21 Days of Action: Are You Accountable Yet?

Hello!

Today is day 5 of our 21-day program. BY now, you should have some insight into your level of accountability and whether you are on the path to extreme achievement with your specific goal.

Being HONEST with yourself about what you’re expecting and experiencing is vital. And of course being honest with your accountability partner is as well. Making a decision to LOVE the process (the means) helps us get to the end faster and happier. In this program, the process is daily action and personal accountability.

Those of you experiencing daily success…BRAVO! What a wonderful thing it is to be on task and accomplishing what you’ve set out to do.

REMEMBER: Keep your VISION of your accountable, goal-achieving self very clear in your mind. A strong and vibrant vision fueled by your imagination is indispensable in achieving your goal.

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein

Now those of you who are struggling a bit, perhaps with success one day and the other not, HOLD ON!

Get up and start again: Really that’s your only option…IF success is what you seek.

FORGIVE yourself and MOVE ON. If we bring yesterday’s disappointments into today we are bringing baggage – guilt, regret, anger, etc  – into our new day and new chance at success. By starting each day with a clean slate we send a message to our brain that success is all we will accept, today. This daily forgiveness ritual will free you AND keep you accountable each day.

Also, share with your accountability partner and devise a plan to deal with the recurring challenges. (HONESTY is key)

To recap, today’s suggested activities are:

1)  Spend at least 30 minutes on specific action steps connected to your goal.  If you can invest more time, do so. You are working on the first benchmark – due to be completed by Wednesday May 25^th

2)  Reflect on and write about your accountability so far. Have you been doing the daily work and if not, have you acknowledged this to yourself and your accountability partner? What changes need to be made in order to get firmly on track to your goal (first benchmark due by this coming Wednesday)?

3)  Do forgiveness ritual and move on

4)  Contact your accountability partner and share adjustments, intentions and action steps for the week

5)  Relaxation/imagination exercise – description from previous message…[additional information is here about why this is important]

A) Spend 15 minutes today in a relaxed – super relaxed and comfortable chair or position. Get your mind to be as empty as possible…using deep breathing as your tool.

►      Deep diaphragmatic breathing is what you want. Filling your diaphragm as you to breathe in more oxygen will expand your stomach area; so with hand on tummy you should be able to tell instantly whether your breathing is deep enough. If your stomach expands (pushes out against your hand) you’re good, if your chest expands and/or your shoulder rises, you’re breathing shallow and will not gain the relaxing benefits of deep breathing

►    Visualize your muscle groups from bottom to top, tightening and releasing a few times and then relaxing into a calm stillness.

B)  In this relaxed position, after a few minutes of controlled deep breathing, sit peacefully for as long as you can up to about 15 minutes.

C)  Then immediately following this relaxations session, venture into some imagination playtime.

►     Allow your imagination to visualize your optimistic state of mind working for you as you see yourself producing more of what you intend to produce more of each day on this journey…writing, helping, sales, studying, researching, coaching, speaking, building, bonding…whatever your goal is, imagine your optimistic self in a state of blissful productivity. Keep this ‘movie’ in your mind going, filling in all the details you can inject and keeping it inspired, light and entertaining.  See yourself taking the actual steps needed to achieve the specific daily goal you have for today. See yourself taking these steps again and again.  Pause the movie a few times and insert a few deep breaths to be sure you remain relaxed.

Take stock of your personal accountability today, make adjustments and keep it moving. When you look back on this week you will be so thrilled that you kept moving forward!

Wishing you an abundance of productivity, joy and accountability,

Julette Millien

♥~

P.S. This is a part of the 21 Days of Action & Accountability – a free event.   Day 1 was Thursday May 19th and previous preparation exercises can be found here.