Accountability Partners, Finding A Buddy

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I've been looking for someone close to me in my vicinity (same city) to be an accountability partner. I think having someone that you can physically meet with and talk to in person is going to make you far more accountable than any long distance, virtual mastermind/accountability system.

I've had an awful time finding, or actually, keeping!!! accountability partners. I'm difficult, I know... but even more precisely, I have certain expectations of what I can contribute and what I'd like to receive in return. I'm pretty clear upfront of what I am trying to achieve and yet a bit of a softy who accepts just about any reach-out from individuals who have goals, but so far, don't seem interested participating in a mutually supportive long-term relationship. What does work for me is short-term accountability partner relationships. I, or the other, states his/her needs for a short-term goal.... a 1 or 2-wk kick-butt buddy. We do it (grin, you know what I mean) and then move on, each the better for having helped each other through a very urgent need.... I still would like to find a longer term accountability buddy, but am doing the short-term thing now and again, and it is rewarding, if only short term.

This is a great idea - but putting it into practice can be difficult. Trust and a willingness to be honest and follow through on both of your objectives is needed. I still think that it can be implemented given the right method and shared goals. But I have yet to see it done.

Mentors are appreciated, but a buddy on the same journey in needing and giving a good reminder or friendly advice can truly create another factor in motivating and transforming a stuck mud into taking action achiever.

The give and take relationship in accountability partners do work in increasing drive, action and progress.

Do I have an accountability partner/s? Just my friends and more so with myself. Does it work? To some extent, yes. But I wish could talk to them in more detail. And sometimes, I ignore myself - my own worst enemy! LOL...

Do I believe that getting one ideally suited to what I'm doing online will be beneficial - OH YES!

IM is usually a very ME focused, competitive, and lonely road for most. It is only until you finally succeed or not even then, that you create a circle of friends or partners that can fill this role of accountability medium. For the very few friends or created partners on a mission that succeed at doing this - well done!

But for most newbies or wanna be's in the millions - it is a very isolated and personal endeavor to be involved in IM. No partners, just you competing with yourself at your best or worst as well as the whole IM world.

To some extent, the Warrior Forum is promoting a kind of accountability partnership in giving its members and visitors alike a chance to create a network of business partners and learning for the individual. I do believe that when a way to promote an accountability system requested either by its members or promoted inhouse will another level of jumpstart success begins.

Good thread - got me thinking and definitely not ignoring myself again.

Good luck and blessings on all of your endeavors. May your promises to yourself and or your partners find their right path and solutions.

I sort of do.


On my whiteboard in my office I have in huge letters

The percentage of my monetary goal I have achieved
Each of my business plans with a few major milestones to check off


People come in my office all the time so having this is sort of the same thing as being accountable, or at least has the same effect. I dont want people coming into my office over and over without seeing my % of goal achieved number stay the same or see the same milestones up. This gives me the push and motivation to achieve and pursue my goal and the individual milestones.

btw, whiteboards are awesome. Everybody should have at least 3!

An accountabilibuddy ! Wonderful ! XD

Accountabilibuddy!! ROFL!! haha! Nice ^_^


BUt all joking aside accountabilty partners are vital... We've heard this said again and again I'm sure..

To ILLUSTRATE take a Minute to REMEMBER ROGER BANNISTER...

Some of You may be thinking who is that guy? Is he a famous guru? Or Actor or something..

You wouldn't be too far off. So WHAT did HE do and why is he even IMPORTANT??

Well He is the first human being to be officially recorded as running the FIRST 4 MINUTE MILE at a time when it was believed that this was PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE...

Any guess to how U think He mite have done it?? that's rite ACCOUNTABILIBUDDY!!

Well i've been thinking of how it would work.

Could have a list of things to do, and list them on google docs so your accountability partner can see and can also be in control.
From there, you have a list of tasks you want to achieve by which time.
Once a task is completed, your accountability partner needs to confirm this.
If a task is not completed by a certain date, well you can either give your accountability partner something like $5 to their paypal account or something of value. Or maybe give them a keyword you found or something.

Hey I think this is a great idea!!

We have a lot of people interested too...

Let's just say the last accountability buddy I had turned into my business partner & we're making a bunch of money from it....so why not come back for round two?

Does anyone have a forum that where we can open up a thread so each of us can give out a detailed explanation of where we're at, what we're doing and where we're going? How much we work...etc. Just an IM bio as well as how we're looking to use IM to make our lives better.

Then we can just match up everyone based on compatibility to make things better for everyone.

And guys...we can use this to build a mastermind...THE NUMBER ONE KEY TO SUCCESS. As long as all of us are focused on making money online we can really build up a great group that meets up 2-4 times a month just to talk about ideas, challenges, projects, just about business...

I think this would be a great time & really beneficial.

I have an accountability partner (Mukul Verma , a fellow warrior) and the way we do it is this:

We define 4 goals that needs to be achieved everyday no matter how busy we are, how tired we are, etc... no matter what this 4 goals need to be achieved, there are no small tasks either (I mean everything counts), we send each other everyday the tasks we did to achieve that goals, It really helps you a lot, just a simple email nothing more, nothing less.

My advice, if you really mean it: Pick someone who's criticism you Hate hearing. (For me it's my mom. If I want to be accountable, I just tell her my plan. I never hear the end of it. I hate it. ... And it works.)
Don't pick a casual friend. They're too forgiving.

One thing about accountability partners is... do your best to avoid doing it with your best friends... This is because you guys know each other so well and are on such good terms that sometimes, you will not "follow the rules" or bend it... "Oh I didn't do this... I'm supposed to owe you dinner but I treat you all the time anyway..."