1059 Five Ways to Unlock the Power of Accountability

“We accomplish our goals way more often when we have accountability partners.”On today's 5-minute Friday, Lewis takes us through five different ways that we can all benefit from the power of keeping ourselves accountable. For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1059Check out Greatness Coaching: www.lewishowes.com/mycoachMel Robbins: The “Secret” Mindset Habit to Building Confidence and Overcoming Scarcity: https://link.chtbl.com/970-podDr. Joe Dispenza on Healing the Body and Transforming the Mind: https://link.chtbl.com/826-podMaster Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins: https://link.chtbl.com/715-pod Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX

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• 0:00Lewis Howes?

  This is Five Minute Friday.

• 0:08Lewis Howes?

  This episode will transform your life dramatically only if you apply it and put these things into action. And I'm going to share this quote with Sam Silverstein, who said accountability is the basis of all meaningful human achievement. Accountability is the key ingredient to becoming successful. It's one of the keys, along with self-belief and self-confidence. Many people don't achieve their dreams because they lose sight of their vision, or they don't put in the work, or they don't have the consistent inspiration of that vision. And accountability takes care of this. When you're being held accountable and responsible to your commitments, to your goals, to your vision, to your dream, you're constantly being reminded about them.

• 0:50Lewis Howes?

  You have a force that's guiding you, that's pushing you to do the work every single day. And hopefully, the person or community that's holding you accountable inspires you as well. So in this episode, I'm going to share the five separate ways you can add accountability to your life while you pursue your goals and dreams so that you can accomplish them. Number one is to reach out to top performers, people that are inspiring to you, people that are models for you, people that have already achieved what you want to achieve. This is something that I did early on on LinkedIn. 12 years ago, I would reach out to leaders in my community who were models of success, who had already accomplished the things I wanted to do. I would reach out, I would ask them questions, and just by being in the

• 1:31Lewis Howes?

  conversation with them, they would guide me, they would mentor me, they would inspire me, and they would hold me accountable. So reach out to top performers because they've already done it, and they can inspire you and guide you along the way. Number two, find an accountability partner. We accomplish our goals way more often when we have accountability partners. This is someone you can check in with from time to time. You don't have to pay for this person. They hold you accountable to your goals. This can be a friend, a colleague, a peer, a family member. The effects of accountability are so much stronger when you and your partner have similar goals, so you can grow together with them. Think about it. When you go to the gym alone, it's really hard to go every day to the gym and do A hard workout. When you have someone holding you accountable who's going with you,

• 2:13Lewis Howes?

  you tend to push each other more. It's just natural in life as well. This could be your career goals, your relationship goals, or anything else. So find an accountability partner and you can also find websites online, groups, free groups on Facebook or wherever else to get in touch with accountability partners and create incentives for each of you to reach your goals. So what's the incentive? What's the thing that's going to be meaningful at the end of the day when you accomplish your goal? Number three, find your tribe. Just having one accountability partner can do incredible wonders for you. But when you surround yourself with a community, a group of people who inspire you and hold you accountable, then this adds to another layer of accountability and being even stronger for you to accomplish your goals. Think about it again. Let's do the gym analogy. You go to the gym alone.

• 2:59Lewis Howes?

  You can get certain results. It's really hard to show up all the time. When you go and you have an accountability partner, you're going to push yourself more. When you have a team and you have a common goal as a team and a community, whether it's a CrossFit gym or a sport you're playing, you show up not only for the person next to you, but for the entire team. You layer accountability, which allows you to accomplish your goals faster, pushes you more. It creates that urgency, that sense of connection as well. You can do this in fitness, you can do this in life, or you can join a mastermind in business. This is a great way to build community of like-minded people who are in your space. This is something that we did for years. I've been a part of masterminds and it's always helped me grow financially. When I have a workout buddy and then I have a coach and I have a group of people I'm working out with,

• 3:44Lewis Howes?

  you're always going to work out harder. This is what you should be doing in your business as well. Number four, help other people. Sometimes when you help someone else, it gives you that motivation and inspiration back. And helping others is a great way to build, paying it forward, serving other people, helping them. It'll support you with accountability in your own self because when you try to help someone else and give them some feedback, give them some support, it makes you want to step up as well in your life. So you can be the model that inspires them and the people you serve will hold you accountable to keep doing what you're doing. I can only imagine, I don't have kids, but I can only imagine the moment I have a child, that I'm going to want to become a better person because I know I'm going to be helping that individual and I want to be a model for them. So you gotta be thinking about

• 4:27Lewis Howes?

  that as well in your life. Be the model for someone else and help someone else. And number five is to get a high-performance coach. Get some type of coach that you invest in. Again, having a accountability is great. When you pay for it from someone that you respect, this is really when things start to pay off because you pay attention to what you pay for. So when you invest in it, you say, this is meaningful. This is why I'm investing in this thing because I care about the results. I care about the process. And that's why coaches are so valuable in every area of life, not just sports. Not only do they hold you accountable to your goals and your commitments, but they also do everything in their power to guide you, to inspire you, to steer you away from mistakes. So you don't waste time and energy. In every area of my life, I've had coaches and I have them today.

• 5:09Lewis Howes?

  From sports to business to relationships and everything else, the accountability for my coaches have been a game changer. And all the great people that I interview, all the great athletes continue to remind me that they would not be where they are without great coaches. And accountability was the number one reason why I started my greatness coaching program as well. Because too many people in this audience specifically didn't have the accountability that they needed to achieve their dreams. So I built the program that combines coaching, community, and high-performance techniques to create the ultimate system for accountability and achievement. And you can find out if you're a good fit for the greatness coaching experience at lewishouse.com/mycoach to check out and see if this is the right program for you. And there you have it. Number one, reach out to top performers.

• 5:53Lewis Howes?

  Number two, find an accountability partner. Number three, find your tribe or an accountability community to layer and stack this accountability. Number four, help other people because when you give to others, you've got to step up as the model in their life to show them what's possible for them. And number five is to get a high-performance coach. And you can check it out [email protected]/mycoach to see if you're the right fit for the experience we've created for this community. I'm telling you, the power of accountability will take your life to the next level. You just need to take action on these steps so you can start to unlock it. You don't need to do all these steps at once, but start doing some of them. It'll definitely support you. And I'll leave you with this quote that I love. I'm such a fan of this quote from Chris Lee, who is just recently on our show,

• 6:38Lewis Howes?

  who said, "Being held accountable is someone saying, 'I love you.'" Think about that. Being held accountable is someone saying, "I love you." And if no one's told you lately, you are loved, you are worthy, and you matter.