Open Quotes

“But ignoring the tough stuff doesn’t make it go away. It just allows it to fester. Maybe you need to start dealing with the scary stuff, and maybe you need the help of a professional counselor to do that. Maybe you have pain from your childhood that you’ve buried or locked away, something you need to deal with. Please do. Don’t let that stuff control you any longer.”
― Craig Gross, Open: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest, and Get Accountable

“Accountability requires the internal strength of honesty. We have to be strong enough to hear the honest questions and answer them honestly. We have to be strong enough to ask honest questions and hear honest answers, reacting appropriately and with grace and respect. Without honesty, there is no accountability, pure and simple.”
― Craig Gross, Open: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest, and Get Accountable

“That’s why accountability is so very necessary, for each of our lives. Especially in today’s culture where we’re constantly being told about the smallest foibles of those around us. There are cameras everywhere, capturing everything, and it isn’t hard to look at this world negatively, just waiting for people to trip up. When we get accountable, we lessen that point of view in our own minds, and tripping up seems less inevitable. We walk with our heads held high, knowing that we can stroll freely and unashamed because we have accountability right beside us, helping us, supporting us, keeping us honest and secure.”
― Craig Gross, Open: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest, and Get Accountable

“Accountability is not easy, and it doesn’t come naturally. But in the long run it’s incredibly necessary, and when you do it right, it’s nothing but good.”
― Craig Gross, Open: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest, and Get Accountable