The Power of Commitment

"We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited." Alfred Adler

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The Power of Commitment
By Jill Koenig
Author, Coach, Motivational Speaker

The number one reason people don't reach their goals is because they never really committed to them in the first place.

Let's begin by looking at the word commit.

Definition:

Commit: to bind, as by a promise: pledge: entrust, consign, perform

Too often people use the word "committed" rather loosely when they are referring to their goals. For example, a person will use the word committed when the reality is they are merely "interested." The difference in the meanings between the two words is enormous.

Committed does not mean "interested."

Committed does not mean to "try."

To commit means to do and to keep doing, and to keep doing, and to keep doing until completed, until you have succeeded.

The larger your goal is, the longer it is going to take to reach your outcome and the greater the commitment it will require. The longer it is going to take to achieve the goal, the more time and opportunities there are for things to happen that invite you to veer off course from your goal.

To succeed, you must learn to sustain your drive, and focus on your goal without distraction.

Commitment is to your dreams what fuel is to an automobile.

You wouldn't expect a car to move forward without gasoline? Would you?

Of course not.

Then how do you expect your dreams to be realized without your absolute commitment?

You cannot be ambiguous about your dreams.

If you are 99% invested, you're not truly committed. 99% is not enough.

There is no power in 99%

Committed is 100% and nothing less.

Nothing magical ever happens without your commitment.

Would you want to be in a marriage with someone who is not 100% committed? What about 99% faithful? 99% honest?

How much fun do you think that would be?

Greatness happens when you are truly committed to something or someone. People around you can feel it. Your burning desire is contagious. Your determination is infectious.

Not only do others become inspired to help you and support you, but they also feel more inspired to go after their own dreams. The collective effect of that type of synergy can move mountains.

The number one reason people don't reach their goals is because they never really committed to them in the first place.

Committed people don't quit.

Even the best planning cannot predict every obstacle. Sure you can foresee the possibility of some bumps in the road when things don't go as planned, but are you committed to find the ways around them when those pesky problems arise?

People who are not committed are always looking for the exit door and because of that, they will never find the solution, which is often right in front of their face.

Where focus goes energy flows.

Your mind can only focus on one thing at a time.

Focus on the solution. Focus on the goal.

Become a solution oriented person.

The human will is one of the most powerful forces in the world. And where there's a will, there's a way. If you have the will, the commitment, you will have the perseverance, the determination, and you will find the way.

In the times when you are terrified, let your commitment be greater.

Focus on your commitment.

There are millions of ideas and inventions that are sitting on a shelf or in someone's attic or even worse, in a grave somewhere because someone gave up. Maybe they were one more action, one more day or one person away from success, but they quit instead. The world will be forever deprived of that thing, that gift that was placed in them that only they could bring.

Perhaps it was a song, a book, a movie, a lover, a painting, a company or something that might have changed the world for the better. We look at the Bill Gates, the Thomas Edisons and the Oprahs of the world and we think they had a higher intelligence or luck. What they were/are is COMMITTED. They had gifts, ideas and talents and persisted. While en route to their vision, they attracted and teamed up with other great minds, people who could help propel that vision forward. When something didn't go as planned, they never considered quitting, ever.

When the hours were long and the money was short, their passion and drive sustained them through every adversity.

Most people want a guarantee before they will invest themselves. So they wait. They stop giving. They hope. They sit frozen in fear. They want proof in advance that there will be results and then they will commit. (so they never get the results, they sit on the fence and the opportunity passes them by).

Leaders commit FIRST and make the way. They back it up with their actions. They ensure the results they desire by the depth of their commitment, their promises, their resolve and their deliberate actions.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

What goals and dreams can you embark upon or renew with 100% commitment?

Live Your Dreams!

Jill Koenig

http://www.GoalGuru.com

Jill Koenig, the "Goal Guru" is America's Top Goal Strategist.
A best selling Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker, she is
an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and
Business Success. Her Goal in life is to help you UNLEASH
your untapped potential. Learn cutting edge Goal Strategies at
http://www.GoalGuru.com

Media Requests: Jill Koenig is a dynamic high energy tv and
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