Tough Hurdling Over Procrastination


Last week I probably did a month's worth of work.

Even better...I did a month's worth of work on things that had been sitting there waiting to be done for the last six months!

How?

Well...to coin a phrase I've used often myself...

"If you could have done it yourself...you would have done so by now!"

Or in other words (in this case, anyway)...if I hadn't had the motivation to do it by now...then I needed help!

So I went out and 'created' help.

How?

I made myself accountable.

Better still...I made four other people accountable to me, too!

I established a little 'master mind' group that meets via phone every week...who collectively share their experiences and advice...and sets targets for the next week - the completion of which they are accountable for to the other members in the group.

Not only that...I have implemented a 'three strikes and you're out' rule for those who either...

a) Don't turn up every week
b) Don't complete their targets every week

Of course...we make allowance for the serious stuff of life getting in the way like family issues and vacations.

Aside from those - there are NO excuses!

And, by the way...I am included in this as well!

Sure...in some cases this may seem tough...but, to be honest, sometimes we ALL need a little 'tough love' to get us over that procrastination hurdle.

This accountability call is part of a little experiment I am conducting to see if my theories are right about a few things where success is concerned.

Time will tell whether it goes the way I imagine it will...but, at the very least...ALL of us who are accountable have ALREADY started/finished/worked on stuff that we had all put off for longer than we should have.

By any definition - THAT is progress!

And...in my book, that's a good a reason as any for YOU to find out ways to become accountable to other people for your (and their) success.