TITLE: How Getting an Accountability Partner Increases Your Productivity

TITLE: How Getting an Accountability Partner Increases Your Productivity
ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Want to Get Things Done? Use This Simple Productivity Trick

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Youre procrastinating. Youre rationalizing and making excuses. Youre reprioritizing your to-do lists constantly, meaning that one little task never makes it off the back burner.

Maybe youve even tried to make this particular job a priority. Perhaps you even started taking action, but somewhere along the way you let it drop by the wayside. It seems like weeks, months or even years have gone by since you first got the idea and yet you never get it done.

If youre serious about doing this project, then its time for you to get serious about holding yourself accountable. And the best way to do it is to bring in someone ELSE to hold you accountable.

You see, you can always avoid the task at hand if youve decided to hold yourself accountable. And while you think youd feel guilty when you dont complete the task, all you have to do is rationalize your guilt away. It was never that important anyway. Or, I can start working on it first thing on Monday instead.

But you cant do that when you make a promise to someone else. You cant rationalize and make excuses if your accountability partner stands firm and wont let you get away with those weak excuses. And eventually, you WILL feel guilty if youre not doing what youre supposed to be doing.

Heres how to make the most of this productivity-boosting trick

* Choose a partner who wont let you get away with making excuses.

* Tell your partner what you need to do at the beginning of every week and at the beginning of every day. That way your partner knows what you should be doing and you cant fib your way out of completing your task.

* Have your partner call or email you at a certain time each day, asking about your progress.

If find that youre really having problems getting a job done, have your partner ask about your progress two, three or even four times per day that way you can report which bite size tasks youve crossed off your list.

Thats all there is to it. And yes, its deceptively simple. But when you know that your partner is going to ask you about your progress and make you feel guilty if you didnt do what youre supposed to do, youll get the task done. Its simply less painful to do the task than face your partners wrath. ?