Chapter
The Importance of Outer Accountability for Obligers
1:04:54 - 1:09:58 (05:03)
For Obligers, outer accountability is essential to help them follow through with their inner goals, as they may struggle to meet inner expectations. This can be achieved by joining groups, taking classes, or seeking support from friends, trainers, or coaches who rely on them.
Clips
Upholders can struggle with ambiguity or a lack of clear expectations, leading to an obsessive adherence to rules or "tightening," which can have consequences like becoming a "mindless bureaucrat of your own paperwork."
1:04:54 - 1:06:30 (01:36)
Summary
Upholders can struggle with ambiguity or a lack of clear expectations, leading to an obsessive adherence to rules or "tightening," which can have consequences like becoming a "mindless bureaucrat of your own paperwork."
ChapterThe Importance of Outer Accountability for Obligers
Episode#290: Gretchen Rubin — Experiments in Happiness and Creativity
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Obligers are those who easily meet outer expectations but struggle to meet inner expectations.
1:06:30 - 1:08:26 (01:55)
Summary
Obligers are those who easily meet outer expectations but struggle to meet inner expectations. The solution is outer accountability, and it varies from person to person, from joining a book group to exercising in a class with friends or a trainer to using future self-motivation.
ChapterThe Importance of Outer Accountability for Obligers
Episode#290: Gretchen Rubin — Experiments in Happiness and Creativity
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
This podcast discusses the biggest personality tendency i.e the Obligers, who need outer accountability to achieve their goals, and how services like dietbet.com and stick well could be used to great effect.
1:08:26 - 1:09:58 (01:32)
Summary
This podcast discusses the biggest personality tendency i.e the Obligers, who need outer accountability to achieve their goals, and how services like dietbet.com and stick well could be used to great effect.