The concept of personal accountability dictates every choice you make: how you spend your time; how you spend your money or someone else’s money; whether you effectively delegate or compulsively over-control; whether you blame others, make excuses or take responsibility; and how you plan your workday versus what you actually do all day. Even down to how often you check your email—it all comes down to personal accountability. (there’s a FREE special bonus for you at the end of this week’s issue).
When the day is over, there are a few basic strategies, tactics, and behaviors that must be mastered if you want to be “a cut above” all the other business leaders out there. I call them the 5 PILLARS.
They are:
- FOCUS
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- CONSISTENT ACTION
- SELF-TALK
- ACCOUNTABILITY
Whether you’re a small-business owner or the CEO of a multimillion-dollar corporation, mastering these personal strategies will work for you, and make you dramatically more effective (and your business more profitable). Whether your empire is your business, creative venture, or career, the same rules, processes, and structures apply.
It’s very easy to become a prisoner to old bad habits and behaviors, and default to what you know best, which is typically your area of expertise. You may have bought into the myth that being a business leader requires exceptionally long hours, lots of hard work, and sacrifice. While this is clearly true during the early stages of a business life cycle, being a business leader should not be viewed as a life sentence of hard time.
If you’ve hit the bullseye, and mastered the 5 PILLARS, I tip my hat to you. If you’re not already a huge success, you’re certainly well on your way.
On the other hand, if you’re struggling to master these PILLARS, and feel that you and your business could be doing better, step one might be to download the FREE “Cliff Notes Version” of my #1 Best Selling book UnSTUCK for GOOD! It’s packed with more than 50 action-oriented steps you can take right now to improve your personal performance and the performance of your business.
As always, have a great week!