When Pursuing the Goal Gets Boring . . . (cont).

So, I promised you a part 2 to this discussion, involving getting help from the outside to keep the goal pursuit fresh — IF you’re not buying into YOU rewarding your own efforts as a way to incentivize yourself to keep on the straight-and-narrow goal path. And, that’s okay if you want to explore the “buddy system” route, which can be even more effective because it allows you some company along the goal trek and provides you with an accountability partner to do some goal check.

What I mean by “goal check” is that your people support network is known for providing a great checks-and-balances accountability system that can save the day when you, as the goal seeker, start taking your eyes off the goal prize. Check out the following excerpt from my blog post, entitled Accountability That Balances: A Writing Therapy Reflection (dated 3/30/23) . . .

So, I think it’s an incredible blessing when you have people in your life who will hold you in check, keep you accountable, be that sounding board of common sense and wisdom, and remind you to get your mind in the right place. These types of individuals are to be appreciated and respected because they can, sometimes, help prevent us from making shipwreck in our lives.

The Steps Leading to the Goal (dated 1/4/24) identifies your people support network as being family, friends, accountability partners, teachers/instructors, mentors, counselors, spiritual leaders, self-help groups . . .

The above blog post also indicates that —

You need to determine the kind of support people and groups who you want in your goal-achieving network as you’re striving toward your goal destination. Remember: these are YOUR people — people who will help you, not hinder you from getting where you need to go.

That last little bit, ” . . . not hinder you from getting where you need to go” is SO incredibly important when you’re looking to enlist help from others in reaching your goals. You need reliable, dependable, dedicated, trustworthy, patient, positive, motivational, and action-oriented goal partners to make up your people support network.

(Or, onesies work, too. If multiple people aren’t necessarily needed to assist you in your goal-achieving efforts, then one solid person will do the trick.)

All you need to do is to be willing to assign your network (or one person) with the authority to monitor your goal progress as well as check you, correct you, reward you, penalize you, motivate you, and unapologetically drive you to goal greatness.

But don’t get lazy while you’re handing out responsibilities to your network/person because you’ve got more invested in reaching your goal destination than they do/he or she does. You MUST do YOUR part. And, I couldn’t have said it any better than I did in my blog post, entitled The Bee-Attitudes of Closing the Gap (dated 3/9/23), where I stated that . . .

When you’re bee-ing accountable, you hold the expectations that others have of you just as high as the expectations you have of yourself, you set out to do what you’ve told others you will do, you include your supporters in the process and give them permission to hold you accountable for your actions, you assign your supporters roles to help you stay on track with the process and/or reward you for doing a job well done on the process and/or reprimand you when you’re not meeting the expectations set before you. 

Admit it. There are just some things that are more effective (and downright enjoyable) to do when you have company. So, if you don’t want to go it alone when getting after your goal pursuit (and to prevent yourself from getting bored with the chase), you might try establishing your own GOAL PARTNERS POSSE.