“We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough”. Helen Keller
I hope you took a bit of a break yesterday because it’s a new week and time to get excited about your goal again. Need a little extra help getting motivated keep reading? We have almost been at it a week so for most people it is time for a new surge of motivation, an added push.
And what a push it is! What do you get when you mix Yale University professors, an interactive website and the concepts of public accountability and tough consequences? www.stickk.com is not your average get a goal, read newsletters, kind of site. It has an added kicker which I think is really clever. Based on 2 solid principles of behaviour economics which are 1) people don’t always do what they say they will do and 2) incentives get people going, stickk is designed to give you the motivation you need to succeed.
Now you might be asking; “What do you mean consequence”? Well I’m glad you asked, have a look at their site but here is a run down of the basic principles.
You set your goal, decide whether to make your goal public to site users, or to specific people you want to invite to check in on your progress, you log in and write about whether or not you have done what you said you would do, and get this, you can assign a certain amount of money to be donated to a charity or here is the risky part, you can design the program so that your money will be donated to what they call an anti charity if you do not keep your promise to yourself.
The added kicker? They already have your money, if you decide to set financial stakes you pay up front! Now that’s SMART. Want to know more? Check them out at https://www.stickk.com/ Here is what they say about themselves.
Ready to finally stickK to your commitments? Then stand up, and put your reputation, or even your money, where your mouth is, and change your life. Reap the rewards of your hard work.
This sounds like free coaching?
It has a lot of the same benefits! So if you are on the fence about whether or not to try coaching, or you are worried about the expense why not try this first?
