Why Accountability + Commitment = Success

 

How do accountability and commitment work together to play a part in our daily lives?

 

First, let’s focus on commitment. Grant Cardone recently said at his 10X Growth Conference that people often think about the details of something instead of committing to it first. Whenever we have a great idea, instead of committing to it, we think about why it can’t happen, why it won’t happen, or all the things that can go wrong with that idea.

 

When I look back on my life, many of the great things that have happened to me happened because I was able to make certain commitments.

 

When I first signed up for coaching a few years ago, the $1,000-per-month fee that was required represented a good portion of my income. I knew there was value in coaching, though, so I had the choice of either postponing that decision or committing to it and having faith that it would work out.

 

There’s a popular book you may have heard of called “The Power of Broke,” and I once thought about writing a book called “The Power of Commitment” that would’ve talked about the different things that come when you make big commitments.

 

For example, whenever I purchase a rental property, it happens because a great opportunity has come to me—the opportunity being a good property at a good price with a good amount of cash flow. I haven’t always had my ducks in a row when purchasing a rental property, but I make those commitments. By doing so, I’ve come across more good opportunities.

 

Now let’s move onto accountability. When you make a commitment, it’s always good to have people holding you accountable to it.

 

In my case, there was a time when I wasn’t going to the gym very often. There’s an agent on my team named Freddy Hernandez who’s very consistent with going to the gym every morning, so I decided to make a commitment and tell Freddy that I would pay him $100 for every time I showed up late to the gym or didn’t show up at all. That was a commitment on my end that included accountability. I gave myself a penalty if I didn’t do something I said I would do.

 

When you make a commitment followed by accountability, it eliminates your options. For me, it eliminated the option of going to the gym a little later or not going at all. If you don’t do what you say you would do, you get penalized. It forces you to keep your word even when you don’t feel like it.

 

 

Thus, the best things in my life have happened to me because of making a commitment and having accountability. When I got married to my wife, I made a commitment to her for the rest of my life, and it’s one of the best commitments I ever made.

 

So remember to make strong commitments in your life and then figure out how they’ll happen.

 

As always, if you have any questions or you’re thinking of buying or selling a home in Ventura County, give me a call or send me an email and I’d be happy to help you.  I want to be your real estate agent, your family’s real estate agent, and I want to provide anyone I can advice that will help them grow personally and professionally.