Helper outerers

Steve Jones from sqlservercentral.com posted an editorial today asking about what you'd get someone to do for you if you could get a helper. He wants a chef/cook to be able to provide regular meals for him.

Personally, I'd like someone in my life to help me keep accountable for all the things that I'd like to do. I would return the favour, and regularly ask them how they're going with achieving stuff. I heard something recently (was it on Hanselminutes?) about the idea of detailing what the next step is for each goal you have. So, the next step in fixing the fence could be counting the number of palings you need to buy, after you've done that, you update the list with the next step. You also have things dated so that you can see the things that you're being slack on.

But of course, this is so much easier if you have someone who will ask you how you're going with it. I will be asking a few people to do this with me, and I hope it helps. I'm not bad at getting things done, but I would like to be better.

And of course, this is probably the type of thing that dailydevelopers.com would like. :)

I think everyone needs a mentor in their life, and everyone needs people in their life who will keep them accountable to the things they want to be held accountable for. Of course, everyone has different things that they're trying to achieve. It might be dieting, quitting smoking, blogging more, keeping track of projects better, etc. But it's so much easier to do with help. Why not work out who you will help with things, and who you will ask for help from?