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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price dives into the powerful connection between personal accountability and your intrinsic motivators. Drawing on her extensive experience in leadership development and the science of motivators, Suzie uncovers how understanding what drives you can transform your approach to accountability, making follow-through feel natural and energizing.

You’ll learn how to harness your top motivators to create momentum in your actions, stay consistent, and unlock greater results in your personal and professional life. Whether you’re a leader seeking to enhance your influence or someone striving to cultivate better habits, this episode offers actionable insights and strategies to fuel your success.

Suzie also shares real-life stories, reflections on the power of motivators, and practical advice to help you embrace accountability, create meaningful growth, and lead with intention.

If you're ready to align your actions with what truly energizes you, build stronger accountability habits, and start creating consistent success—this episode is for you.

Read the transcript for Episode 141 below and discover how to fuel your accountability and wake up eager every day.

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[00:00:00] Suzie Price : what if the key to better follow through has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with what energizes you what if accountability could feel natural clear and even exciting simply by tapping into your top motivators and interest today we're unlocking the surprising connection between your motivators and your ability to take action stay consistent and create results you're proud of I can't wait to share it with you we're gonna cover some new ground today Michael hit it

[00:00:31] Intro : welcome to the wake up Eager Workforce podcast a show designed for leaders trainers and consultants who are responsible for employee selection and professional development each episode is packed full with insider tips best practices expert interviews and inspiration please welcome the host who is helping leaders trainers and consultants everywhere Susie Price

[00:00:59] Suzie Price : welcome to the wake up Eager Workforce podcast where we help leaders build a high commitment low drama wake up eager workforce and a life you cannot wait to wake up to that's what we're all about here I'm your host Susie Price and this episode is sponsored by my company Priceless Professional Development clients hire us for four main reasons we help them make better hiring decisions we help them become proficient and expert in using the Tri Metrix assessment throughout the employee life cycle that's the tool we use with hiring and development and we help leaders lead more effectively and lastly we help teams work better together and we create these podcast episodes for you and it really helps me to know if you found value today if there's something you were able to use so please send me a note

[00:01:47] Suzie Price : please follow and like the podcast and tag me you can find the wake up bigger workforce podcast anywhere that you you listen to podcast share the episode with your team and share it on social media if something spoke to you or you found it helpful it means a lot and again always tag me so thank you for tuning in

[00:02:08] Suzie Price : today we're diving into the engine of success accountability but we're not talking about checking boxes we're connecting ownership directly to the fuel behind your actions your motivators if you're new to motivators or the workplace motivators assessment remember your motivators are not your personality they are your why they reveal what energizes you and what you value and how you prefer to spend your time seven days a week so they give you some really important information so the title for this episode it's episode 1 41 says it all wake up your life own it feeling accountability with what drives you we do have a show notes they're always complete

[00:02:52] Suzie Price : and with links to all the resources and we're always giving you free resources and there's a worksheet for this episode we also have a full transcript and you can find all of that at Priceless professional.comslashfueling accountability priceless professional.comslashfueling accountability we always have that show notes verbage is a small uh lowercase and all one word priceless professional.comslash fueling accountability so this content comes from one of my favorite interactive workshops one that we deliver virtually with teams and leaders

[00:03:28] Suzie Price : and one we do in person and it's one that strengthens personal accountability through the lens of your natural driver something I I mentioned when I we opened this up today you know accountability is a top wake a bigger skill because it keeps your energy clean keeps your mind clear and your relationships strong so there's top three takeaways from day today and they are accountability gets easier when it aligns with your motivators so that's gonna be a big aha it was for me even as much as I do this work every time I look at it and look at my motivators I get insight into what I lean into and what I might lean away from

[00:04:10] Suzie Price : and it helps me become more accountable and understand my behaviors around certain things because it's what I what energizes me and what doesn't so we're gonna look at that so that when you understand this you'll stop feeling like accountability is discipline and you can make it start feeling like momentum and there's this is a quote I really like it's unknown I don't know who said it but when you're in your flow discipline becomes desire and that's what we want I want you to want to do what needs to be done and with self awareness and understanding and with this tools that we're gonna talk about today you're gonna get that

[00:04:51] Suzie Price : the second takeaway for today is every motivator has a strength and a blind spot so each motivator which we're gonna talk about you'll be able to look and learn about yours can support or sabotage our follow through so we wanna we wanna be aware of that and we wanna work through that and manage ourselves Aristotle reminded us that knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom there's more wisdom in this because we're gonna know what pulls us like I said earlier and what what causes what drains us and we'll understand our reactions and then we can manage those

[00:05:28] Suzie Price : the third takeaway is that accountability goes grows through small deliberate steps you'll be able to create an accountability action plan a very simple thing that you can think through or may hopefully write down at the end of the episode and this action plan is going to anchor your wins review your opportunities help you make them motivator connections and help you come up with some measurable next steps and leadership guru John Maxwell says small disciplines repeated with consistency lead to great achievements gained slowly over time

[00:06:06] Suzie Price : so we want those great achievements and that's what we're all about here today so let's talk about what personal accountability really means personal accountability is owning your choices learning from mistakes and following through even when it's tough you know we make these Trimetrix hiring templates for positions to help employers understand the top attributes needed for success in the role and 98% of all roles we've done thousands and thousands of hiring templates almost all of them list this skill personal accountability as essential for superior performance when they can only pick seven to eight skills out of the list of more than 20 personal accountability always makes the cut why well because motivators reveal why you act and the personal skills reveal how clearly you see the world together they shape accountability habits

[00:07:00] Suzie Price : so personal accountability matters we don't want to have a situation where people don't take responsibility for mistakes and might have a tendency to blame others so that's why it always shows up at the top in the hiring template for most all positions here are simple examples of accountability in real life imagine a leader miscalculating a timeline and then owning it early or an executive saying here's what I Learned and here's our next step imagine that and recognize when you've done that and when you've had leaders who've worked with you who've done that how that impacted you

[00:07:40] Suzie Price : and then mirror that with versus the leader who avoids responsibility and deflects blame fast growing leaders aren't the ones who never make mistakes they're the ones who stop defending them

[00:07:54] Suzie Price : alright we're gonna do a quick and private accountability check in self test so take a moment grab something to write with and a pen and if you're in a place where you can access the worksheet go to the show notes priceless professional.comslashfueling accountability to get the to checklist there and the worksheet otherwise keep your eyes on the road or just do it in your head if you are folding clothes and let's look at this self test

[00:08:28] Suzie Price : I want you to think of one recent moment when your follow through felt great and one where it slipped and I want you to hold on to those thoughts as you reflect upon not to judge but to understand your patterns around accountability and I picked my one thing that I think about my recent moment where there's someone I need to call back I say I'm going to either even to others and to them but I put it off and I've put it off for a while now okay so that's the thing I'm gonna keep in mind as I'm answering these questions I also have plenty of examples in my mind of where I am accountable so on with these statements these are behaviors that are indicative of personal accountability so rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 one is rarely 3 is sometimes and 5 is consistently OK so here's the six statements I take ownership instead of blaming so rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 rarely sometimes or consistently No. 2 I follow through even when inconvenient

[00:09:38] Suzie Price : No.3 I reflect and apply lessons No. 4 I admit when I'm over committed No.5 I act with integrity and the last one I set and work toward meaningful goals and if you wanted to give yourself a 6 haha well welcome to being human right I'm pretty good at all of these right alright so we wanna now take this and we wanna bring your motivators to mind um these are the things that put gas in your tank these are things that most interest you and reflect how you want to spend your time seven days a week we say it's what energizes you and that's why in our car analogy we say it what it's what puts gas in your tank you know beautiful car isn't going anywhere with no gas in their tank so if you're unsure of your motivators check out the related resources at Priceless professional.comslashfueling accountability I've got a reference card of the six motivators I've got a web page that we've got devoted to that that has a lot of details and also the worksheet for this podcast so three great resources okay

[00:10:48] Suzie Price : so let's dig into this ask yourself if if you're now you're thinking of what your No. 1 and No. 2 motivators are how do my top motivators make accountability easier and the second thing you're thinking about how you might answer is how might my motivators make it harder here's an example for me my top motivator is learning and being an expert it's the theoretical the things that I think how it helps me make accountability easier you know I have I have knowledge cause I like to work towards that and I enjoy sharing it so when uh situations related to that I'm all over it so somebody needs some insight I'll stop everything I do I've got that I'll share that with you oh you wanna talk about trimetrics let me let's do it that's the the topic I'm most excited about

[00:11:36] Suzie Price : but when I don't think I know enough I will stress and sometimes even delay my reach out or I hate to admit it sometimes not get back that's the thing with the theoretical I think I need to be an expert on everything and then I stress out if I don't think I have enough information hahaha so this is the wake up your growth move laugh about it like I just did notice without judging this is the wake up your growth move notice without judging and remember that curiosity creates change

[00:12:12] Suzie Price : now let's go into a deeper dive about motivators and accountability because this is where things start to snap into place you're gonna like this your motivators explain why some accountability habits feel natural and energizing as I just kind of described around the theoretical and while other accountability situations feel like you're pulling your own car up the hill they're just hard and so each motivator has a superpower and a predictable accountability trap once you understand yours you can strengthen follow through without pushing or forcing alright so let's break them down I'm gonna go through the six motivators go get the worksheet go get the memory jogger card if you don't have chance to do that and you're just listening while you're driving think about which one might describe you we usually have two I have three that are pretty strong for me

[00:13:05] Suzie Price : but definitely look for your listen for your top 2 okay the first one I'm gonna describe is theoretical that is the love of knowledge if this is your top motivator one of your two or three you love learning so much you still have tabs on your computer open from last Tuesday and indicating that you're always going to research and get more information

[00:13:28] Suzie Price : your superpower you think deeply and you solve brilliantly'cause you've really thought about it the person accountability trap can be analysis paralysis so when clarity this is when clarity feels safer than action deadlines can slip so I don't feel like I know enough I'm not ready to take action the deadline can slip the catchphrase this is the catch phrase to catch ourselves to remind ourselves cause we can always manage our overuse of a strength is learning is great but learning isn't done until action begins so listen for the catchphrases as you go through as the minute you hear your motivator next is utilitarian economic and this is how we would summarize it in one sentence you can smell inefficiency from across the room you sniff that stuff out right

[00:14:26] Suzie Price : your superpower you deliver results fast the accountability trap if payoff isn't clear follow through can drop or you might rush and skip steps because you don't want to waste any time because remember you can smell inefficiency across the room the catchphrase clarity of payoff equals clarity of action so get clear about the payoff decide to do it and get clear about the action alright the next motivator aesthetic is about balance and harmony harmony is your happy place if this is your top driver conflict not so much

[00:15:06] Suzie Price : your superpower you create balanced uplifting environments a potential a personal accountability trap you can avoid discomfort which means you may avoid accountability moments catchphrase peace matters but progress matters too so sometimes you have to have those conversations or disrupt the peace a little bit alright let's go to the next one where this is the fourth of six motivators social altruistic your heart is huge maybe too huge

[00:15:44] Suzie Price : superpower you follow through for people you are altruistic is the main word that comes out of the social altruistic the potential trap is overcommitting can lead to scattered focus or burnout so you care so much you might over commit and give give a lot where you you might not win and other people do win catchphrase for this to help is care deeply but choose wisely so decide and prioritize that help okay so you don't over commit individualistic political this is the fifth motivator you were born to lead you raised your hand before the question finished so before they could even say I need somebody to do this or start this or manage this you were saying me me me I'll do it

[00:16:39] Suzie Price : the superpower you step up quickly and take charge the potential trap when mistakes hit your image vulnerability can feel risky and ownership might slip alright so the catchphrase real leadership is willing to be seen learning last motivator traditional regulatory if the plan changes you notice

[00:17:06] Suzie Price : the superpower here is you honor commitments and you follow structure so that's why if they change the plan you're like wait wait wait that's not how we used to do it that's not how we always do it that's your superpower keep everybody clear on the standards and the and the structure and the process the trap if there's a lack of structure or shifting expectations it may stall your action so your catchphrase if this is one of your top motivators structure supports accountability but flexibility strengthens it so it's learning to be a little bit flexible there now so as we go through this I want you to know that the traps these patterns they aren't flaws they're strengths in overdrive it's just us doing what we do so well we do it a lot and sometimes we may have this trap as the word we're using today with this and we can call it a blind spot we can call it an opportunity we can call it an overuse but understanding these helps us work with our wiring instead of against it and that is the wake up your way

[00:18:12] Suzie Price : so if you want to know more about motivators you can learn more at Motivators ppd.com motivators PPD that's for priceless professional development motivators ppd.com you can take the assessment or if you already have your assessment you can look at detailed information about each of your top motivators it's it's our best and most comprehensive resource and you can order an assessment there too and the assessment takes about 10 minutes to complete and it'll come directly to you so let's shift gears or go forward now into let's talk more about accountability and courage

[00:18:51] Suzie Price : so accountability isn't always about celebrating the wins often it's about navigating the tough moments when when things go wrong when commitment is slipping we're talking about exhibiting courage integrity and resilience as leaders our integrity and influence are lost when we cease to be personally accountable that really matters a person who is truly accountable recognizes their job is to overcome obstacles to figure out the puzzles and come up with a result not just say I gave it my best right so

[00:19:30] Suzie Price : as we're leaders we've got to that's our job overcome the obstacles figure out where the problems are and then get a result so before we jump into examples let's address a major misconception about changing behavior and building a skill like accountability and growing it we often think learning a skill once is enough but our brain structure tells us a different story and so Meredith Bell from Grow Strong Leaders and episode podcast episode No. 87 is explaining to us why training often fails and what's really needed for behavioral change

[00:20:05] Suzie Price : to stick to help us make this change and do more of those things we kind of naturally do that could help us be more accountable and be that stronger leader all right so let's listen to Meredith

[00:20:18] Meredith Bell : that is one of the big misconceptions that organizations or people in organizations have send someone to training introduce them to the skills and now when they come back they're expected to perform it in a different way and our brains just don't work that way it's a I'll call it an innocent misunderstanding because we don't you know a lot of people just don't know any better you know they can spend a lot of money bringing in a very entertaining speaker or a very skilled instructor but you're right and I think the percentage is actually higher than that that people forget it's probably closer to 90% I believe it because of how our brains are structured you know we have these we don't come to the work with a blank slate over the years we have acquired certain ways of of saying things of doing things of approaching how we listen how we give feedback and those are actually hardwired in the brain so just getting exposed to information or even practicing it in a classroom is not enough to have a new pathway laid down that's stronger than the old one so it takes a lot of practice reinforcement reflection after you've practiced it to you know think about how did it go and learn lessons from that and of course it really helps to have a coach someone who whether it's your manager or a peer or someone who's been hired from the outside an individual who is behind you you know they're in your corner they're supporting you and holding you accountable so that combination of elements is what it really takes for training to stick

[00:22:13] Suzie Price : I appreciate Meredith's reminder that we've got to do continuous reinforcement and so that's why we focus on continuous follow up and and follow through and ownership because accountability often shows up in the tough moments the harder moments and so we constantly revisit and I'm I'm revisiting it as we teach this and I've been talking about this and measuring it through the Trimetrix assessment for 20 years so we're always have that opportunity to sharpen the saw so so accountability shows up in those tough times when we're under stress when it's conflict or missteps or performance dips

[00:22:49] Suzie Price : so it makes this skill even more important to focus on and to continually grow it to find our growth opportunities and revisit it so let's hear some insights on what true accountability looks like from a leadership perspective and we're going to bring in some expert voices and past podcast guests so first we're hearing from Chris Gardner he's podcast Episode 1:30 his book is whistles and Wisdom Life and Leadership Lessons he is and was a a chief sales officer for Hub international and he's an also college referee so you'll hear some of the references there in his comments let's listen to Chris now

[00:23:31] Chris Garner : a leader has to be willing to take full accountability of the team's failure there's no room for blame as a leader when you become a leader you step in onto a platform where you're willing to take full accountability of how the leader performs if my team fails it's because I didn't prepare them or I didn't check their progress well enough

[00:23:58] Suzie Price : strong personal accountability means embracing quickly so solutions can be found it is the difference between focusing on the problem and generating solutions and so you know I like what he said a leader has to be willing to take full accountability so think about that am I taking full will accountability and always looking at that but you know it can be hard when it involves conflict or challenging a teammate and this is where we're going to another expert this is and this expert's talking about social cohesion and how that can become a problem around accountability

[00:24:39] Suzie Price : this clip is from episode number 21 early on and it's John Rossman he was a part of Amazon early on and he wrote a book called The Amazon Way and he is talking about Jeff Bezos and how he handles accountability it's a very inspiring podcast and I would encourage you to check that out in the show notes we've got a link to it but here's what John had to say about this

[00:25:08] John Rossman : Jeff Bezos uses that term a lot um about social cohesion which is you know it it it's the tendencies for groups and individuals to not to want to get along right and to be friends and and and that's that is one of the enemies I'll call it of accountability and holding others accountable is how do you do it in a way that's you know within a company socially acceptable to do that

[00:25:41] Suzie Price : I like that he says that social cohesion can be one of the enemies of accountability we all want to be liked but sometimes accountability demands that we push past that discomfort and that is the trickiest part of being a leader is being able to have those conversations as a culture we cannot stand it when people don't own up to the things they're doing wrong and so that is something that we we need to focus on and understand around accountability it impacts

[00:26:08] Suzie Price : the culture when we don't stand up to the things that aren't right and we don't have those conversations so speaking of discomfort let's talk about handling conflict and performance issues and remember the importance of intentional listening and we're once again listening to Chris Gardner of and talking about his some of his referee experiences

[00:26:34] Suzie Price : and I've Learned that you know what and this is the beauty about college football they've got about 25 seconds to scream at me and then we got to go on to the next play we're coming out of the TV Time out commercials are over it's time to get back to work they just want to be heard that's what it is so I transfer that into the office in the business setting people come in they're upset about a variety of different things I just listen I give them my full attention I don't text I turn the phone over even put it in a drawer if I have to so the temptation's not there I don't answer emails I sit there with my hands folded on my desk

[00:27:10] Chris Garner : I look them dead in the eye and I listen and you know what happens a lot of times Susie after they get it all out they take a deep breath they look at me and they go that's all I have to say I just wanted you to know that and they turn around and walk away I didn't have to fix anything I didn't have to offer a solution I didn't have to say a word they just wanted to be listened to and felt like you know their manager their leader their coworker whoever it is someone that has some type of authoritative leverage that that person listened to them and that they were heard that day

[00:27:49] Suzie Price : when we listen aggressively when we hear with a determined and energetic way and we lean in we wanna know we're determined and energetic what do you feel what are you saying what are you thinking and we're just tuning in and we have no other agenda other than to understand we're not listening into debate we're not listening into make them wrong we genuinely in that moment want to listen you think about the referees he's saying that everybody on the field just wants to be heard and all of them are not right

[00:28:22] Suzie Price : but it is that thing that he says here Chris Gardner says is they just want to be heard so when we do that we do that in a day in day out we demonstrate respect and we build rapport and we call that over here at our company listening aggressively so leaders have to manage themselves first controlling their schedule their time and their energy so they don't come overwhelmed

[00:28:48] Suzie Price : and cease to be accountable so accountability begins with leading yourself first and every accountability moment asks am I adding clarity or am I adding drama

[00:29:05] Suzie Price : so these insights reveal something important accountability isn't about blame it's about clarity and when clarity is missing accountability almost always falters and so we develop this this model this Rev accountability model r e v each letter is an acronym it stands for an action because we ran into this so much that it's the clearest this is a very clear simple diagnostic tool it can become your accountability GPS

[00:29:38] Suzie Price : and it will show you where clarity is broken down why someone is stuck and what to do next just follow the process so you can use Rev r E v so you stop guessing and you start leading with confidence

[00:29:56] Suzie Price : so here's a quick overview about the Rev accountability model and you can find more information and a link to it where we've had other podcast and I think we've done some articles and social media posts on this on LinkedIn priceless professional.comslash fueling accountability alright R R is remove obvious barriers and the bottom line for this is they you as a leader somebody's not performing they appear to not being accountable to their work or whatever the challenge is you as a leader start with okay what tools do they need that I haven't made sure they have or that they've not told me they need

[00:30:32] Suzie Price : what training do they need what support do they need those are obvious barriers okay so start there the second thing is the e expectations make sure that the top three to five priorities for the role are clear defined discussed and agreed to and usually those are the four things it's got to be clear they have to be defined written down you have to have a conversation with them and they must have agreed to them this is the dashboard that we talk about a lot we use it throughout the employee life cycle

[00:31:03] Suzie Price : when we're using the Tri Metrix assessment helping people understand and we talk about it a lot in the podcast discussion that I had with Rossman the Amazon Way podcast discussion about how important accountability is and how at Amazon they go up the line and down the line if it's your project Bezos says there is no excuses it's your project it's your thing that you must report in on and you have to go up the line of who who you're working with and down the line people above you and below you to get done what needs to be done and so that that is what happens

[00:31:37] Suzie Price : when you have clear expectations people know what needs to be done I'm pretty passionate about it because 98 I don't know what the real percentage is I'm making it up but a lot of people don't understand what needs to be done for their role you ask the manager and I've said this before on the podcast so it's a repeat you're hearing it again if you listen quite often but ask people do you know what is expected what are the top three to five priorities are for your role they'll say well you know I'm not really clear you ask their manager and they'll say oh yeah they're clear

[00:32:03] Suzie Price : and the reason doesn't mean the manager hasn't shared them but they've got to be clear they've got to be defined they've got to be discussed and they've got to be agreed to and usually you put some measurements in there too so a big step so that's the R that's the E R remove obvious barriers e the expectations and v this is verifying job fit this is where we're making sure they are fit for the role and we're figuring out is it their style is it their motivators is it their personal skills is it their technical skills and when you use Rev consistently accountability becomes a shared language not a surprise and not confrontation

[00:32:40] Suzie Price : alright now we're moving into the accountability action plan insight is powerful but only action creates change so we've had a lot of insight a lot of talking a lot of Susie talking here but let's bring it home with your accountability Action plan so push pause if needed because writing this down matters I know when I completed this as we were creating this revisiting the six personal accountability behaviors in the self test we shared at the start I got some insights too so I'm gonna read these six behaviors again

[00:33:17] Suzie Price : and I want you to think about those as you think about these different steps and I'll tell you what I did in each one of the steps if you're driving just keep on driving but visit this make a note of where this is in the episode and come back to it quickly the six personal accountability behaviors that we want to revisit as we think about you know what do I do well

[00:33:36] Suzie Price : what do I want to improve on how do I want to move forward the six behaviors are 1 I take ownership instead of blaming 2 I follow through even when inconvenient 3 I reflect and apply lessons 4 I admit when I'm over committed 5 I act with integrity 6 I set and work toward meaningful goals

[00:33:59] Suzie Price : all right if you're still and you have somewhere where you're you're writing which I hope so and a pen here's step 1 and we actually have a worksheet that has this on it so you can get the worksheet at Priceless professional.comslash fueling accountability step 1 my accountability win one thing I already do well is here's what I wrote for myself and I have worked on this I've cultivated this in my life I do take ownership if there's a mistake I'm the first one to say yeah that was probably me I don't I'm very rarely blame other people even if they're at fault it's like well somehow I played a part in this hahaha so I take ownership and that was what was that the don't blaming others I take ownership that was the first behavior that I talked about

[00:34:42] Suzie Price : out of the six okay step two my accountability opportunity one habit I want to strengthen is and for me what I put and it's it's another awareness is I admit when I am over committed OK so I don't admit when I'm over committed it's kind of my nature to take on too much and very very rarely own that you know that any stalls or being off the side of the road situations or extra stress are from my taking on too much which is crazy because I really have been working on this but I still do it

[00:35:12] Suzie Price : I'm better I'm better than I was five years ago but I'm not as good as I could be and what I can be next year so that's what my I'm focusing on is admitting when I'm over committed it's mostly admitting it to myself and and paying attention to what I actually have on my plate so what are you gonna pick one habit you wanna strengthen and then step 3 is the mode making that motivator connection so which motivator fuels this opportunity and so for me um

[00:35:42] Suzie Price : the good parts are individualistic and utilitarian I have three motivators that are top that are kind of close together one the theoretical is the strongest one that's where I get in most trouble but trouble meaning I overdo it but individualistic and utilitarian I step up quickly I take charge I like to deliver results fast yeah that's all all me but here's where it you know trips me up is the theoretical you know where I'm going to you know I I want I do the analysis paralysis where clarity feels

[00:36:11] Suzie Price : feels safer than deadlines you know slip because I was like I'm not clear enough on that yet I'm gonna wanna make sure and so the catchphrase remember each one of the motivators Overdo's had a catchphrase um is the thing I'm gonna remind myself of and what are you gonna do when you go back and look at this information is learning is great but learning isn't done until action begins so I need to sometimes just take a breath and say OK you know enough go ha ha ha alright step four

[00:36:39] Suzie Price : my next step to do blank uh is this because it supports my blank motivator and then this is what I said I've kind of already said this to you today I commit to paying closer attention to what I commit to because it supports my drive for learning and being a product expert and the utilitarian and individualistic I like to get things done and I like to

[00:37:00] Suzie Price : you know look good and look like I did a good job you know be the visible good leader so I'm gonna make more time for that and then I'm gonna measure success by paying attention to this in the moment and I'm gonna pay attention to my levels of satisfaction and interest versus stress

[00:37:21] Suzie Price : alright so the four questions in the action plan are I'm gonna revisit them and you can go get my get the worksheet um but step one my accountability win one thing I already do well is step two my accountability opportunity one habit I want to strengthen is step 3 the motivator connection which motivator fuels this which one might trip me up and then the fourth question is my next step I commit to blank because it supports my blank motivator

[00:37:52] Suzie Price : and I'll measure success by blank and then what I did again as a reminder is I went back and got those six behaviors that that are um solid descriptors of personal accountability high personal accountability so a quick affirmation and it kind of is a good recap of everything we

[00:38:12] Suzie Price : we've done here and it is about leading ourselves so I lead myself first with honesty courage and energy that feels good I'm just gonna say it again and you can say it with me I lead myself first with honesty courage and energy that feels good it feels good to think about okay

[00:38:35] Suzie Price : if I'm being really accountable I feel good about that I'm leading myself well and I've got lots of energy because I understand what drives me and I'm managing myself you're being a great role model when you're doing that so we're gonna close this out I really believe in this

[00:38:53] Suzie Price : accountability plus motivation equals wake up eager momentum we want that momentum we want to be all that we can be and we want to feel excited about our days we want to wake up eager there there is nothing that I care about more and then helping people create those lives and I'm always working on it for myself and it's just so important

[00:39:13] Suzie Price : so healthy accountability though is not about perfection as I've talked about here you see that I'm always working about it on it it's about progress so you don't have to be perfect we just need to make make progress

[00:39:25] Outro : and so I have an Energizer that I want to follow through with so if you're anywhere that you can stand up if you're in your car be ready to repeat after me but here is our mantra I own my actions so say that with me after now I honor my motivators I create success alright I'm gonna say it louder and I want you to say it louder too say it right after me if you can it'll feel good to say it I own my actions I honor my motivators I create success wow that feels good I hope it feels good for you and when you honor your motivators you create energy when you take ownership you create trust and when you do both you create a wake up eager life I love that thank you for joining me today check out the show notes the accountability self test and your action plan at Priceless professional.com forward slash fueling accountability um and remember how you lead matters lead with purpose reduce the drama and keep building your wake up eager life we're doing it together we're doing it one step at a time one choice at a time and if you found value today again I'd love to hear from you I'd love a testimonial on iTunes saying you enjoyed the podcast but if you don't have time to do that shoot me a note connect with me on LinkedIn but please be sure to subscribe and follow the podcast it's at Wake Up Ego Workforce wherever you get your podcast share this episode with your team with the leaders that work with you and for you and then connect with us on social media you'll see this episode and more there so look forward to our next episode it is another good one I can't wait to share it with you take care appreciate you thanks for tuning in this episode of the wake up Eager Workforce podcast was brought to you by Priceless Professional Development thank you for tuning in if you enjoyed today's show head over to Priceless professional.com to gain access to more professional development resources