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- Accountability isn’t your problem. Consequences are.
Accountability isn’t your problem. Consequences are.
If nothing breaks when you miss, nothing changes.

A 7 day plan to install stakes that make follow through automatic
You don’t need more accountability
you need better consequences
accountability is a polite reminder
consequences are a system
when missing your work costs nothing
missing becomes normal
when missing your work costs something immediate visible and annoying
you stop missing
Why the usual “accountability” failed you
it’s social not structural your friend forgets to check in and the whole thing collapses
it’s optional you can opt out with a feeling I’ll start tomorrow
it’s vague did you “work on it” or did you ship a receipt
it’s delayed weekly calls mean seven days of drift
you don’t rise to your goals
you sink to your consequences

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