Motivation Circles
Let’s get started 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%.
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How Groups Work
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We check in briefly, share intentions for the session and get to work.
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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.
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I check in briefly two or three times, to see how everyone’s doing.
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At the end, we check in, celebrate our progress and perhaps state our next intentions. The session ends, but often we’re so deeply engaged that we continue on our own!
"...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 Particpant