[bctt tweet=”Setting a master group with the big picture satisfies the need to get out-of-the-way to see.”]
Small changes can change your life.
One small change I made this year is getting an accountability partner.
I love accountability partners.
Every week, I get the opportunity to sit in front of someone and have to deal with what I plan to do, and held accountable for the things I said I would do the week before.
It isn’t always a successful process, but it has improved my focus a great deal. More focus brings about more free time. More free time means guilt free video games. I love guilt free marathon gaming.
The question I have today is – why do I only have one?
Instantly, I think of diminishing returns, because my mind works better with habits when I do them everyday(i.e this blog). If I promise to do something once a week, it mean something to me.
The first thing that comes to my head was a negative thought, why is that?
I haven’t engaged in more than one solid accountability partner in a long time, and I don’t know where the diminishing returns exist until I get there( You don’t understand quick sand until you’re in it.) That doesn’t happen without trial and error.
The next fear that crossed my mind was redundancy – or the act of doing things over and over (it isn’t necessarily a bad thing for some things, like RAID storage).
It is possible to run over things or have things come back unnecessarily in different meetings.
But, there is a solution for that negative thought. It starts with the CEO of Twitter and Stripe.
Jack Dorsey is an amazing entrepreneur. He is the CEO of two huge tech companies. That isn’t an easy job. How does he do it? Themes. Each day has a theme, and he focuses on that. Its good compartmentalization, as opposed to the bad.
Third bad thought – followup. If I did it everyday, how do I catch up? Where do I take the time to work out the kinks?
That is fixable with an accountability day designed for followup. I need a “master” space, dedicated to putting these pieces together. It allows me to talk with a trusted advisor on the big-ticket items.
I cannot see the forest from the trees unless I get high enough to understand where I am.
So, lets wrap up this negative 3 analysis (this is what I am calling this from now on by the way) with a little TL;DR.
- Diminishing returns aren’t noticed until you get close.
- Avoid redundancy by setting boundaries
- Setting a master group with the big picture satisfies the need to get out-of-the-way to see.
Note: I am serious about the Negative 3 analysis. This is an interesting framework to work with.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 