In a previous article I wrote about change and specifically about change models in the process of creating abundance. Restating the basics, there are stages we Cycle through when making a change. If you have determined that you are ready to make a change because you have thought about and prepared a plan 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 commenting about needing to be held accountable. In that context they are actually needing someone or something removed from themself to do the accounting to. However, the most vital one you must be accountable to is yourself.
Please understand me. Using a coach or master mind group can be a useful tool, but ultimately, we must be accountable to ourself. Why am I certain about this? What happens when the coach or group goes away? A vacation, a move, a death, a conflict are all potential ways that forces from the outside can impact us. If you rely on yourself, that cannot happen. You are the one constant in your life.
Let me get back on track about the subject of commitment. There is a famous quote that is worth repeating taken from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition by W. H. Murray. I’m only quoting one sentence. “Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.”
The operative word in that sentence is ineffectiveness. Without a full on commitment, there is hestiancy and the opportunity to draw back. How can that lead to anything but ineffectiveness? How does one make a commitment? One decides to. Then you stay with it until what you’ve committed to is completed.
Napoleon Hill called it among other names a definite purpose. You’re on fire with a passion that does not allow you to do anything but meet your objective whether your objective is finding a job, a pay raise or finding the love of your life.
When you make a commitment to yourself, it is essential that you keep that commitment. Why is it so critical? Every time you make a commitment to yourself and then don’t keep it, you send a message to your subconscious that you are not able to keep commitments. Do you believe that will impact the next commitment you make? Sure! If you send enough messages of that nature, do you think you will lose faith in yourself? You bet!
Be careful when you make a commitment, but once you do, follow it with all of your Being! It will be worth your effort in creating abundance and an abundant life.