Did you know that 95% of your success or failure can be attributed to who you surround yourself with? You need a friend, accountability partner, coach, neighbor, or roommate to support you on your journey. Do the people in your inner circle help support or inhibit your progress towards your goals?

As much as we don’t like to admit it, sometimes there are people we surround ourselves with that just aren’t on our side when it comes to reaching our health and wellness goals. Here are two tips to help you find who is on your side and keep them there.

Tip #1- Do an inner circle inventory

One of the things I love to do with nutrition athletes is to have them go through the five people they spend the most time with and answer the following questions:

1. Do they support your health and wellness goals?
2. Do your core values align?
3. Are they growth-minded?
4. Do they bring you up when you are feeling down?
5. Do they keep you accountable or enable you?

Tip #2 -Bring people closer who support you and distance yourself from people who do not

This can be as simple as making more of an effort to spend time and communicate with those who support you. Try scheduling a workout with them or something more social like meeting up for dinner or game night.

Maybe you’re thinking now, “well what if I don’t have anyone that fits that criteria?” When you have someone to encourage you to show up at the gym or make better choices, your chances of long-term success soar.

Here are three tips to find your perfect accountability partner:

• Find someone you can workout with at the same time.
• Support each other. This cannot be a one-way street. When one person is consistently the focus, it’s easy to forget about the other.
• Have equal levels of commitment. The person you choose must have good follow through and willingness to stick to it.

If you have struggled to find someone to be your accountability partner in the past, try using these three tips to get started.

Speaking of getting started, we have something at Impact that will help you get started. The week of Oct. 16 is Bring a Friend Week! It’s a free week for you and your accountability partner (or future accountability partner) to work out together and try our classes! We also have a referral program that you can take advantage of during that week.
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