A number of readers responded to last Friday’s email expressing their support for Shatter Your Glass Castle
Longtime friend of the list James Turner’s response (excerpted here with permission):
I LOVE this idea of instant (forced, lol) accountability partners. (Or, in your case, generously offered.)
Also, I already have a draft started in my Obsidian, entitled “Instant accountability partner (Kevin Freidberg),” lol, which will link to yours.
Thanks, James!
But does this actually work?
I thought it only fair to try it myself.
Over the past 2 mornings I’ve sent 8 pages of a new website I’m creating to my friend Kellee Carroll.
Every 25 minutes I emailed a complete draft
With a 5-minute break in between
Until I’d sent the 4 pages I promised
In a 2-hour chunk of time
Here’s how it felt:
Pretty good with a hint of awful
I had to get a little angry – not even kidding
See if this helps:
I think these short bursts of fierce urgency
Is exactly what’s needed
It forced me to make decisions I kept putting off
And stopped me from coming up with ever more ideas
Which only served to push out my launch date.
Conclusion:
I’m going again tomorrow
And never going back.
I’m here,
Kevin
P.S. The offer still stands. Reply to this email with, “Kevin, I’m sending you a web page in 25 minutes.” And then do it, no matter what other voices may tell you otherwise.
NOTE: I will only respond with a “message received.” Because that’s what keeps you going. You have to trust that your accountabilly-buddy will not judge. Their sole purpose is to keep you true to your word.