“I did not get lured I accept full responsibility for my actions” Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham

You can get ideas and inspiration from the most unlikely places and this is not the first time I have been inspired by baseball. A couple of years ago I wrote that you can’t get romantic about it, but then again according to Susan Sarandon in the 1988 film Bull Durham – perhaps you can.

One of my favourite lines from this film is “I did not get lured I accept full responsibility for my actions”.

If you want to know the exact context of this quote I suggest you watch the film.
However, in the meantime the reason that this quote struck a chord with me is because this is exactly the sentiment that I get from the most successful individuals and teams that I work with. They accept full responsibility for their actions. They support each other, through success, failure and even that mediocrity in-between. Everyone accepts full responsibility for their actions and also the consequences of them.

If something does not go as well as planned there is no ‘it wasn’t me’ or ‘it wasn’t my fault’, there is just an openness and acceptance of the situation, a reflection on what was learned and agreement about what could be done differently another time – before moving on.

I bet there is more to learn from baseball. Stay tuned for the next sporting insight.

PS If you haven’t seen Bull Durham I’d recommend it. Thanks to @Annemcx for the introduction to this great work.