Tag: Accountability Technique
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Clean Your Plate—A Bad Accountability Technique?
“Clean your plate” is an ingrained accountability technique left over from childhood. In one sense, this accountability technique is a good idea—clear your figurative plate of one project before starting another. That’s a fine goal, but the technique is mediocre at best. Why?
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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.
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Why Is Accountability to Others So Powerful?
Often the strongest accountability we can have involves least one other person. Why is that? Why are we so much more likely to be accountable to others rather than ourselves?
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Accountability from a Rival’s Challenge
A rival’s challenge is a strong accountability technique to use for substantial motivation. But can we cause a rival to challenge us and still feel the challenge is organic and real?
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What Accountability Techniques Are Right for You?
How do we know what accountability techniques will work for us? Here are some suggestions to get you thinking.
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Accountability Technique: Get Hired
Could we find a job aligned with the goal we want to be accountable for? We could get paid to do the very thing we want to be doing anyway.
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Tick, Tick … BOOM! — Accountability Techniques at the Movies
Am I attempting to glean accountability advice from a musical about a failed musical? Yes. Yes I am.
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SPUR Accountability Technique
Often we consider whether or not to take action in the moment. We consider two futures—one where we take the action and one where we don’t. Then we consider how the two outcomes will look to our future selves or others in our lives.
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Julie & Julia — Accountability Techniques at the Movies
How did jealousy, competitiveness, and accountability play into the accomplishments of Julie Powell and Julia Child?
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Legally Blonde – Accountability Techniques at the Movies
Quirky and perky, Elle Woods also practices accountability techniques. Am I overanalyzing a comedy movie?