Your Accountability Partner

Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Over the years, I've witnessed dozens of people set themselves up for failure by following seemingly wise advice - "When you set a goal, make it public and tell everybody you know so that they can support you." In my experience, that hasn't worked so well - especially on long-term goals. The reason is that anybody outside of my close relationships doesn't know me well enough to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing. That makes it challenging to provide support in meaningful ways, difficult for me to accept it, and unneeded pressure on everybody. It doesn't take too much thinking to realize the best accountability relationship needs to be based on respect and a sincere connection to have the most impact. That means there is no need to crowd-source accountability when you only need two people to keep you on track. The first partner is the one you listen to the most - YOU! Accepting responsibility for your accountability is the most powerful skill own. But since you are the Boss of YOU and don't always listen to yourself, you need somebody else that you trust, respect, and is willing to call you out on your stuff. Once they agree, let them do their job. Getting what you want begins and ends with you, but having an accountability partner is a great way to keep you on track in the messy middle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	how are you today oh me I'm awesome thanks for asking even though it's been a
0:19.8	crazy weekend the storm is passing though having moved off the alpaca farm
0:23.9	leaving 12 acres behind a wonderful young couple two dogs a cat a husband
0:28.6	all kinds of stuff inside a luxury yet small 32-foot motor home for the
0:35.1	foreseeable future as we seek out a new pull place to live in this great
0:38.9	country we call the United States America it is a broadcast podcast the
0:44.1	daily boost from motivation to move dot com the positive boost you need every
0:47.3	single day today it's a conversation I've had over the years with myself and
0:51.9	my kids and a lot of clients as well and it's one of those interesting little
0:56.5	things where you you talk about you know who holds you accountable it's just
1:01.1	this is a sticking spot for me we'll talk about it as we get into the program
1:04.1	today because I did do you like the word accountable accountability a lot of
1:07.4	people don't and a lot of folks kind of outsource their accountability I've
1:11.1	actually literally had clients tell me that I'm not good at this way outsource
1:14.1	my accountability oh my god you can't do that we'll get into it here in just
1:17.7	a little bit my name is Scott Smith thank you for stopping by today real fast
1:21.0	before I start I get going on the on the program we are in transition this
1:24.8	week it's a little crazy everything is being adapted to the new studio we got
1:27.9	really good preparation into this but it's a little crazy I'm not going to
1:32.0	spend this podcast talking about my journeys around the country I will a little
1:35.7	this week you'll hear the transition and you'll hear references to the
1:38.5	stories that I learn along the way and the lessons I can teach along the way
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