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You're Already Accountable - January 2012
Each one of us is already being held accountable in the
different areas of our life. We may not
know it, and we may not like it, but we all have what I like to call
Accountability Partners (APs). Some of those APs can be rather harsh. And the
opportunity is to recognize these harsh APs and upgrade to more gentle, loving
and nurturing APs.
When we aren’t present to what is holding us accountable, it could look like we don’t have anything holding us accountable. But that simply isn’t true.
Here's an example that illustrates this point. The bills that get mailed to me each month hold me accountable to the various companies I receive services from. If I don’t pay attention to these APs by sending in my payments, what usually follows are second and third notices. If I don’t pay attention to the second and third notices, what generally follows are “threat” letters (we’re going to close your service down, or turn off your benefit, etc.). And if I don’t pay attention to those APs, my services get discontinued and then I receive some new APs like bill collectors and lawyers. All of these things – these APs - are in my life for one specific purpose - to hold me accountable to the simple agreements I’ve made with my service providers.
I call these the default APs. If I don’t set up my own APs, these are the defaults that hold me accountable. What I’ve noticed...
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When we aren’t present to what is holding us accountable, it could look like we don’t have anything holding us accountable. But that simply isn’t true.
Here's an example that illustrates this point. The bills that get mailed to me each month hold me accountable to the various companies I receive services from. If I don’t pay attention to these APs by sending in my payments, what usually follows are second and third notices. If I don’t pay attention to the second and third notices, what generally follows are “threat” letters (we’re going to close your service down, or turn off your benefit, etc.). And if I don’t pay attention to those APs, my services get discontinued and then I receive some new APs like bill collectors and lawyers. All of these things – these APs - are in my life for one specific purpose - to hold me accountable to the simple agreements I’ve made with my service providers.
I call these the default APs. If I don’t set up my own APs, these are the defaults that hold me accountable. What I’ve noticed...
Click here to download the full article
