When I first decided to start coaching and helping people reach their biggest goals, I knew that I wanted to focus specifically on accountability. It's an extremely effective strategy to share your goals, tasks and habits with another person whose job is to keep you on track and offer you support and solutions along the way.
When we're obligated to report back to a coach, it motivates us to take more action than we normally would if we were just working on our tasks completely alone.
In addition to coaching support, you can use a simple system to help keep yourself more accountable. Each evening, you'll "report" in to yourself.
This accountability system very similar to what I use with most of my coaching clients or recommend that they follow. I also use this system for my own tasks and habits that I'm working on.
The key in making this work is consistency.
Write out your weekly plan every week. Do your nightly review and planning every night. You don't have to spend much time doing your planning and reviewing.
In fact, it's better if do it as quickly as possible. Why?
Because planning isn't actual work. Reviewing, reflecting and journalling also isn't actual work.
They are very useful exercises but they should be kept to a minimum. It is quite common to be stuck in planning and reflecting mode but then not take much action. Avoid that!
Focus on taking action.
Hold yourself more accountable by planning regularly and doing a quick nightly review of your day. You're going to see real results if you do this and you'll make faster progress on your goals.
If you'd like weekly support, solutions to challenges and an action plan, take a look at how the online accountability coaching programs keep you on track with your long-term goals and projects.
I'm Nigel, accountability coach and creator of Holding Your Feet to the Fire. I offer online accountability coaching to help my clients reach their goals faster and support them every step of the way. Check out the Online Coaching page to find out how this accountability system will help you reach your business, career, financial, health and personal goals.