At the beginning of this year I recommended that you get an accountability partner who will hold you responsible for actually following through on your plans and goals.
I’ve had an accountability partner since the beginning of this year and we talk every day at 6:00 PM to go over what we’ve done that day and what we’re going to do the next day.
Has it helped our businesses?
Absolutely!
My accountability partner is a mortgage loan officer and his personal production and income has more than doubled this year compared to last year and my business has grown dramatically this year as well.
So I can tell you from first hand experience that it really, really works.
It’s easy to tell yourself “I’m going to do xxxxx today … ” and then you get busy and “stuff happens” and you never get it done, so you say to yourself “I’ll do it tomorrow.” But you know what happens, you get busy again and you never get it done.
When you have made a commitment to your accountability partner to get something done and you know that he/she is going to be calling at 6:00 PM you will find yourself busting your but to do what you said you were going to do so that you don’t have to tell your partner that you didn’t accomplish that goal.
Now, of course, this only works if you are honest with your partner.
The #1 rule of accountability partners is “no judgment.” If you are afraid of being judged, you may be less than honest. But trust me, you don’t need to have your partner judge you to make you feel bad when you don’t accomplish your goals. I literally start sweating if it’s getting close to 6:00 PM and I have not finished whatever I said I was going to do.
For example, I promised to get a new marketing video online today. It’s 2 PM and I have get going so that I don’t have to tell my partner that I failed at that goal!
If you want to make more money and get more done, get an accountability partner, it really works!
October 22, 2010
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