{"id":9537,"date":"2012-05-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/be-your-own-accountability-mentor\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T14:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:49:46","slug":"be-your-own-accountability-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/be-your-own-accountability-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Your Own Accountability Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m curious: How do you judge a \u201cproductive\u201d day as such? Is it defined by the number of e-mails you sent and received? Perhaps how many meetings you attended? It could even be how \u201cearly\u201d you arrived home for dinner with your family.<\/p>\n<p>Before you leave work, for just the next five work days, stop and handwrite on a 3&#215;5 notecard basic things about the day, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tWho you met with<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWhat you completed<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWhere you went<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWhat you learned<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHow you solved a problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of the week, use this \u201cinventory of engagement\u201d to identify what you want\/need to do more (or less!) of.<\/p>\n<p>Until you know what you do, you don\u2019t know what you do. Of course, reading that, it seems obvious, but it\u2019s good to remember. It is essential that you be conscious of the quantity of work you have taken on and what you engage in each day. When you see how much you are doing\u2014or how little of the right things you are doing\u2014you will be motivated to \u201cget better.\u201d This activity is a great way to hold yourself accountable and make sure you\u2019re really doing the things that help you make the most of your time.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womackcompany.com\/\">http:\/\/www.womackcompany.com<\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jasonwomack\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jasonwomack<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:Jason@WomackCompany.com\">mailto:Jason@WomackCompany.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA<br \/>\nI\u2019m curious: How do you judge a \u201cproductive\u201d day as such? Is it defined by the number of e-mails you sent and received? Perhaps how many meetings you attended? It could even be how \u201cearly\u201d you arrived home for dinner with your family.<br \/>\nBefore you leave work, for just the next five work days, stop and handwrite on a 3&#215;5 notecard basic things about the day, such as:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[23],"class_list":{"0":"post-9537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-magazine","7":"tag-productivity-coachs-corner","8":"magazine_issues-may-2012"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Be Your Own Accountability Mentor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/be-your-own-accountability-mentor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be Your Own Accountability Mentor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jason W. 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