Summary: 

Happiness Simplified is a weekly podcast about the simple things that can make your life awesome. In Episode #18, Kayvon and Dai talk about accountability. Tune in to hear how motivation and commitment go hand in hand, the negative and positive impact of accountability, and why we need to set our goals into major and minor goals. 

Time Stamped Show Notes: 

00:40 – Introduction to the podcast 

01:00 – Accountability is telling someone like a coach or a friend to check in with you about where you’re at with your goals and responsibilities 

01:20 – Accountability helps Dai determine if his clients are reaching their goals or not 

01:53 – Kayvon shares how accountability has helped him and his business 

02:06 – “Many of the business owners started their business because they want to solve their own problems” 

02:45 – Kayvon signed-up with multiple accountability coaches to help him focus on the things that he needs to do 

03:25 – Kayvon shares to his clients and friends what has made him more productive 

03:39 – Kayvon has an accountability coaching service called “Strive” 

04:18 – Accountability has both a positive and negative impact on people  

04:42 – About the book, Accountabilty: Taking Ownership of Your Responsibility  

05:00 – How commitment coaching is similar to accountability coaching 

05:25 – The difference between motivation and accountability 

05:58 – Why motivation and commitment go hand in hand 

07:55 – Some people think that motivation has an off 

09:10 – People over or underestimate themselves on what they can do 

09:37 – Having the right estimation of one’s ability is key 

10:48 – In every habit that you wish to start, start small, then increase the work gradually 

13:25 – Get a regular check-in on the process of reaching a goal 

15:00 – Be with a group of people with like-minded goals 

15:23 – Dai shares how he applies accountability as a fitness coach 

16:25 – The biggest win that Kayvon has seen is the happiness of achievement 

16:45 – “One of the greatest sources of happiness is your own point of view about yourself” 

18:45 – Keep the mindset of knowing that things change—it’s hard in the beginning then gets easier as it becomes a habit 

20:41 – 90 days is the perfect time frame to create significant change and short enough to stay connected 

21:30 – Come up with some tasks to finish for daily accountability  

22:00 – Separate your daily goal with a major and minor goal 

23:40 – Do goal setting in the evening and let your mind subconsciously think of it 

24:00 – Tell someone about your goal 

25:55 – Visit Kayvon’s beta website of his coaching service – TheAccountable.me  

26:40 – Give us a feedback and share with us what piqued your interest 

3 Key Points: 

Stay connected with your goals—emotionally and intellectually. 

The perfect time frame to create significant change and short enough to stay connected is 90 days. 

Your point of view about yourself is one of the greatest sources of happiness. 

Credits 

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives