One of the topics that I have been passionate about for sometime is the need to build successful habits to reach your potential. Dr. Tony Schwartz teaches in the Power of Full Engagement that we have a finite amount of self-discipline and therefore we can only set out to change a limited number of things in our life at a time without running out of energy.
Ever wonder why you are not the only one who has failed at keeping 29 different New Years Resolutions? He says the solution is to build habits. Habits once effectively established no longer take self-discipline to keep going, but rather energy to break.
An important part of building these new habits is being accountable. I recently ran across a website that does just that, helps you be accountable.
www.PledgeHammer.com
Pledgehammer.com is a site that helps you keep your promises. They do this by making your pledge public and asking you to decide on a deadline as well as a financial incentive. Should you not succeed they ask you to donate money to a charity you choose yourself. This way your unsuccessful pledge may help to save the rainforest or support families in third world countries, making it not all that unsuccessful after all.
I thought it was a very interesting idea and one that can certainly help in an area that I believe we all could use help in.
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