Accountability Builds More Business

A lot of us Networkers build in isolation – it’s a home-based business after all. That can be difficult sometimes – even for the most self-disciplined among us.

The best way around it? Find someone to be accountable to! Be accountable to each other and you’ll both see your success skyrocket. What does that mean and what does it look like?

Your accountability partner is someone you set goals with. Then you report back to each other about your achievements. Check in every week to set your goals and every day to report what you’ve done. If you’ve told someone else you’re going to get something done, you’re much more likely to do it. It works in every kind of environment, in any kind of relationship.

We’ve used this technique over the years – it wasn’t always easy to commit to someone, but it helped us to get more done. You can’t show up too often and tell your accountability partner that you were planning to make 35 phone calls today but decided that cleaning the refrigerator was just more important.

We get distracted, we procrastinate. It’s human nature and we have to find a way to overcome it. This works really well and it gives you someone to share the excitement of the work you’re doing and it gives you a buddy to pick you up from the disappointments that occur as well.

It’s important though to monitor your work with this partner – don’t let it fall into chatting and AVOID NEGATIVITY at all costs. If your accountability partner is negative or not productive – get a new one and we mean that. This is business. Be businesslike. Time is precious and you need to build momentum in your business. This is not for chatting or visiting, it’s for sticking to your goals and making your business fly. It’s about planning your work and working your plan.

If you can do this and commit to it for 8 weeks, and really push yourself during that time to do A LOT for your business; you will see a huge change in your work habits, your success rate and ultimately, your paycheck. As the phrase goes: JUST DO IT! Then tell us how it worked for you…