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Accountability Expands Your Chances for Success

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Find yourself some accountability partners.

Once you have picked someone to be accountable to, your likelihood of actually following through and taking care of those tasks is so much higher.

A study at Brigham Young University showed that when people say, “Wow, that is a really good idea,” there is a 10 percent chance they will actually take action to accomplish it. That goes up to 25 percent if they make a vow: “I’ll do it.” The chances of success go up to 40 percent if they create a plan to accomplish ...

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