Inspirational tip: Find a goal buddy

Check in with each other once a week about your creative aspirations and how you’re going to achieve them. It adds accountability when those personal goals start slipping to the bottom of your to-do list.

Setting and achieving goals are two very different things. At least in my life. I use many different means to remember my goals – long term and short term. I have pictureboards where I have images of my visualized goals, and I use lists. And I find it a challenge to focus both on personal goals and on business goals. Some how it seems so much easier to focus on the business goals – perhaps it is because so much time of my life is spent working?

Goal buddies are great. We use them at work – where our project manager, boss or someone else constantly asks how we are progressing on our tasks, and how we are reaching the goals. But who is there in your personal life to guide you, kick your but and to keep you from letting yourself down?

A goal buddy can be a private affair, like your partner, a friend or your workout buddy. Or, in the world of social media, it can equally well be a public thing – nothing is more motivating than all your online friends asking how you are progressing on your goal. As you know, I have used this very blog to promote my goal of running a half marathon this year. And dammed if I want!

Who is your goal buddy? How has having a goal buddy helped you achieve your goals?