It\u2019s been said many times: people like to have accountability, but it\u2019s difficult to be accountable. This is true for
\nall of us, even here at MPS. I\u2019d like to share with you the challenge I faced when tasked with planning a vacation.<\/p>\n
Yes, a vacation. Why? Because most of us already do a good job at being accountable in the workplace, but it can be challenging to prioritizing our personal goals; being accountable to ourselves. If you\u2019ve attended our Take Back Your Life! program, you know that we create a system where goals for business and goals for personal are both at the top of our lists. It\u2019s important to keep them together so that we don\u2019t lose sight of the things we want to accomplish.<\/p>\n
Okay, so case in point. Last year my wife told me, \u201cWe\u2019ve been married for some time now, it\u2019s time for you to plan a vacation overseas.\u201d In the seventeen years since I moved from home, I\u2019ve never taken a vacation. Sure, I\u2019ve traveled a lot\u2026but I\u2019m talking about a vacation to somewhere new and to actually disconnect from work. I\u2019ve always had ambitions of traveling to Morocco, Cambodia, Egypt, Peru, but never planned a vacation. It\u2019s because I kept telling myself I don\u2019t have time, it costs too much money, etc. I knew it was important to my wife and I knew it was important to me, but I wasn\u2019t holding myself accountable to making it happen.<\/p>\n
Three months passed and my wife says to me, \u201cYou haven\u2019t done a dang thing to plan! It\u2019s not in your \u2018goals\u2019 system, is it?\u201d (She knows that we live the system that we build in Take Back Your Life!) She was right, I hadn\u2019t had the courage to write anything down. So, she made me pull up the computer and pick a place. \u201cUhhh, okay, how about Ireland.\u201d I kinda chickened out because Ireland is fairly inexpensive and they speak English, but it\u2019s a part of my heritage so I thought it would be educational.<\/p>\n
As soon as I put Ireland in my system, it made me start being accountable to it. The funny thing was, that as soon as I made it a priority, the universe started aligning towards it. My rental house suddenly vacated, and I thought, \u201cOh, I could sell the house!\u201d It sold within two hours of being listed. Okay, so now the money factor was taken care of. Then I was able to schedule a bunch of work in June and July, thus freeing up August. Now I could actually book this\u00a0vacation! It was nerve wracking, spending all that money in just a few clicks, but also exciting. June and July were difficult months with all that work scheduled, but I was motivated by looking into August and seeing that vacation on the calendar.<\/p>\n
Ireland was incredible. And because I worked hard at it, I didn\u2019t even bring my work phone or computer. I said to myself, \u201cThis is true work-life balance!\u201d So, I hope this inspires you to not only work hard at your business goals, but that you also set, plan, and prioritize personal goals as well. Achieving both is possible! After all, if you\u2019re not accountable to yourself, how can you be accountable to others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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