The Hard Truth About Accountability that Adults Intentionally Ignore
When you’re young, you have plenty of people holding you accountable. Your parents hold you accountable. Teachers hold you accountable. Coaches hold you accountable.
In fact, before you turn 18 accountability is everywhere. So much so that many young people learn to despise others holding them accountable as they grow into adults. This is the sad, but hard truth that adults face. Adults know that the best way to get a child to learn discipline is to hold them accountable. However, adults ignore this truth when it comes to themselves.
Unfortunately, when you become an adult a magic wand does not make you capable of holding yourself accountable. If you didn’t have discipline and self-control as a teenager, you won’t all of a sudden have discipline and self-control as an adult. Yet, adults fear when others try to hold them accountable.
For many adults, accountability is nothing short of criticism or shaming, even when done with gentle and loving intent. Viewing accountability with this mindset is a mistake. The fact is, when you are in pursuit of a difficult goal an accountability partner is a game changer.
This is why I’m so excited about my wife’s 120 day challenge that I wrote about yesterday. As of today, there are 120 days left in the year. For the next 120 days my wife Imani is offering to serve as both your accountability partner and cheerleader to help you make the most of the year before it ends.
Having an accountability partner help you end the year strong is just what most people need to push themselves over the top from this year being a good year, to it being a great year. All you have to do to get started is to sign up for free here.