| It is estimated that up to ninety percent of our | | | | pseudo-accountability coach, even a friend, family |
| behavior is habitual. That means that up to ninety | | | | member or co-worker, only a professional |
| percent of what you do, you do the same day in | | | | accountability coach can offer proven strategies |
| and day out - often without conscious thought. | | | | to increase your level of success. Friends, family |
| This may not seem like a concern, until you | | | | members and co-workers can offer valuable |
| consider what percentage of your behavior is | | | | feedback on their observances, but not much in |
| sabotaging your success. While you may be | | | | the way of professional guidance. Besides, it's |
| aware of some of your bad habits, it takes the | | | | difficult to really take advice to heart from our |
| guidance of an accountability coach to identify and | | | | friends, family or co-workers. Sometimes the |
| bring awareness to all of the habits that are | | | | people closest to us are the ones we are most |
| confining you to your current reality. | | | | resistant to. |
| Most of us have a list of bad habits we keep | | | | For the best results, find a professional |
| telling ourselves we will change, but never follow | | | | accountability coach that can guide you from |
| through on making them. Think about all the New | | | | where you are to where you want to be. Before |
| Year's resolutions that never happened. And that's | | | | you begin your accountability sessions, your coach |
| easy to do when you have no one to hold you | | | | will ask you to create a very specific list of short- |
| accountable for the things you say you are going | | | | and long-term goals that you would like to |
| to do or would like to do. Would you be more apt | | | | achieve. This goal outline will help your coach |
| to make the commitment to change bad habits if | | | | identify the habits needed in order to achieve |
| someone was holding you accountable? It's not | | | | these goals and focus the accountability sessions |
| exactly comfortable to try to make excuses to | | | | to be most effective. Additionally, an accountability |
| someone else and you are more likely to follow | | | | program will help you realize improvements in the |
| through on things you say you're going to do | | | | following areas: |
| when you are held accountable for your actions, | | | | - Commitment to action |
| or there lack of. This is the idea behind an | | | | - Improved follow-through |
| accountability coach. | | | | - Increased high-payoff task productivity |
| Wouldn't it be great if our 'good intentions' worked | | | | - Increased confidence |
| the way that we think they should? Not even | | | | - Developing successful habits and thoughts |
| enthusiasm guarantees positive results. There's | | | | You and your accountability coach will set a |
| often a wide gap between our intentions and our | | | | schedule where you agree to speak and discuss |
| actions. Poor follow through is a fact of life for | | | | the goals outlined in the previous session. During |
| many of us. It not only threatens our health, but | | | | your sessions, your coach will ask you to review |
| it also prevents us from achieving personal, | | | | the set of goals from the previous week and ask |
| financial, and career goals that are well within our | | | | for a status report on each. |
| reach. | | | | This process is amazingly powerful and produces |
| Good intentions don't magically lead to good | | | | great results. When you are held responsible for |
| results. They are a start, but you must have the | | | | explaining why you didn't complete a task, this can |
| motivation to take action. Desire is unfortunately | | | | be a very effective motivator. It doesn't feel |
| not enough and this is just the truth! | | | | good to make excuses, least of all to your |
| We fail to take the action necessary to be in | | | | accountability coach. While there might be very |
| alignment with our good intentions. And while we | | | | valid reasons why a task wasn't complete, these |
| might be frustrated, but somehow never change | | | | are usually rare. My personal motto is, excuses |
| the negative habits. We stay in the same place, | | | | don't count unless you are dead. This may sound |
| repeating the bad habits that cause us endless | | | | a bit harsh, but the point is to break the habit of |
| frustration. | | | | making excuses. You either did it or you didn't. |
| An Accountability Coach will hold you accountable | | | | Why waste time with excuses. |
| to follow through with your "good intentions" and | | | | Even if you still have a tendency to procrastinate |
| call you on it when you don't. If this happens to | | | | task completion until the last day, you better bet |
| you, it will not feel good and you'll learn to just do | | | | your Thursdays will be highly productive days if |
| what you need to do to avoid that uncomfortable | | | | your accountability session is on a Friday. While |
| "in your face" feeling of accountability. In order to | | | | your coach will encourage you to take daily action |
| get what you don't have, you have to learn to | | | | to avoid procrastination, one highly productive day |
| break the habits that got you where you are | | | | is still better than no productive days. |
| now. An Accountability Coach will help you get | | | | Your accountability coach may also suggest daily |
| creative and try new strategies to move to your | | | | visualization exercises to help you focus on goal |
| next level. With the expertise, objectivity, | | | | achievement. Sessions may begin by reviewing |
| creativity and insight of an Accountability Coach, | | | | your goals from the previous week, followed by |
| you will accomplish what you used to only intend | | | | outlining your goals for the following week. After |
| to accomplish. | | | | your goals for the followingweek are discussed, |
| They will help you identify the habits and thoughts | | | | your coach will lead you through a visualization |
| that are sabotaging your success and hold you | | | | exercise where you will envision your goals |
| accountable for replacing the habits and thoughts | | | | already successfully completed. This visualization is |
| that are producing your current results with | | | | incredibly effective and focuses the mind on the |
| improved habits that increase your level of | | | | actions needed to fulfill your visualization. |
| success. None of us is perfect and each of us has | | | | When you have to answer to an accountability |
| badhabits and thoughts that are limiting our | | | | coach, you will improve your commitment, focus, |
| success. The longer we wait to change bad habits | | | | follow-through, and productivity. Additionally, |
| and thoughts, the longer we will continue to | | | | having an accountability coach will increase your |
| produce our current reality. To change your | | | | confidence and develop successful habits. You will |
| environment, you must change your habits and | | | | also see a reduction in procrastination because |
| thoughts. It's like changing from the old vinyl | | | | you will have deadlines to complete your goals, or |
| album record to a new audio CD playing. | | | | be held accountable for their non-completion. |
| While anyone can act as your | | | | |