Personal Accountability System (PAS)

[nrjaurora]

Wanted to guage this question / get as many opinions / experiences as possible with regards to it - What's the most effective Personal Accountability System any one person has had the good fortune of developing / using?

If you have designed a system or adopted a system if you feel open to share - please do..... your feedback / experience/s would be most valued and appreciated....

I like Steve P.'s - however I can't figure out if he just focuses on his primary objective (his purpose) and set's one year goals accordingly (stated as so in one of his posts) or if he has his goals laid out in 5yr, 10yr, increments breaking down into 1yr and then into quarterly (and this being the longterm planning doc's he has on his computer. What do you all think???

[dice]

I had fiddled with about 20 variations over the past two years.

The best PAS has been no PAS. Just 3-4 quotations that I believe in, I put a check if I lived it that day.

[nrjaurora]

dice - thanks again for your response / much appreciated. you'll notice that i've copied and pasted your response in another thread I created as I thought the response was just as relevant in this thread as in that one.

[nrjaurora]

For anyone dropping in on this thread I've copy and pasted a few reply's to another thread I created on goals / goal setting that I thought were relevant to this thread too.

Also, if anyone else can step up to the plate like dice & piercetheveil have many can benefit and I challenge anyone passing through to not just pass through but contribute to this thread in anyway they think is best - you never know who you could help.

Here come the reply's mentioned above: (they are posted in separate replys below) Enjoy / hope they help.

[nrjaurora]

Response from PierceTheVeil in "1yr (vs) 5yr Goals / PAS" thread
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I have a general direction for 5 years out. However, knowing I am constantly changing I am not obsessed with that far out.

Here is my system:

(This assumes that I have taken time to understand my strengths and what I would like to see out of the near future).

I look at 5 areas for the next 12 months (I have found that anymore than 5 and I achieve nothing).

I create a sentence or two on what I want to do and why. I then ask myself what feeling I am trying to get out of this goal. Once that is fleshed out I ask myself if this goal is the best path to achieve it. If not I scrap the goal and rethink. If so I proceed.

I then create a method to measure progress. A metric. I have to have this as I tend to rationalize and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ myself.

Then I break down the target into quarterly marks.

Everyday I use a tip I stole from Zenhabits. That is to act on 3 MIT's (most important tasks) the first thing in the morning. As soon as I get up I drink a glass of water and look at my moleskin journal and quarterly goal sheets. I write down something I can do a.s.a.p. before noon.

I review where I am every Sunday and set the agenda for the next week (2 hours).

Every Sunday at the end of the month I overview the month. I look at the metrics and Use Steve's TLP process. To dig deep to see if I am where I need to be. Sometimes I find that I simply do not want what I have been working toward. Swallow the pride and move on.

Once a quarter I take a weekend in a special location to enjoy peace and quiet. I meditate and take a look at the previous three months. I then adjust or proceed as need be.

I take the entire month of December off. I do a silent retreat for 7 days. I spend the the next week looking at the past year. I close that up. The next 7 is not a silent retreat but is spent in meditation and communication with friends and family. No work. No goals. Just being. I then spend the rest of month looking at the next year. Dreaming. Writing down possibilities. Journaling. I flesh the goals out around the 28th. I celebrate the goal possibilities and dreams on the first of Jan and spend the first half of Jan gathering what is needed and taking small action. I have momentum by the end of the month.

I enjoy my process. I scrapped my Franklin planner and all my former methods and hacked my own.

This has taken years to get to something I use and stick with.

Also see: thefourhourworkweek (both the site and the book).
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[nrjaurora]

Response from Dice in "1yr (vs) 5yr Goals / PAS" thread.
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No goals! We need a revolution. Live in the moment, how arrogant of us to plan for a future that isn't guaranteed to exist! If today was your last day, would you be happy knowing that you spent it planning your finances for the year 2012, or working out the number of reps you had to do to build up your biceps?

live live live. Work on principals, not plans. And everything will be okay.

1000 years ago they had Philosophy, not personal development. Just remember that.

If your working with other people and as a group your working like an army to attack or build something, by all means plan coordinate and cooperate, because then if one falls others still know how to follow. But if your flying a solo ship, please just let go and live.
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