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Motivation Circles

Let’s get going together.

Motivation circles provide compassionate companionship for getting going on tasks like paperwork, decluttering storage spaces and other avoided responsibilities. Allow me to explain...

I am inspired by:

  • a friend’s successful Content Writers’ Circle

  • the concept of using accountability buddies to help maintain progress toward a goal,

  • and most of all, emails like this from participants in the Circles:

"Great session. The journey to get three years of taxes done has begun in earnest and it's a wonderful feeling. Also I pared down a daunting pile of mail that has been like Cerberus on my tail for nearly two plus years. Thank you."

Research shows:

A study by the American Society of Training and Development found that having a witness when committing to a goal increases the chances of completing it by 65%, and making a specific accountability appointment with the witness boosts success chances to 95%.

Register here for Circles. Be sure to adjust the time zone as needed (just above the booking block.)

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request A MOTIVATION CIRCLE
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How Circles Work

  • We check in briefly, share intentions for the session and get to work.

  • We work quietly on our projects. If someone needs guidance, we use a breakout room. If someone needs to take a call, we mute them.  

  • I check in briefly two or three times, to see how everyone’s doing.

  • At the end, we check in, share what happened and celebrate our actions. The session ends, but often we’re so deeply engaged that we continue on our own!

JOIN A CIRCLE

"...what I need the most help with is getting started and staying with it (not giving in to 'it's too hard' or 'I'm too tired'), so [the Circle] has been working really well for me. Mostly I'm working on stuff that we have already organized, but I haven't properly maintained...without the commitment made ahead of time and the company, I wouldn't be working on it. As much as I think I should be able to work on it on my own, I also acknowledge that I don't."

~ Motivation Circles Participant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania