Proactive Networking - Accountability Causes Action

You know that you want your business/career to be elevated to the next level. You know that in order to achieve success, you cannot continue to do the same things if they

are reaping poor results. You may also know that you get your best results when you work on a team or with a partner.

Furthermore, you have experimented with business networking and have realized that it is a valuable form of connections, lead generation, and broadening your options. You

may have come to the realization that if you were only to make new connections and build stronger relationships with your existing connections more consistently, you

would get to the next level you seek.

Is the problem is lack of motivation? Is the problem that you don't have enough time in the day? Is it a general unwillingness to do what you know is necessary to defeat

failure?

If some of the above descriptions apply to you, especially the part about working with partners or a team, I have a few suggestions to fire things up.

Have you considered partnering with someone to improve your networking activities? What I mean is, if you know the activities that are necessary in order to build your

contact base and improve on your business relationships, why aren't they happening?

Because most of us are competitive, partnering with someone on an accountable basis can motivate us to do more every day. If we have another individual or a team of

people who are keeping us accountable to the very activities we should be doing to succeed, we can impress ourselves several times over.

It is easy to make a game or a contest of this. For example; you can have a contest between you and your partner to see who goes to the most business networking events

or creates the most new business contacts in one month.

You can compete against each other to find out who will win at rekindling current business relationships productively. Whatever the challenge would be, you can offer each

other a valuable prize.

This is an excellent way to re-steam your motivation and force yourselves to move to higher levels. The key is to get you out of a certain routine and into successful habits.

If you both compete seriously, no one really loses.

If you try the above and use accountability as a motivational tool, you will then be able to make leaps and bounds in your business networking. You will see a noticeable

difference in your contact base and will realize some of your goals.