{"id":14578,"date":"2020-12-28T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T01:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=14578"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:45:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T01:45:53","slug":"accountability-lesson-from-the-republic-of-socialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/accountability-lesson-from-the-republic-of-socialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountability Lesson From The Republic Of Socialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber Paul Campo checks in:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Hey Ben,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Republic of the Socialists, that we call CA\u2026I don&#8217;t know if this is intentional by you (or maybe I&#8217;m the only one) but there&#8217;s an element that you bring to your Horde.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let me explain&#8230; I&#8217;ve been noticing a lot of &#8220;Accountability&#8221; products on the shelves. I&#8217;ve never been a fan of those. It&#8217;s weird, having a stranger &#8220;root&#8221; you on and hold you &#8220;accountable&#8221; to forward progression<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(I don&#8217;t care about letting this fool down he&#8217;s probably wacking it on his time-off instead of working).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>However&#8230; there&#8217;s a hand full of people in my life (that I&#8217;ve never met expect brief phone calls and email exchanges) that are my &#8220;accountability&#8221; list. Meaning, when I start feeling down, discouraged, hard on myself, I hear that little el Ben tell me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Stop being a bitch and get back to work. Or I&#8217;ll kick you out of the horde. Get your shit together &#8211; this takes time, and you have all the time the world&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And yes, you can use this for what you want.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve ruthlessly mocked so-called \u201caccountability\u201d groups, coaches, etc for years.<\/p>\n<p>I ain\u2019t talking about \u201cdevil on my shoulder\u201d accountability like Paul is referring to my voice as.<\/p>\n<p>But the accountability industry.<\/p>\n<p>At worst, it\u2019s just flat out pathetic and weak.<\/p>\n<p>At best, it shows those craving accountability aren\u2019t all that \u201cin\u201d to whatever it is they are being held accountable for, and should be doing something else to sell or do (i.e., do you need to be held accountable to watch your favorite TV show each week?)<\/p>\n<p>My opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Do whatever you want with it.<\/p>\n<p>But you now know what I think you can do with an accountability group\u2026<\/p>\n<p>All right, let\u2019s get down to the business.<\/p>\n<p>The January \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue deadline is right around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>As a subscriber I expect you to be fully accountable to yourself.<\/p>\n<p>To your market.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, to your business.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a coach, group, book, or other product for that, don\u2019t bother.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll simply be wasting your money.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber Paul Campo checks in: Hey Ben, From the Republic of the Socialists, that we call CA\u2026I don&#8217;t know if this is intentional by you (or maybe I&#8217;m the only one) but there&#8217;s an element that you bring to your Horde. 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