How to stay accountable to your goals

I used to set ambitious goals and go hard for 3 days. A month later, I’d check my progress and be like, “What happened?” I found it SO HARD to look at the numbers because if things weren’t going well, a part of me felt like “I’m not good enough.”

No one likes looking at their goals and feel like they are making 0 progress…

I invented a practice that helps me relieve this trigger “I am not good enough” and force me to track my goals each week.

I make sure to block 90 minutes in my Google Calendar every Monday morning to update my board. Even though part of me hates it, here’s what helped me stick the practice. I tell myself:

• If I miss the meeting, I know I’ll delude myself into doing easy stuff over again. For example, when I was stuck at 6K MRR, I did all the marketing/sales manually, got the same number of calls and number of people joining. My product never grew because I didn’t change my methods. And why would I? I was unaware of this issue, and too scared to confront reality.
• If I make the meeting, I get to reflect on why my numbers weren’t being hit. Because of this reflection practice, I’ll improve and hit my goals much faster. When I started using it and I was immediately like FUCK, I’m off track. I need to change something or I’ll never hit my goal. Hires sales person, tries a new marketing tactic, * checks back next week HOLY SHIT I ACTUALLY HIT MY GOAL!!

What about you? How do keep track of your goals? 🤓

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