"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."
- Peter F. Drucker
What makes for a SOLID commitment? Is a commitment a FORMAL agreement with negotiated terms? Is it an EMOTIONAL agreement? How does one create and maintain COMMITMENT?
Understand that commitment is the INTERNAL agreement to uphold an external arrangement made between two parties (including your "old self" and "new self"). Typically, this is the result of a VALUE analysis – the determination that THIS particular thing is better than other options for your long-term well-being.
If the above is TRUE, then why do people fail in their commitments?
Commonly, commitments are made without TRUE understanding of what is expected. On the surface, something sounds exceptional, until you are involved deeply and become distracted.
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
The reality of COMMITMENTS is that the two parties involved KNOW their level of commitment from the beginning. You are either ALL IN or ALL OUT.
Failure to uphold a commitment is not unforeseen. On the contrary, it should be expected if the party breaking said commitment has not fully engaged themselves into the sacrifices required to achieve their goal. Maybe they never CLEARLY knew what the goal was to start…
Commitment is SACRIFICE and FOCUS. It is a WHOLLY DEDICATED process of continually focusing on the value of said arrangement, while MAINTAINING focus on the activities required to achieve.
Are you ALL IN or ALL OUT? You know, you know before you even start!
Cheers,
Zach
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