Be a Man - Take Responsibility for Your Actions

By Clark Covey

We all tell white lies to others and, even worse, to ourselves. We do something wrong and instead of acknowledging it, learning from it, and moving on, we lie, saying it was due to circumstances outside ourselves.

Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Gal. 6:45 NIV

Genesis 3:12 NIV, The man said, The woman you put here with meshe gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it. As long as there has been a record of man, humans have chosen to blame someone else for their wrongdoings.

For you and me, it does not have to be that way. We can change and take responsibilities for our own actions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512730654

Clark Covey

During Clark’s early days of serving in the US Marine Corps, he learned never to excuse any behavior. If a task was not completed or was done incorrectly, instead of a normal response trying to shift blame onto someone or something else, he was required to take ownership, and the only verbal response allowed was, “No excuse, sir.”

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WestBow Press rev. date: 3/21/2016

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Religion / Faith / Beliefs

Country

Family

Health

Finance

Education

Entertainment

Community

Epilogue

Appendix

Declaration of Independence:

Constitution of the United States:

Bill of Rights:

Flag Etiquette

Works Cited

Acknowledgements

Thank you to my beautiful and wonderfully sweet wife, Anabelle, whose love, guidance, and encouragement helped reawaken my dreams.

Thank you to my parents who taught me the value of hard work.

Thanks to all who gave me second and third chances. There are far too many to list.

Thank you to the U.S. Marine Corps for a simple phrase, No excuse sir! They taught me how to improvise, overcome, and adapt. Semper fi!

Thanks to Doug Sexton, an amazing artist who provided the image of the scroll at the beginning of each chapter.

Thank you to WestBow Press for working with me to bring this dream to fruition.

Above all, I thank God for His many blessings and grace in my life, as my accomplishments only occurred because of those.

Prologue

I dedicate this book to my son Johnathan and my stepson Steven. Too many people do not accept responsibility for their own actions, and if my boys take this to heart and become better men today, perhaps they will influence other men and boys to become better men of today and tomorrow.

Recently, I read an article about lying and how most, if not all, people tell white lies. You know what I am referring to when I say that. I’m sorry I didn’t call you. I’ve been really busy with work. When, in actuality, you did not call someone because you simply did not want to get into another lengthy diatribe about something that was not important to you, or whatever.

We tell these lies to others and even worse, we tell these lies to ourselves. We do something wrong and instead of acknowledging it, learning from it, and moving on, we lie, saying