Accountability 101 — Who Are You Accountable To?

(first posted Nov 2021)

“Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result.”

– Bob Proctor

Have you ever worked with a life coach?

I have been working with one for the past eighteen months. It’s been a real game-changer.

I talk to my life coach (Rob Flichel) once a month for one hour…a very small time (and financial) commitment that has paid off in spades.

Of all the benefits of working with a life coach, I would say the biggest one is that it helps me be accountable to someone for achieving my goals and learning the lessons I know I need to learn.

During our monthly session, Rob takes notes on what I say I am going to do by our next coaching session. Then, in the next session he asks me if I did what I said I was going to do. If I did, he asked me how it went…what worked, what didn’t, what I learned, what tools I used or didn’t use, etc.

If I didn’t get done what I said I was going to, I tell him why. Then together we brainstorm whether my reasons were valid or whether they were excuses.

And here’s the interesting thing: