Make Success on Your #1 Goal Inevitable

“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, Would you capture it, or just let it slip?”

Some of you may recognize these lines from Eminem’s song Lose Yourself—his iconic anthem to pursuing your dreams with everything you've got.

Whatever your big goal is, when the moment of truth comes, will you be ready?

Will you rise to the challenge?

That depends on your level of preparation.

In this final article of my Habit Building series, I’ll walk you through setting up an effective Success Partnership to make consistency towards your #1 goal easy.

So you can show up at your very best when it matters most, instead of crumbling under pressure.

Your Success Partner Is Your Force Multiplier

Weekly targets, New Year’s resolutions, five-year plans…

Despite our best intentions, many of us fail to finish the goals we set.

A Success Partner can give you an unfair advantage here.

Without one, you’re shooting yourself in the foot.

It’s weird, but we’re more likely to keep promises to others than to ourselves.

A study from Dominican University found that:

A Success Partner is someone you respect and trust, with whom you enter into an agreement to support each other in achieving a specific goal.

This means being responsible and accountable for your actions and results to one another.

This partnership harnesses Pearson’s Law:

You’ll make faster progress when you team up.

Despite the clear benefits, this remains a wildly underused method.

Some of us cringe at it because it feels like we have to do something.

It may remind us of being told what to do by parents, teachers, or bosses—when we didn’t want to or had no choice.

A Success Partnership will increase your odds of success because it makes consistency easier and ensures it, especially after the initial excitement of the goal fades.

In my previous article, titled "Most People Quit Here (Don’t Let It Be You)," I explained how every worthy goal is an emotional rollercoaster.

You’ll inevitably face unexpected challenges that will stack until they seem insurmountable. This is called the Valley of Despair.

While most people quit here because they’re unprepared and alone…

You and your partner will persevere with each other’s help.

It’s a force multiplier that benefits both of you.

You get to learn from and inspire each other.

You get to celebrate your wins together.

It makes the journey more meaningful and fun.

I'd like to share a perspective to address any lingering resistance you might have to giving this a try.

The 10X Mindset

Without a Success Partner (or even multiple), you’re needlessly putting yourself at a disadvantage and endangering your success.

Why?

Because:

Think about it: Any big success you’ve had in your life likely took significantly more effort than you had initially thought because you overestimated your abilities and/or underestimated the obstacles.

Your dream job or starting your business.

Your relationship or marriage.

Raising your kids.

Running your first race

You didn’t know what you didn’t know.

And the only way you can prepare for this is to apply Grant Cardone’s 10X Rule:

Otherwise, you’re treating success as optional instead of as your duty.

Wouldn’t you use every resource, skill, and tactic in your arsenal?

Wouldn’t you throw everything and the kitchen sink at it?

Anything short of this would be naive, even arrogant.

It would endanger the achievement of your dreams.

Unless you have a crystal ball to tell the future, you won’t know what it will actually take to succeed until you stand victorious at your destination.

Don’t fail because you didn’t prepare enough.

The cure is massive, relentless, what others will call unreasonable action that stacks the odds in your favour.

Be a tidal wave that sweeps aside anything in the way.

If you overshoot and achieve more? Great!

But most likely you won’t.

Does this mean you need to grind until you burn out?

Absolutely not!

But you do need to work smarter.

Your first and primary focus should be to make consistency easy so you can harness the power of compounding.

A Success Partnership is one of the most effective ways to do this.

Let me show you…

How to Set Up an Effective Partnership

The Success Partnership is not about pressure or guilt.

But about having a simple process that helps you follow through.

And that you’ll actually enjoy using—over and over again.

Like a fine wine, it will improve over time.

Step 1: Pick the Right Success Partner

According to organizational psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Benjamin Hardy:

To be a great Success Partner, be a transformational leader.

This means embodying the following four behaviors of successful leaders:

1. Have a powerful vision backed by high standards that inspires others.

2. Be a role model who takes massive action on their vision.

3. Help others reframe their limitations and challenge existing assumptions.

4. Develop deep connection and trust by “seeking first to understand, then to be understood.”

Beyond these traits, it’s critical to partner up with someone who:

1. You trust and respect.

2. Lives with integrity.

3. Won’t let you off the hook.

4. Wants you to win.

Some other factors to consider:

• Are they fun to be around?

• Do they know your background, strengths, and weaknesses?

• Do they have skills to complement yours?

• Do they have similar goals? While not an absolute must, it can be synergistic if you’re both building your business or training for a marathon.

Here’s how to choose:

1. Write down and rank the traits you’re looking for

2. Brainstorm at least 3 good candidates

3. Weigh their pros and cons

4. Decide who’s the best fit

5. Reach out: send a quick message to get the ball rolling.

It goes without saying that whatever you expect from your partner, you must be willing to embody it yourself.

Use this partnership to practice these traits.

Step 2: Lock It In With a Written Agreement

Make it real by capturing it in writing.

This is your shared declaration of ambition—and blueprint for follow-through.

The clearer you define the what, why, and how, the easier the execution.

Use a shared online document that’s easy to access and edit.

Structure it in a way that meets both of your individual needs.

Don’t aim for perfection.

Just create a good enough first draft to get moving.

Then update the agreement as you go, based on what you notice works in the field.

Include these core components:

1. The purpose, outcome, and duration of the partnership.

2. Your goals:

   • What are you working on?

   • Why does it matter?

   • What’s at stake if you don’t follow through?

   • Anticipated challenges.

3. The values you both commit to uphold. For example: curiosity, no-excuses mindset, open communications, integrity, etc.

4. The mechanics—the how. (More on this in the next steps.)

5. Add anything else that can help.

Make everything as clear and specific as possible.

Step 3: Define Your Domino Action

Your domino action answers this question:

It can be a daily or weekly action

Then write down an implementation intention:

This simple formula dramatically increases the likelihood you'll follow through because it’s specific and actionable.

If your actions differ from your plan, it’s easy for both you and your partner to notice and take corrective steps.

Here are a few examples:

• “I will meditate for 10 minutes at 7:00 a.m. in my bedroom.”

• “I will work out three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at noon in the park next to my home.”

• “I will plan my week every Friday at 3:00 p.m. at my desk.”

Here is my current personal domino action:

Note: Your domino action will evolve as you gain experience. Be sure to update your “implementation intention” and share each iteration with your partner.

Step 4: Set Recurring Progress Check-Ins

How will you report progress?

This creates personal ownership, adds urgency, and builds awareness.

Which will increase your consistency, help you adapt, and accelerate your progress.

Whatever you notice, it’s not ‘good’ nor ‘bad’.

It’s just data.

Treat it like a scientist would.

No guilt. No judgment.

Just notice the patterns. Adjust. And take better action tomorrow.

Here is an example of my daily check-in:

Be proactive.

If you’re behind, let your partner know right away.

And share an updated plan to get back on track.

It’s critical that you protect your integrity

What if one of you misses a check-in?

Reporting helps you reset and release mental baggage.

But sometimes, it’s hard.

This is where your partner can step in.

Tell them exactly how to support you to get back on track in a way that works for you. Agree on a time.

It can be a simple text saying “What’s Up? or with an inside joke meme. A quick call. Smoke signals.

Or a bit of tough love on your weekly call.

No guilt-tripping required.

Step 5: Weekly Progress Call

Schedule a 15–30 minute call each week.

Here’s a suggested structure:

1. Read your goal, why, and domino action to your partner.

2. Share progress. What did you accomplish?

3. What worked well?

4. What didn’t? What got in the way?

5. What can you improve? Or experiment with next week for better results?

6. Ask for feedback from your partner.

7. Update your domino action in the agreement based on your conversation.

As the listener, give your partner space.

Listen with intent to understand, not to reply.

Often, this is enough for them to get clarity and figure out the next steps.

If there is an opportunity to offer feedback, here is how to do it elegantly and effectively:

1. Thank them for sharing. Acknowledge their progress. Be specific.

2. Ask clarifying questions. Offer input, only if necessary.

3. If they’re stuck, encourage and challenge them. Help them refocus on their goal—not the obstacle. And work together to determine the next best step.

Now switch roles.

You share, and your partner listens.

End each call with a quick check-in on the partnership process itself:

What’s working? What could be better?

Maybe you need longer calls, or shorter ones.

Maybe email check-ins work better than text.

Update the process in the agreement, if needed.

Adapt and test to see what works best.

Treat This Agreement as Sacred

It’s an embodiment of your will.

Keep your word and protect your integrity:

Use the goal and the partnership as a “forcing function” to help you grow into the person capable of achieving your goal.

Next Steps

Thank you so much for reading!

I would love to hear anything that resonated with you or any questions in the comment section below.

Please consider experimenting with a Success Partnership to experience the benefits for yourself.

You won’t be disappointed.

If you already have one…

Can you create another one for a different goal, and/or apply something from this article to level up your existing partnership?

Finally, please share this article.

You never know who needs a Success Partner right now.

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If you want to dive deeper into how to build habits more easily, read my previous articles in the series:

• Part 1 — Reclaim Your Mornings, Change Your Life

• Part 2 — This 5-Minute Method Makes Motivation Irrelevant

• Part 3 — How Peak Performers Turn Work Into Play 
  The Gamer’s Edge: You don’t need more discipline—just a different perspective

• Part 4 — The Solo Hero Fallacy 
  Why even elite performers fall short without the right partner

• Part 5 — Most People Quit Here (Don’t Let It Be You) 
  How to navigate the Emotional Cycle of Change like an expert to finish what you start

Be relentless.
Be all you can be.
Peace out.

— Ovi