Reach your goals with your Accountability Partner
At the Get Paid to Speak Champ Camp in January 2007, Ed Tate told us about his accountability partner. Ed taught us that having a partner to keep you accountable to reach your goals forces you to work harder to reach your goals, because you don't want to let your partner down.
Here is how accountablity partnerships work:
1. Choose a partner who has weekly goals, preferably someone who is working towards similar goals that you are.
2. Schedule a time to meet with your accountabilty partner every week.
3. Set weekly goals, write them down, and share the goals with your accountability partner.
4. At your subsequent meeting review the goals with your partner and see if you each accomplished the goals that you set for the week. Don't be too soft with your partner. If goals are not met, discuss why the goals were not met and plans to meet the weekly goals.
At the Champ Camp Liz Trendowski and I became accountability partners. We have met just about every week since January to set and review weekly goals. The result of our accountability partnership is Liz's sizzlingly hot, selling book From Butterflies to Speaking Highs . Other results are presentations at the District 53 Conference, Dodging the Bullet Points, attending NSA meetings, meeting Alan Weiss in person and meeting Dan Poynter in person.
We drink coffee while we support each other for one-hour each week. We discuss upcoming projects and challenges. We critique each others ideas and laugh about our stupid mistakes. Then we go out and reach our goals for the week.
Liz and I have found that we are able to reach one or two goals consistently each week. Learn from our experience and don't try to reach 10 goals each week. It is better to reach 2 goals each week than to try for 10 and reach zero goals.
The bottom line is that Ed Tate's directive to create accountability partnerships is arguably the best advice I have received this year. Thanks Ed.
Take my advice and find yourself an accountability partner. Don't wait for the perfect day. Do it now. Pick up the phone ask someone who has similar goals to yourself. Then schedule a one hour meeting at your favorite coffee shop for next week. Take your goals for the week to the meeting and start reaching them.
Do you already have an accountability partner? Post your comments about your relationship. How is it helping each of you to reach goals?
Here is how accountablity partnerships work:
1. Choose a partner who has weekly goals, preferably someone who is working towards similar goals that you are.
2. Schedule a time to meet with your accountabilty partner every week.
3. Set weekly goals, write them down, and share the goals with your accountability partner.
4. At your subsequent meeting review the goals with your partner and see if you each accomplished the goals that you set for the week. Don't be too soft with your partner. If goals are not met, discuss why the goals were not met and plans to meet the weekly goals.
At the Champ Camp Liz Trendowski and I became accountability partners. We have met just about every week since January to set and review weekly goals. The result of our accountability partnership is Liz's sizzlingly hot, selling book From Butterflies to Speaking Highs . Other results are presentations at the District 53 Conference, Dodging the Bullet Points, attending NSA meetings, meeting Alan Weiss in person and meeting Dan Poynter in person.
We drink coffee while we support each other for one-hour each week. We discuss upcoming projects and challenges. We critique each others ideas and laugh about our stupid mistakes. Then we go out and reach our goals for the week.
Liz and I have found that we are able to reach one or two goals consistently each week. Learn from our experience and don't try to reach 10 goals each week. It is better to reach 2 goals each week than to try for 10 and reach zero goals.
The bottom line is that Ed Tate's directive to create accountability partnerships is arguably the best advice I have received this year. Thanks Ed.
Take my advice and find yourself an accountability partner. Don't wait for the perfect day. Do it now. Pick up the phone ask someone who has similar goals to yourself. Then schedule a one hour meeting at your favorite coffee shop for next week. Take your goals for the week to the meeting and start reaching them.
Do you already have an accountability partner? Post your comments about your relationship. How is it helping each of you to reach goals?
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