If you want to reach your goals, it helps to have an accountability partner.
Even if you're the most-disciplined/motivated person in the world, if you choose the "go it alone" route it's going to be a tough haul.
Take New Year's resolutions, for example ...
92% of such resolutions fail, and according to a University of Scranton study one reason why is not having an accountability partner.
It seems like a no-brainer to have one, yet not many people do it.
There was a time when I prided myself on being a lone wolf. I thought of it as a badge of honour to not ask for any advice or feedback. The plan was to figure it out myself, and march along the solitary path to reach my goals.
Looking back, that wasn't the best approach.
When I started coaching, I opened myself up to connecting with others. I was ready to learn from them, bounce ideas off them and structure win/win relationships.
One such relationship started in 2014, when I was about to launch my podcast and I enrolled in a program with fellow rookie podcasters.
A perk of that program was it assigned accountability partners, and I was connected with David Shriner-Cahn (host of "Smashing The Plateau" and "Going Solo").
David and I had a weekly call where we brainstormed and threw ideas around, shared what was working for us and what wasn't, and helped keep each other on track to hit our goals. My calls with David were an important part of my week. They helped my podcast and my coaching business, and David remains a friend today.
That experience highlighted what accountability can do, and when I was planning the launch of The Coaching Jungle Mastermind groups I knew that accountability would be a big part of them.
On our calls, each of the 8 members sets a goal to be accomplished before the next call (and gets support throughout the week to help them reach it).
The first group has been doing really well, and the next one is opening up soon. If you could use more accountability, apply to join us here:
Marc Mawhinney