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I’m Anne Bachrach and for over 27 years I’ve been best known as The Accountability Coach™. Some even have called me The Accountability Pit-Bull™.
Did you know that the #1 reason people don’t get what they want is lack of accountability?
If you want to make more money, work less, and enjoy even better work life balance, The Accountability Minute is perfect for you.
Are you sick and tired of your business just making you sick and tired?
You know the drill. You invest a lot of time in building and growing your business. You make many personal sacrifices. You hope that the trade-off is more clients, more revenue, more progress toward your goals, and more prosperity, so you can enjoy the business and life you truly want. Good intentions don’t magically lead to good results. They are a start; however, they are unfortunately not enough. This is just the truth! Poor follow through takes a toll on virtually every aspect of our lives. It not only threatens our health, it also prevents us from achieving personal, financial, and career goals that are well within our reach.
When you are held accountable to the activity required to achieve your goals, you will make more money, be able to work less, and enjoy even having your ideal business and ideal life.
If this sounds at all like something you want, you are in the right place to accelerate your results!
Not only can you get value from listening to a variety of proven business success topics, you also get access to complimentary high-value business success resources that I share during some episodes. The episodes are some of my absolute BEST ideas for helping you to create the kind of business and life you have always wanted.
Anne Bachrach is author of many books, including Excuses Don't Count; Results Rule!, Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices we Make Impact our Lives, No Excuses, The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit, The Guide to Stopping Procrastination, The Power of Visualization, My Gratitude Journal, and The Roadmap To Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard, and more.
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Today we are talking about Tip #3 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Get Enough Exercise. By now, you might feel as though you have heard more ‘health’ tips than you care to… but that is actually a good thing! Staying healthy is the most important thing that you can do to get on top and stay on top at work, and exercising is absolutely no exception. Work to get at least twenty minutes of exercise a day, whether it is a walk around the block several ...
Tip #2 for Getting On Top and Staying On Top Today we are talking about Tip #2 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Maintain a Healthy Diet. Eating right is actually essential to doing your best. Some people have a huge problem with this. Their diet consists of soda, chips, cookies, and anything else they can get out of a vending machine or at the fast-food restaurant. A bad diet saps your energy, makes you tired, and hurts your immune sy...
Today we are talking about Tip #1 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Get Enough Sleep. This might seem like a no-brainer, but sleep is essential to doing your very best. Having enough sleep is actually so vital that you could find that not getting enough of it can actually physically keep you from performing tasks at the height of your ability. A lack of sleep can not only cause drowsiness and the inability to focus, but can also result in impaired ...
5 Tips for Always Doing Your Best to Get On Top and Stay On Top Operating at the top of your game and being the very best you can be is essential to being successful. When you can find a way to always give 100%, no matter what you are doing, then you will most likely find yourself in a successful position if you keep at it long enough. But how do you continue to do your best, every single day – day in and day out? How do you keep from burning out? Burnout happens to ...
As a business owner, you know that success comes from having the right mindset and tools. Visualization is one of the most powerful tools you can use to achieve your goals and overcome obstacles. By imagining your ideal life and business, you can create a roadmap for success that will help you stay focused and motivated. Visualization is more than just daydreaming. It's a scientifically proven technique that can help you train your brain to work for you, not against you. And now, you c...
Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Relationship Accountability. Sometimes it is good to be reminded of what is most important. It can be easy to lose sight of what matters most when everything else is screaming louder for our attention. Your relationships are what ground you, and what make up a huge component of your personal value and purpose. Children, partners, extended family, childhood friends – these layered relations...
Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Strategic, Goal-Based Accountability. Entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers, CEOs – they all have something specific in common: the need to hit achievement-based milestones in order to be considered successful in their jobs or careers. This is why goal setting is an incredibly powerful tool, but it is one that often goes underutilized by high-powered individuals. Setting a measurable...
Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Time Management Accountability. How we choose to spend our time can make or break our success. From spending too much time getting lost in social media, to occupying our workdays with excessive meetings instead of focusing on what brings in revenue and makes the most of our skills, time management is a hugely important thing to prioritize and continually improve. This area of ...
Today we are talking about 1 type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Character Accountability. Our character, reputation, and our word are the foundation that everything about us is built on. If our work teams can’t trust us to follow through on a promise, or if our clients can’t depend on us to deliver on time, or if our families can’t believe that we will come through for them when they need us, then nothing else really matters. Success in other areas of ...
Accountability is more than just a friend that calls you up occasionally to make sure you’re sticking to your weight loss goals. It’s also more than the occasional roundtable discussion with business colleagues checking in how everyone in the group is doing in terms of hitting their quarterly financial goals. True, meaningful accountability serves to prop you up when you feel discouraged, and also propels you to heights you never thought possible. While there are many different t...
Many simple and effective resources get created when I'm coaching my one-on-one clients. An issue or situation comes up and I create a resource tool to help them get an even better result. In this example, my business owner coaching client wanted to better hold his support team accountable, so I created a performance assessment tool. This enhances regular communication with each team member about their specific performance of what they are responsible for (whether they are interna...
5th Way to Be Even More Productive Today we are talking about Tip #5 of the 5 ways for being even more productive, which is to Interview, Interview, Interview! Hiring competent employees and/or virtual help that you can rely upon to delegate tasks to is going to be critical to your success as your business continues to grow. You can’t be very productive if you don’t have good enough people to take mundane tasks off of your hands. Make sure that every person that you hire is...
Today we are talking about Tip #4 for being even more productive, which is to Avoid Multitasking. This might sound like an odd way to increase productivity, but it is actually pretty accurate. In most cases, multitasking just distracts you from doing your very best on one particular task at a time. Therefore, you can actually expect to get more done if you forgo multitasking and simply focus on the job at hand. Always remember to prioritize, and make sure that you focus on the most imp...
Today we are talking about Tip #3 for being even more productive, which is to Skip Some Meetings. As Mark Cuban says, there are SO many ways to interact with people nowadays… is there REALLY a point to scheduling long and involved meetings? Now, on the other hand, scheduling short meetings with a specific agenda of what you want to cover is actually very time efficient. This way you can collect things you want to discuss with someone and review them all at the same time. Th...
Today we are talking about Tip #2 for being even more productive, which is to, Plan When You Will Make Your High Payoff Phone Calls. Making phone calls can eat up time, especially if you start dialing and leaving messages. Besides, you never know what might come up on short notice that could interrupt you. If you are trying to get two things done already, plus being available to subordinates, PLUS trying to make phone calls, you will likely not be able to give ANY of the activities the...
Today we are talking about Tip #1 for being even more productive, which is to Keep Your Work Area Free of Clutter. Believe it or not, clutter can definitely kill your workday. Having needless piles of paperwork or supplies covering your workspace will not only be problematic as you try to get things accomplished, but it can also psychologically cause your brain to wane in the productivity department. Finding a way to keep your desk cleaned and organized will keep you ahead of the game ...
We can all always be even more productive. Time is a very valuable resource, and if you really think about it, being productive is one of the best ways to ensure that you are using your time effectively. As a successful business owner, you no doubt realize just how important productivity is. You have likely done a great deal to ensure that your employees follow procedures that are designed to make them more productive. You have also doubtlessly mastered the ability to keep working and getting...
Happy Valentines Day! I’d like to take a minute to say how much I appreciate you listening to The Accountability Minute, sharing my podcast with others you think would get value, and for leaving me such great ratings and reviews. I’d like to share some quotes that may give you INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION to be all you can be and enjoy life maybe just a little bit more. Denis Waitley said: Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spi...
To help you be even more effective and efficient, so you can achieve your goals at an accelerated rate, it’s my guess that you can delegate even more to your team members than you have or might think possible. Stop holding on to things that can be done by someone else and do only those activities that you can do and can’t be done by anyone else. Stop doing revenue generation / business development avoidance activities and delegate more! You should be doing only those activities that only you ...
Are you ready to transform the way you and your team handle incoming calls? Imagine a world where you can manage your time even more effectively, boost productivity, and provide top-notch client service with reduced interruptions. Introducing my FREE resource: How to Handle Incoming Calls More Effectively Phone Script! This powerful tool is designed to help you: · Master Your Time: By scheduling return calls, you eliminate the chaos of dropping everything to a...
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