
In another article I wrote about change and specifically about change models in the process of creating abundance. Restating the basics, there are stages we go through when making a change. If you have decided that you are ready to make a change because you have contemplated and prepared for that change, then you are ready to make a commitment.
A critical question to ask is who are you making that commitment to? I often hear people talking about needing to be held accountable. In that context they are actually needing someone or something external to themself to do the accounting to. However, the most important one you must be accountable to is yourself.
Please understand me. Using a coach or master mind group can be a beneficial tool, but ultimately, we must be accountable to ourself. How do I know this? What happens when the coach or group goes away? A vacation, a move, a death, a conflict are all possible ways that external forces can effect us. If you rely on yourself, that cannot happen. You are the one constant in your life.
Let me get back to the topic of commitment. There is a famous quote that is worth repeating taken from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition by W. H. Murray. Let me quote one sentence. “Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.”
The most relevant word in that sentence is ineffectiveness. Without a total commitment, there is hestiancy and the opportunity to draw back. How can that bringo anything but ineffectiveness? How does one make a commitment? One chooses to. Then you stick with it until what you’ve committed to is completed.
Napoleon Hill called it among many names a burning desire. You burn with a passion that does not allow you to do anything but accomplish your desire whether your objective is getting a job, a pay raise or finding the love of your life.
When you make a commitment to yourself, it is critical that you keep that commitment. Why is it so important? Every time you make a commitment to yourself and then don’t keep it, you send a message to your subconscious that you do not keep commitments. Do you believe that will impact the next commitment you make? Absolutely! If you send enough messages of that nature, do you think you begin to lose faith in yourself? Sure!
Be careful when you make a commitment, and after you have, go after it with all of your heart and soul! It will be worth the effort in creating abundance and an abundant life.
