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''See also:'' [[Accountability partner]]

''See also:'' [[Accountability partner]]

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.

An [[accountability partner]] is an individual who helps one stay committed to your 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.

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>

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>