The term is most often used in business or [[economics]], but can also be used in setting personal targets.
The term is most often used in business or [[economics]], but can also be used in setting personal targets.
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== Tracking goals and accountability partners ==
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''See also:'' [[Accountability parter]]
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An [[accountability partner]] is an individual who helps one stay committed to your [[Goal setting|goals]]. The individual can be a friend or acquaintance who checks in with you regularly to help you stay on track to meeting one's goals.
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In one Dominican University study, people with written goals, action commitments and weekly progress reports to a friend saw a 80.95% improvement over control group which had no written goals, no action commitments and no weekly progress reports.<ref>[https://sidsavara.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/researchsummary2.pdf Goals Research Summary]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130303163000/https://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/study-backs-up-strategies-for-achieving-goals Study Backs up Strategies for Achieving Goals]</ref><ref>[https://www.fastcompany.com/1798754/goals-difference-between-success-and-failure Goals: The Difference Between Success And Failure], Fast Company</ref>
== Social influence and achievement goals/orientation ==
== Social influence and achievement goals/orientation ==