Tag: Accountability Buddy
-
Juggling Projects through Accountability
Life never stops so we can spend time doing what we really want to do. The things that are important to us often require more time than we have. Accountability can help us squeeze in everything we want do. Here’s how.
-
Be Accountable, Avoid Regret
My accountability buddy asked me what project is most important to me. I said I would prioritize writing a blog article. Immediately, I contradicted myself, saying that my highest “regret factor” would point me to a different project. What’s a “regret factor?”
-
Getting Our Sh*t Together with Accountability
When we find ourselves distracted, unmotivated, and not living the life we want to, how do we get our sh*t together? Kenny Bender and I have some thoughts to share.
-
Discipline, Accountability, and Resolutions
Western culture has a romanticized ideal of what discipline means. We think of discipline as an iron will to overcome obstacles and resistance to do the very hard thing that we want to achieve. We think discipline is hunkering down and punishing ourselves—because we believe no good thing is achieved without sacrifice and hard work.
-
The Karate Kid—Accountability Techniques at the Movies
“The Karate Kid” is a coming of age story — Daniel changes from seeing himself as the victim to being “the leading man in his own life,” to borrow a phrase from The Holiday. But the story teaches accountability lessons as well.
-
Using Accountability for Financial Planning
In modern life, planning is required to smoothly transition from one phase of life to the next. But planning is easy to put off. How do we use accountability techniques to prepare for the future?
-
Shiny New Accountability System!
Is trying out a new task list system a good idea? Or is it just a shiny new object distracting from our goals?
-
Proactive Accountability: Shifting Your Mindset
An eager new hire at our company got me thinking about proactive accountability. What if we look at accountability as taking the wheel on our goals, instead of reacting to other’s demands for accountability?
-
Accountability Quarterly Check-in
I’m doing a quarterly goal-setting exercise. I’m giving my examples of last quarter’s goals and results as well as my goals for this coming quarter.
-
The Social Network—Accountability Techniques at the Movies
This Aaron Sorkin interpretation of Facebook’s creation gives us idea theft, tech worship, backstabbing, and legal drama. It also gives us some lessons on personal accountability—in a roundabout way.
The Accountability Stop 