COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Finding It Hard To Hold Yourself Accountable In Your Career?

The dictionary states that accountable means to be responsible for your own actions.

When it comes to building a career working from home, the buck stops with you.

You may be tempted to initially try self-coaching. You might want to create systems for daily, weekly, monthly and annual goal tracking. You need to identify your highest activities that put you in the best position to achieve your goals, and then do those things first . Reading books about coaching might also be a good place to help you get started.

At the end of every week, before working on the next week, it is important that you conduct a Personal Assessment of how you have done the previous week. Have you been true to your Objectives, have you fulfilled your priorities. In what areas do you need to make adjustments so that you can do better in the upcoming weak.

Some people may not be suited to work from home. They need to have someone looking over their shoulder telling them what to do in order to hold themselves accountable for getting the work done.

Tips for holding your self accountable:

1. Set achievable goals. Write them down, and check them every day to see your progress. Dont try to accomplish all your goals at once. Start small and you will get to the big ones.

2. Track your progress. Make yourself a calendar. Write down everything youve done for the day. Check it at the end of the week and see if you have been on track. If not, dont worry about it, you are exactly where you should be. Move ahead.

3. Give your self incentives. Write down something that you would love to do. Post it where you always see it. When you finish your first goal, go do it, dont wait, celebrate right now!

4. Get your self a running buddy. Someone that will hold you accountable for your actions. Make a commitment to talk to them at least once a week on your progress.

Remember, 'Personal accountability is the willingness to claim 100% ownership for your results!'