Accountability isn’t announcing that you’re accountable. It’s what you do on Monday.

Declaring that you take full responsibility is a performance you can finish in one sentence. The actual thing happens days later, in a dull moment nobody is watching, when you do the boring repair or show up early as you said you would. Nobody notices that part, which is the point. Announcements are for the room, and the follow-through is for you.

After the next time you own something, write down the one action it implies and put a day on it. Then do it on that day, without mentioning it. Wanting credit is normal, and also a sign of which part you were relying on.