Create Your Own Personal Improvement Team

We made it! 2011 is here and many of us start of with new-found optimism and commitment. New year resolutions abound!

Celebrate your enthusiasm. Stay true to your commitment. Realize that you are only doing this for yourself and... isn't it nice to give yourself this gift? You bet it is!

Us people are funny beings. We think that just because the numbers of our year rollover, something magical happens. Well, just between you and me, something magical does happen!

Together, as a group consciousness, we decide to make a change. That is very powerful (and magical) energy - so long as we all share in that energy by telling what we expect of ourselves and holding each other accountable for the personal achievement of it.

Let me tell you what happens to a lot of folks. They will commit to change, and even tell their friends and family about it, only to let that commitment go later. Why??? because we too often don't hold ourselves accountable for getting the result. It's easier to hold someone else accountable isn't it? ;-)

Here is what you do... get yourself an accountability partner. Each day, you have a 5 to 10 minute check-in and tell your partner what you accomplished yesterday and what you are committed to for today.

I have been working with my accountability partner for about a year now and during the holidays, while she was away on vacation, I noticed that I didn't seem to be as organized or focused. An accountability partner will help you stay on your game and help you see those New Year Resolutions through.