Accountability Partner, My Wife
Mar 4th, 2008 by Paul
Having and getting an accountability partner is something I have been hearing a lot of lately. So, what is an accountability partner?
Basically, it’s a person you give permission to ask you the hard question regarding your actions and holding you accountable to your word. It’s also a person you tell what your goals are and having that person available to talk with when you need encouragement.
This person can be a parent, business associate, respectable mentor, trusted coach and yes, a loving and devoted spouse.
The more I thought about an accountability partner and possibly getting one. That’s when I realized, I already have the best accountability partner, my wife.
She is my friend. She knows my strengths and weaknesses. She knows my potential and what motivates me to succeed. We share the same interest of being self employed and entrepreneurs. Most of all she cares and loves me for who I am, a true partner in every sense and a blessing from God.
Now I will agree that some people do need another person of the same gender to fully understand and relate to certain issues but that’s what friends are for.
Having your spouse as an accountability partner can be a wonderful thing and it takes a great deal of understanding to accomplish the richness of it. Thereby, having good communication skills is vital to that relationship and keeping the end goal in mind which is accountability.
Be careful that the accountability is not used to belittle one another but to enrich the love and intimacy in each other and helping the other person to be self-discipline, confidence, patience, motivated and overall a better person. The key secret is be accountable for your actions, trust me your wife will love you more for it.