Most people who succeed in their initiatives, have
one thing in common, and that is accountability. Being responsible and
answerable to the end result is something that keeps them on track and make
course correction, while staying put and persevering on the task.
Simplest example is an alarm that gives a wakeup
call every morning, reinforcing need to get up and stick to a routine morning
task, say a walk, or exercise. Even on the days when people feel lazy, this
follows and there are high chances that one sticks to the routine. Such
behaviour is learnt over a period of time and gets ingrained as a new program,
and that slowly builds up into a new habit of getting up well in time even if
the alarm doesn’t ring.
All self- initiated, self- diagnosed or self-
driven change initiatives fail, as, accountability to self gets soon overtaken
by the powerful force within, the comfort zone. It is for this reason, accountability
partners are required in most areas, be it health, finances, professional, behavioural
or life change. Managers/Supervisors become accountability centres in companies
while entrepreneurs choose their accountability centres within or outside of
families.
The rationale is simple, which is to commit to an
initiative, commit to hold yourself accountable to ‘someone’. Who is that
someone, is a matter of trust, choice and his competence. Unless this
accountability keep one on track, and keep his culpability on results, change
initiatives are more likely to slip and move away from the desired direction.
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