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Ask HN: How do you stay accountable for a deadline on a side project
I'm the standard guy who has loads of ideas and loads of half finished projects lying around. A friend told me that if I want to finish something or rather, ship something, I have to set a deadline for myself. But without anyone but myself to keep me accountable I can see how that would end up. How do you keep to deadlines? If you don't, do you wish there was some way you could be kept accountable along with a bunch of other people working on side projects who know what it's like to get side tracked? Any thoughts would be welcome.
- jkbyc 12y agoI've seen that some people have success with getting accountability partners. You meet once a week, review progress on goals from the last week, set 3 goals for the next week and keep on going. Now, where to find such partners - that can be a matter of networking, but online communities such as http://www.reddit.com/r/mentors/ http://www.reddit.com/r/mentors/ can certainly help. You could have a look at the various entrepreneurial schools and their communities, recently I've stumbled upon http://www.morningcoach.com/ http://www.morningcoach.com/ ... I have no idea what it is and how it works but there are some interesting testimonials online (I believe not faked), etc.
- nstart 12y agoThanks. Do you think there'd be interest in a system to help people look for "accountability partners"? A system which also facilitates the goals and reviews?