, I am exercising
self-blame thinking. I'm sorry, it's my fault...