Everyone has several roles, duties and responsibilities in life; that of a parent, teacher, manager, team member, employee, etc. How effective you function depend on your beliefs, education, upbringing, what is expected out of you, and what you expect from yourself.
You may perform well in one thing but not another, like being a successful businessman but not a good parent.
If you do something because it's customary, you are a follower. If you perform your personal responsibility based on your upbringing and beliefs on how something should be carried out, it might not be the best decision if your viewpoints are erroneous and you have had bad role models. To get the balance right, everyone should actually perform based on sound principles.
All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; each man in his time plays many parts. - Shakespeare
Being aware of who you are, what you have been doing and how you should function is a good start. Look at your reactions and responses in every situation. Look at the results that you have achieved. Are they satisfactory? Are you happy with them or do you feel that what you are doing are against your will and principles? Analyze them and think through if there is a need for you to change the environment, the process or yourself.
You cannot rely on your memories or act on what is accepted as the norm and and expect different outcomes. Take control of your thought process and change your limiting beliefs. A different way of thinking will make you do things differently and subsequently produce changed results. Question yourself, the system or the process of how things are done and imagine a different option. When you do this you will find that other alternatives are available.
If there is a gnawing feeling inside you that something isn't right, sit down and write down what it is that's bothering you and why. What you think is right or wrong, good and bad, desirable and undesirable affect your roles and your effectiveness. You won't function at your best and do all that you can if your purpose conflict with your moral principles, personal values or standards.
If you want to carry your duties and functions rightly and allow your conscience to be clear, be a person with integrity. Face the truth, speak of it and stick to it. Do the right thing because it is right. Be sincere, honest and act courageously even if it'll make you unpopular.
"Our roles become the channels through which we live, love, learn, and leave a legacy." - Stephen R. Covey
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