The responsibility track

During one of the last class days within my coaching education, I was asked how would I describe the notion of responsibility and the importance of remaining within its appropriate scope in a simple yet compelling manner.

What usually helps me is to break down such complex  notions into graphic representations and metaphors - with a little bit of playfulness and imagination my mind tends to be sufficiently entertained to actually retain some of what otherwise feels as rather abstract content.

The imagery that I came up with on the spot assumes that every one of us as an individual has their own unique path - we can think of such paths in terms of train tracks. On that track, commutes our own very unique train of which we are the driver. Just like we are the drivers of our own train on our own train track, others around us are in charge of the train and accompanying track they are in possession of.