Property has its duties as well as its rights.

— Benjamin Disraeli

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Owning something is not only a licence to do as you like with it. Land, money, a business or a position all sit inside arrangements that other people maintain, and the benefits flow partly from that shared structure rather than from the owner alone. Holding something therefore comes with obligations towards what made the holding possible. Rights are the easy half to remember.

Look at something you control, a budget, a property, a team. Ask what responsibility comes attached to it that you have not been counting, and meet one of those this month.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What do you own that carries an obligation you ignore?

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