If you have a poor self image and never do anything to change it, you will have exiled yourself to a life of mediocrity at best, no matter what advantages you may have been born with. Yet, if you will just believe in yourself, and realize God given abilities that lie in each one of us, you can aspire to great heights in your life no matter what adversity may come your way.

We’re not all dealt same cards in life, but unless we are stricken with a handicap beyond our control, we have ability to achieve just about anything we wish. In fact, many people with great disabilities go on to do amazing things in their lives.

It all begins with believing in ourselves, and visualizing our lives way we want them to be. That is why setting goals, as well as, writing down and reviewing affirmations are so important. We need a road map to follow, and a vision to keep us heading in right direction on that map.

If we will only believe in ourselves, and keep visualizing ourselves way we want to be, it is only a matter of time before we achieve that which we most desire.

ALIGNMENT helps to keep focus on desired end results. Through alignment, both individuals and organizations are working smarter not harder.

If accountability is a sometimes or one time thing for you, possible you are failing to BUILD behaviors necessary for ongoing success. By constantly building behaviors that drive change that you desire will help you to be both accountable and successful.

Without INTERNALIZATION of necessary attitudes that drive behaviors creating change, accountability will be short-lived. The question to ask yourself is “Are you working from inside out?”

LEARNING allows us to “fail forward” as John Maxwell writes. Are you fearful of failure? If learning is not part of your overall life plan, then being accountable will be very difficult.

The consistent demonstration of our INTEGRITY helps to keep us on path of accountability. Do you demonstrate your values at all times? Or do you sometimes for sake of a sale, fear of not being liked and going along with crowd or for a numerous other reasons choose not to demonstrate your value of Integrity?

As you practice accountability, you are TEACHING being accountable by “walking talk.” If more individuals and organizations taught accountability through their actions, then potentially there would be greater performance for all concerned.

Finally, as accountability begins with action, it ends with YOU – bottom line. Accountability is all about YOU, no buts and no excuses!