Google “accountability strategies for entrepreneurs” and you’ll get over 40 Million results, that’s how popular accountability is.

The reason you end up looking for strategies to hold yourself accountable when you’re an entrepreneur is because you no longer have a boss to keep you on the hook for getting things done.

The most successful entrepreneurs out there have a propensity for taking action on a regular basis. This sets them apart from the people who are struggling to make it.

Here are five accountability strategies for entrepreneurs that you can put to work immediately:

1.) Make a Public Declaration

Tell people what you intend to do. You’ll feel a sense of pressure to follow through if you are the type of person who stays true to your word.

Earlier this year while hosting my mastermind clients, I made a public declaration that I was going to learn how to run 5K. As the leader of the group, that declaration created a lot of pressure to follow through. They are paying me to help them reach their goals, what kind of leader would I be if I didn’t do what I said I would do?