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Before adopting an external recommendation, apply an
Before adopting an external recommendation, apply an accountability check by asking whether you would own the decision's consequences as your own or defer blame to the recommender, using the answer to diagnose whether you have retained or surrendered authority.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from the default deference state (Most people do not experience themselves as the authority) and self-trust as starting point (You necessarily trust your own cognitive faculties as a). It prescribes using anticipated blame attribution as a diagnostic for authority transfer. It's actionable, general, and follows from understanding that genuine authority includes accepting responsibility for outcomes.