# Compare and Contrast - Responsibility and Discipline 🔆 - - - Gallup's definition: - - - 🔆 • Responsibility®(责任): People who are especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty. • Discipline®(纪律): People who are especially talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create. Responsibility® and Discipline® are both talent themes in the Executing Domain (purple). 🔆 - - - Similarities - - - 🔆 Both Responsibility and Discipline are highly reliable, and can be depended on to complete tasks on time. 🔆 - - - Differences - - - 🔆 • Responsibility’s reliability is driven by external accountability, keeping promises and following through on commitments. • Discipline’s reliability is internally driven, by planning in advance and following the plan. • Responsibility - meets deadlines to earn the respect of others. • Discipline - meets deadlines because it gives them a sense of predictability and order.